Government inspectors will start checking stores starting Sunday to ensure they are stocking energy efficient refrigerators and freezers.

Xylem, a leading global water technology provider, has launched a next-generation, global range of highly-efficient in-line and end-suction pumps, which is claimed to reduce energy costs while improving performance

Sustainability isn’t just about eco-friendly materials—a growing architectural trend suggests responsive and adaptive design is the future for a more sustainable world.

Seven US companies have been awarded funds for energy storage projects. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has invested the money.

Australian-made technology that will allow householders to remotely monitor and control their electricity usage – and utilities to coordinate demand management programs – is being trialled in Perth and regional Queensland.

Parliament passed a law on energy savings with a view to meeting the European Union’s targets for energy efficiency.

Steel company ArcelorMittal South Africa has improved its data centre power usage effectiveness (PUE) by more than 65%, following the implementation of a new, modular data centre solution by Datacentrix, a provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions.

2015 is the last year to implement the National Target Program on Economical and Efficient use of energy Phase 2. Hanoi city will continue to promote, implement and supervise the activities in economical and efficient use of energy in order to accomplish planned targets.

One of the UK’s largest transport companies spends more on energy bills than it earns in operational profits.

The next generation Toyota Prius engine achieves 40% thermal efficiency, says a report in Nikkei Technology. Toyota made the announcement at last week’s Spring Conference of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Yokohama, Japan.

Some 22 years after an on-site survey began, construction on a large-scale geothermal power plant in Akita Prefecture kicked off Monday.

Targeting energy efficiency in non-residential university buildings, a three-year a Europe-wide SMART CAMPUS project reached 30% energy savings, 10% beyond the expected 20%.

Earlier this year, Ericsson and Vodafone in the Netherlands released the first radio site in the Netherlands powered with a hydrogen fuel cell.

Conservators and energy experts seek new solutions for a climate-friendly retrofitting of historic buildings.

Storage of energy from renewable energy sources is vital to Europe’s energy policy. DTU Energy and partners use atomic modelling to develop a rechargeable zinc-air battery that is able to store large amounts of energy.

First measurements at the Institut Curie’s Orsay Proton Therapy Center (France) show that the power consumption of the cyclotron has been lowered by an average of 30% over a month’s period.

In response to the National Target Program on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy, for the past 5 years (2010 - 2014), through the Power Saving Movement, Energy Saving in households, Hanoi has more 132 million kWh of electricity saved, equivalent to more than VND160 billion. Communication is evaluated as an important contribution to this outcome.

23 May 2015 Ha Noi – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Viet Nam’s Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh cut the ribon to inaugurate the official opening of Green One UN House (GOUNH) in Vietnam.

AJapanese technology firm Ricoh is looking at its new "energy-generating rubber" as one solution. According the company, the new piezoelectric polymer converts pressure and vibration into electric energy with high efficiency, yet is extremely flexible and durable.

Eidesvik is retrofitting its offshore support vessel (OSV) Viking Queen with a 650 kWh, 1600 kW energy storage system. The Viking Queen is the first OSV to get such a system installed as a retrofit solution.