While it is part of my book Do It Yourself Home Energy Audits..throughout the rest of August Energy Upgrade Los Angeles released simple energy saving tips featuring our friend Actor/Activist Ed Begley Jr. We hope you post these simple tips from Ed on your site to help encourage your viewers to take simple steps to... Continue Reading →
Conergy Pennsylvania Solar Farm: Embracing Renewable Energy
Conergy Powers Up Pennsylvania's Solar Farm Solar Giant Lights the Way In a groundbreaking move, Conergy has flipped the switch on one of Pennsylvania's largest solar farms. The project, nestled in the heart of the Keystone State, marks a significant milestone in the region's push for renewable energy. From Coal to Solar: A Bright Transition... Continue Reading →
Eco-labeling: Making Greener Choices Simplified
The alignment of consumers and industry should make for a heart-warming spectacle, but it’s often the case that consensus is rooted in shared dissatisfaction. So it is with eco-labels. More than 30 years after Germany’s Ministry of the Environment introduced the world’s first eco-label, the Blue Angel, there are now over 400 eco-labels in use in almost 250 countries and across 25 industries. Momentum and high expectations have ceded to fragmentation, saturation and, perhaps above all, a nascent sense that something needs to change. There is already considerable evidence to suggest shoppers have become confused by and even inured to the growing array of multi-coloured stickers that decorate their day-to-day purchases. In recent years the packaging of many items has come to resemble less a mere wrapper and more a much-travelled suitcase or an Ishihara eye-test.
Eco-labels Overwhelming Business Plus Consumers
Lausanne, Switzerland, August 10 – The practice of eco-labelling may be on the brink of saturation point and is becoming as confusing for companies as it is for consumers, a major new study has warned. Joint research by IMD, the International Institute for Management Development, and EPFL, the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, suggests the process has become so fragmented that the current industry perception is dominated by wide-ranging reappraisal. Germany’s Ministry of the Environment introduced the world’s first eco-label, the Blue Angel, in 1978 to highlight products’ environmental and sustainability credentials. Now well over 400 are used across 25 industries, prompting growing concerns over proliferation, credibility and consumer understanding.
Merkel Seeks Solar Talks Preventing Anti-Dumping Chinese European Biz
German Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks talks involving the European Commission and Chinese authorities to prevent the opening of anti-dumping proceedings against Chinese solar-panel makers in Europe. Merkel proposed trying “to solve the problems in the solar sector so one can prevent that an anti-dumping case has to be opened,” she told reporters today in Beijing. “There’s still time, and it would be better to solve this in talks.” Solarworld AG (SWV), Germany’s biggest panel maker, is leading a push by about 25 European manufacturers for the commission to probe whether Chinese rivals sold products at a loss on regional markets. The U.S. has proposed anti-dumping duties ranging from 31 percent to 250 percent on Chinese solar manufacturers after the Commerce Department in May ruled they sold products below costs.
