CONTEXT The potential for renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in both Colombia and Peru continues to be substantial. Still, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face mainly regulatory and financial constraints for investments in energy-efficient technology. Generally, lending (supply of financing) to Colombian and Peruvian SMEs is still limited in terms of quantity and bound … Continued
CONTEXT The technologies or lamps currently used in the Dominican Republic include incandescent, compact fluorescent, fluorescent tube, mercury vapor, metal halide and high-pressure sodium. These technologies are highly inefficient compared to more modern and efficient Light Emitting Diode technologies (LED). Currently LED lighting only accounts for 3 percent of the residential market and 36 percent … Continued
CONTEXT Street lighting is an essential source of energy consumption in many countries. Most street lighting is still supplied by High-Pressure Sodium-Vapor (HPSV) lamps, Mercury Vapor (MV) lamps or incandescent lamps. These technologies tend to consume a lot of energy and do not always provide for optimal street lighting quality. Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps have … Continued
CONTEXT In Switzerland, the uptake of LED technology for street lighting is growing. There are numerous examples of municipalities that have entirely switched to LED street lighting. However, there are several older, less efficient street lighting technologies still in use, including high-pressure sodium vapour (HPS), metal halide (MH), mercury vapour (MV), and some other less … Continued
CONTEXT 6.9 trillion USD are expected to be invested in air-conditioning alone in the net 30 years according to the IEA Future of Cooling report. Today cooling represents 10 per cent of global electricity consumption – equivalent to 2.5 times the electricity use of Africa – and demand is expected to triple by 2050. The … Continued
CONTEXT 90 percent of Mongolian businesses are Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs). The majority of these enterprises use outdated and inefficient equipment – resulting in relatively large emissions of greenhouse gases. The major barriers preventing MSMEs from investing in renewable energy or more energy-efficient equipment are the high upfront costs of such equipment, lack … Continued
CONTEXT Energy efficiency presents enormous investment opportunities for businesses with significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially in developing countries. However, many development programmes targeting energy efficiency have struggled to catalyse the market, which is one of the main reasons is that energy efficiency is not a priority for many businesses, such as hotels … Continued
CONTEXT Energy consumption from cooling systems constitutes a substantial proportion of production costs for many enterprises and investments in energy efficiency may represent an opportunity for improvement in productivity and modernisation. Investments in new efficient cooling technologies present attractive returns and have the potential to generate the cash flow to allow the investor to recover … Continued
CONTEXT Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up over 99 per cent of all enterprises in many European countries and represent a substantial market opportunity for energy efficiency improvements. However, this opportunity remains largely untapped of its full potential due to several barriers, including a lack of trust between the different actors; energy efficiency not … Continued
CONTEXT Nearly 70 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities by the year 2050, and cities currently pump out 70 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. Buildings alone contribute nearly 40 per cent of emissions. To limit emissions, the future of urban architecture must be green. This is also true for Indian … Continued