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When REEEP held a workshop on Linked Open Data alongside the 2012 World Future Energy Summit in January 2012, the event was hosted at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, a new graduate level seat of learning designed to position Abu Dhabi as a knowledge hub and engine of sustainable socio-economic growth. The Institute [...]
The low carbon factsheets published by AEA and DFID deal with several issues, like water scarcity, green jobs, mitigation and poverty reduction. I have fetched some interesting facts out of these sheets for you. A development towards a low carbon economy could overcome some water security shortages, but it could also challenge water security, for [...]
Sustainable Banking
31 Jan 2011
by Rachel Maxwell (Deputy Director REIL) - Category: Contributed News
John Cassidy wrote in a recent article in the New Yorker, “When the banking system behaves the way it is supposed to…it is akin to a power utility, distributing money (power) to where it is needed and keeping an account of how it is used.” Ideally, banks provide financial services to citizens and organizations “to [...]
Finally, a year-long project has come to end: I have established the bioenergy potentials for 32 European countries for implementation into the reegle map! I have calculated the technical and theoretical potentials for these countries in regard to solid biomass, liquid biofuel and biogas. The study ‘Bioenergy Potentials in Europe’ is my diploma thesis marking [...]
New Video Documentary: Renewables for a sustainable future
09 Sep 2010
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
As Africa’s population continues to rise, the demand for domestic and institutional energy increases. Access to grid electricity across East Africa is low: just about 14% in Kenya, 11% in Tanzania and about 5% in Uganda. Households typically rely on Kerosene lamps or candles for lighting and dry cell batteries for any electrical items and [...]
A new book has come to my attention: “The Sustainable Business” written by Jonathan T. Scott. Its subtitle explains what it is about: “Taking the First Steps Toward Understanding, Implementing, and Managing Sustainability from a Cost/Profit Perspective”, and the book has been published by European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) in Brussels and is given [...]
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