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SEforALL Partner Spotlight: Building Efficiency Accelerator

Tatsatom — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:55:29 +0000

Earlier this month, SEforALL highlighted the Building Efficiency Accelerator in its partner spotlight. The interview covers stories of success as well as some of the challenges faced by BEA member cities. The news piece also provides a glimpse into the kinds of support offered by the BEA, its collaboration with other Global Energy Energy Efficiency... Read more »

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Eskişehir, Turkey, To Save $4.4 Million by 2030 with New Building Efficiency Commitment

S Hilsey — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:15:54 +0000

Today, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality announced a new collaboration with the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA), a public-private initiative that turns global expertise into action to accelerate local government implementation of building efficiency programs and policies. Read the full story.

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Nagpur, India, Announces Deep Dive Commitment with Building Efficiency Accelerator

Eric Mackres — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:04:22 +0000

Nagpur, India is the latest city to be selected for a deep dive partnership with the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA), a public-private collaboration that accelerates local government implementation of building efficiency policies and programs. As a deep dive partner, Nagpur will benefit from enhanced technical support with the goal of reaching an ambitious 10 percent... Read more »

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RELEASE: Sonora State Kicks Off Efficiency Efforts With Support From Building Efficiency Accelerator

Eric Mackres — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 21:19:38 +0000

SONORA, Mexico (December 4, 2018) — Today, Sonora State announced a new collaboration with the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA), a public-private collaboration that turns global expertise into action to accelerate local government implementation of building efficiency policies and programs. Read the full story here.

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In the News: Dubai recruits schools for BEA Benchmarking project

S Hilsey — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 22:53:26 +0000

In partnership with the Emirates Green Building Council, Dubai aims to help schools cut back on water and energy use and associated costs through a benchmarking project. This is the first initiative of its kind in the MENA region. Dubai’s Energy Management Strategy calls for the city to reduce energy and water usage by 30% by 2030, and Emirates GBC hopes schools can play a pivotal role in achieving this goal – in addition to educating children about energy efficiency. At the end of the years, schools that choose to participate will be issues a scorecard and compared against other participants. Learn more about this effort in press coverage by ME Construction News and the Khaleej Times.

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Belgrade Workshop Accelerates Building Efficiency Improvements Across Central-Eastern Europe

Debbie Weyl — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 19:43:27 +0000

In September, Belgrade, the BEA and UN Environment organized a regional building efficiency workshop with over 90 participants from cities across Eastern Europe to facilitate knowledge exchange including technical assistance, financing models, policies and programs. HRH Crown Prince Alexander gave a keynote address and participants shared experiences and solutions for accelerating building efficiency and finance.

Read more about results from the workshop, and read a summary of the panel discussions.

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Belgrade’s Efforts to Improve Energy Efficiency

Debbie Weyl — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:23:16 +0000

The City of Belgrade, local stakeholders, the BEA and UNEP are helping to facilitate a process of thinking on the challenges related to district energy and identify possible solutions. In addition to improving the district heating system itself, the best way to provide sustainable energy to Belgrade’s citizens is through improving its buildings. A more efficient district heating system reduces the burden for the system and cost for the consumers, and creates an opportunity to provide energy to more of the city more sustainably. Belgrade’s efforts to improve energy efficiency in buildings is contributing to the United Nations goal of doubling energy efficiency by 2030. Read the full article here.

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How to Attract Private Investment to Energy-Efficient Buildings? Follow the 5 “S’s”

Eric Mackres — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:29:42 +0000

Good public policies can complement and drive private investment to building efficiency. In the buildings sector, we hear at least five ways: Stability, Scale, Standardization, Segmentation and Sequencing. Read more here.

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The Building Efficiency Accelerator Launches Activities in East Asia

Debbie Weyl — Tue, 02 May 2017 22:47:54 +0000

On March 22, 2017, the BEA’s East Asia launch brought together stakeholders from government, non-profit and the private sectors to showcase the building efficiency work of three leading Chinese districts – Changning District, Wuxi City High-Tech Industrial Development Zone and Suzhou Taihu New City – and two current BEA cities – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Iskandar, Malaysia.

The launch forum was co-hosted by BEA global partners including ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability East Asia Secretariat (ICLEI EAS), World Resources Institute (WRI), Johnson Controls (JCI), and the China Society for Urban Studies (CSUS). The forum took place at the largest annual green building conference in China, the Thirteenth International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building & New Technologies and Products Expo in Beijing.

Along with districts sharing experiences and best practices in promoting building sector energy efficiency, the forum included an expert panel discussion and an interactive assessment activity to map stakeholder views on a set of building efficiency topics.

Dubai to Benchmark 100 Buildings

Debbie Weyl — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 17:34:13 +0000

Emirates Green Building Council and the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy (DSCE) are to undertake a ‘Benchmarking Project’ of 100 buildings in Dubai to assess their energy performance, under the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) programme.

Hotels, malls and schools are being invited to participate in the project, which will be the first BEA pilot project in the United Arab Emirates, and will serve as a referral point in driving forward the energy efficiency of buildings in Dubai.

Read more at the Emirates Green Building Council’s press release and on the World Green Building Council website.

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