ESCI KSP

Session 1: Green Building Characteristics: Towards a Common Understanding of Terms and Definitions Moderator: Mr. Henry HWONG Vice President Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Institute International Organization for Standardization (ISO) terminology Mr. Jeffrey STONE Owner, Stone Resource Systems, LLC Chair, U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 59/SC 17 United States ASTM International terminology Mr. Robert BROOKS Director […]

Over the past two decades, E-ZPass and Metrocard have changed the way New Yorkers travel in and through the city. Transportation agencies are now developing and piloting the next generation payment systems with cashless tolls and contact-less fare cards. This symposium Fare and Toll Payment Technologies’ Potential Benefits for Sustainability and Society, held on April […]

At the second Clean Energy Ministerial, held 6–7 April in Abu Dhabi, energy ministers and high-level representatives from the 23 major economy governments of the CEM came together to report on progress in accelerating the transition to clean energy technologies and to plan future activities. Their discussions centered on three themes: smart policies for clean […]

A. SBN ACTIVITIES I. Opening Session – Outcome of the 15-16 November 2010 SBN Conference in Paris Jens Laustsen, Energy Policy Analyst leading work in SBN, IEA II. Zero energy buildings – Zero Energy homes in Mexico, successful implementation of new concepts Lic. Arturo Echeverría Aguilar, AEAEE, Mexico  – Expanding Zero Energy Home Project to […]

Background on CEEDS. Phase 2 of the APEC Cooperative Energy Efficiency Design for Sustainability (CEEDS) project, organized by the Asia Pacific Economic Research Centre (APERC), focused on building energy codes and energy labeling for construction materials and whole buildings. The previous CEEDS Phase 1 addressed appliance energy standards and labeling (S&L). Both appliance S&L and building energy codes are […]

The first Clean Energy Ministerial was held in Washington D.C., July 19-20, 2010. On July 19, ministers met in government-only roundtable sessions to share successful policies, programs and other steps taken to develop and deploy clean energy. They also discussed issues associated with scaling up clean energy amid fiscal austerity, as well as the potential […]

Agenda Item 1: Energy Efficiency in New Vehicles In this session, panelists will discuss the imperative of reducing energy intensity and greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles and the impacts and challenges of fuel economy and emissions standards. Presentations will offer unique perspectives from the private sector and from Mexico, where the federal government is […]