Browsing: Energy efficiency

The rules governing the National Electricity Market should be changed so that power companies must investigate energy efficiency and other demand side measures before considering new generating capacity and infrastructure, Australia's energy market rule-making body has been told. (plus audio)

Energy efficiency has been heralded as offering a huge, cheap and easy slab of greenhouse gas abatement. Yet few organisations bothered to comment on Australia's proposed 'stage 2' energy efficiency measures, and many of those that did are unimpressed.

NSW minister bills energy retailers $40m for climate change fund; TRUenergy comes in last in green electricity rankings; Shift back to shipping not a freight emissions saviour; EEO workshops scheduled

Australia’s greenhouse emissions could be cut to 23% below 2004 levels by 2050 by building 11 nuclear power plants, through energy efficiency measures and by massively boosting the use of renewables, government research agency ABARE says.

Federal and state energy officials today proposed new energy efficiency programs including a 'green lease' scheme for all major new and refurbished government buildings.