UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Archives | Building Efficiency Accelerator https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/tag/un-environment-programme/ Accelerating Building Efficiency Around the World Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:45:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-favicon-150x150.png UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Archives | Building Efficiency Accelerator https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/tag/un-environment-programme/ 32 32 4 Ways Businesses Can Get the Most Out of Public-Private Collaboration: Lessons from the BEA https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/4-ways-businesses-can-get-public-private-collaboration-lessons-bea/ Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:30:16 +0000 http://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/?p=3252 Johnson Controls’ Clay Nesler writes about 4 actions companies can take to collaborate with the public sector – being practical, public, professional and patient. Read the full article on The CityFix.

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]]> Johnson Controls’ Clay Nesler writes about 4 actions companies can take to collaborate with the public sector – being practical, public, professional and patient. Read the full article on The CityFix.

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]]> Belgrade Workshop Accelerates Building Efficiency Improvements Across Central-Eastern Europe https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/belgrade-workshop-accelerates-building-efficiency-improvements-across-central-eastern-europe/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 19:43:27 +0000 http://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/?p=2641 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 »

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]]> 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 https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/belgrades-efforts-improve-energy-efficiency/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:23:16 +0000 http://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/?p=1961 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... Read more »

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]]> 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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]]> The Building Efficiency Accelerator Launches Activities in East Asia https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/building-efficiency-accelerator-regional-launch-east-asia/ https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/building-efficiency-accelerator-regional-launch-east-asia/#respond Tue, 02 May 2017 22:47:54 +0000 http://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/?p=1311 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,... Read more »

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]]> 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.

Read more about the event here.

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]]> https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/building-efficiency-accelerator-regional-launch-east-asia/feed/ 0 BEA at the SEforALL Forum https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/bea-at-seforall-forum/ https://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/news/bea-at-seforall-forum/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2017 02:02:24 +0000 http://buildingefficiencyaccelerator.org/?p=1021 The Sustainable Energy for All Forum is a landmark gathering that celebrates the global sustainable energy movement. Over 1,000 high-level representatives from government, business, civil society and international organizations gathered in New York City from April 3-5, 2017 for the 3rd Sustainable Energy for All Forum – its theme “Going Further, Faster – Together.” The Building... Read more »

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]]> The Sustainable Energy for All Forum is a landmark gathering that celebrates the global sustainable energy movement.

Over 1,000 high-level representatives from government, business, civil society and international organizations gathered in New York City from April 3-5, 2017 for the 3rd Sustainable Energy for All Forum – its theme “Going Further, Faster – Together.”

The Building Efficiency Accelerator was well-represented at the event: Nine BEA cities and 18 BEA partner organizations were present, totaling nearly 50 people. The BEA had a packed agenda over the three days, including leading a session with cities and finance experts on financing urban building efficiency and conducting a training on how cities can get their building efficiency priorities funded. Additionally, cities provided updates and feedback on BEA progress. Please contact us for any additional information about any portion of the agenda from the BEA events around the SEforALL Forum.

The following cities and organizations attended BEA events at the SEforALL Forum:

Cities:

  • Belgrade, Serbia
  • Bogotá, Colombia
  • Eskişehir, Turkey
  • Mérida, Mexico
  • Mexico City, Mexico
  • Rajkot, India
  • Santa Rosa, Philippines
  • Tshwane, South Africa
  • Warsaw, Poland

Organizations:

  • Alliance to Save Energy
  • C40 Cities
  • Carbon Trust
  • Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2)
  • Danfoss
  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)
  • ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
  • International Energy Agency (IEA)
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Investor Confidence Project
  • Johnson Controls
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
  • Philips
  • Tecnalia
  • UN Environment
  • United Nations Foundation
  • US Green Building Council (USGBC)
  • World Resources Institute

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