During numerous recent meetings in Belgium, Switzerland and France, I had the opportunity to discuss energy topics with many industrial companies. These meetings enabled me to confirm one of their needs that I have already mentioned: the need to be accompanied in the long term, […]
Energy efficiency actions are split into two groups: – Passive energy efficiency encompasses all actions of renewal or improvement of buildings and energy systems (insulation of walls, renewal of the heating system, change of lighting technology) – Active energy efficiency includes all actions of optimization […]
As part of their energy policy and particularly of energy efficiency, the main challenge faced by cities is the financing of the thermal rehabilitation of buildings. In this context, the use of third party financing through Energy Performance Contracts often imposed itself as a mean […]
Ten years ago, an energy services provider offering an energy audit, a service to analyse and reduce a gas or electricity bill, was nearly a pioneer: it drew attention and responded to emerging major needs of industrial and commercial consumers. At the same time, initiate […]
The EPC (Energy Performance Contract) is a funding mechanism based on the principle of reimbursement of energy efficiency expenses by savings. Thanks to the EPC, an investment for the benefit of energy savings is financially neutral for the consumer: the energy bill is replaced by […]
The idea of boxes Energy is not new: fifteen years ago, the desire to rely on residential gateways and the first home automation offerings already reflected the hopes placed in technology to improve energy efficiency in residential housing and, at that time, rather in the […]
About energy efficiency, we know the audits, the bulbs that consume less energy, thermal renovation of buildings, energy boxes and many other contributions. But can we say all these actions represent what can be energy efficiency? The desire to reduce energy consumption is recent. It […]
The energy storage in general, and especially the electricity storage, is now often seen as a potential “killer application” of the energy market, making intermittent energy sources such as solar and wind power, more desirable. Beyond a certain level of penetration of these energy sources, […]
To approach the question of the financing of the energy efficiency initiatives cannot be made without making the difference between the possible actions. Have they all the same characteristics for whom has to finance them? The passive energy efficiency initiatives, aiming at a performance attached […]
A micro-grid, a district heating network, are before any local initiatives, that are at the heart of the energy concerns of a Smart City. They allow defining an energy mix that is optimized for a limited perimeter, that presents a major, inaccessible interest on the […]
Copyright © 2025 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes
