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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009From the Barbados Government Information Service: CARIBBEAN HOTEL ENERGY EFFICIENCY ACTION PROGRAMME LAUNCHED Additional income from savings in electricity/fuel bills, a reduction in operational costs; and an increased flow of tourists preferring sustainable energy tourism destinations, are just a few of the benefits expected from the Caribbean Hotel Energy Efficiency Action Programme (CHENACT). This was […]
Cidadania Ambiental
Thursday, September 20th, 2007It is an honor and pleasure to introduce this guest poster. Arnaldo Jardim is a civil engineer with many years of public service in Brazil, first in state executive posts (including Housing Secretary) and then as a State Deputy in São Paulo (SP), and currently as a Federal Deputy. While State Deputy he headed the […]
Latest Round of REEEP Projects for LAC
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) recently announced that in its sixth funding round it will fund 35 new clean energy projects, including several in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) (see chart of LAC-related projects below). REEEP is “an active, global public-private partnership that structures policy and regulatory initiatives for clean energy, […]
GEF Grant to Tackle Brazil’s Barriers to Energy Efficiency
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Temas Note: The GEF press release does not say so, but the executing agencies for this grant will be the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). It also does not make clear that a major focus of the seven-year program is making public buildings energy efficient, with a view to cutting […]
LAC Cities, C40 and the Clinton Climate Initiative
Monday, June 11th, 2007If you track climate change news items in the mainstream media, or if like me you’re a fan of EcoIron, Green Options or The Coffee House, you probably have already heard of last month’s climate change conference in New York City hosted by the William J. Clinton Foundation, the climate coalition of 40 of the […]