Global Cool Cities Alliance is a non-profit dedicated to advancing policies and actions that increase the solar reflectance of our buildings and pavements as a low cost way to promote cool buildings, cool cities, and, most importantly, to mitigate the effects of climate change through global cooling.
The Energy Demand Research Project (EDRP) was a suite of large scale trials across Great Britain. The aim was to understand how consumers react to improved information about their energy consumption over the long term. The EDRP trailed a range of methods of providing customers with improved feedback on their energy consumption, including:
Solar-reflective “cool” roofs are used in the U.S. to (i) decrease energy use, energy cost, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions via both reduced solar heat gain and lower outside air temperatures; (ii) offset GHG emissions via negative radiative forcing; and (iii) improve air quality and human health by reducing outside air temperatures. This project will quantify the potential energy and environmental benefits of cool roofs in China, especially carbon reduction. It will also help develop the infrastructure—including policies and rating systems—needed to promote the appropriate use of cool roofs in China.
The Zero Energy Building (ZEB) @ BCA Academy is the first existing building in Southeast Asia to be fully retrofitted to achieve net zero energy. Originally a three-storey school building, the ZEB now houses fully functioning classrooms, a library, a multipurpose hall, and offices; and is used as a test-bed for innovative building designs and energy-efficient building solutions.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the Department of Energy’s largest science and energy laboratory, the nation’s largest concentration of open source materials research, the world’s most powerful open scientific computing facility, with the nation’s most diverse energy portfolio.
BNL’s Energy Grid Research is focused on challenges of the design, management, and control of the electricity distribution layer in the northeast using several inter-related Grid RD&D initiatives. The installation of smart sensors in the BNL distribution system enables using the site as a microgrid test bed.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) boasts full systems interface evaluation for integration of electricity, fuels, thermal, storage, and end‐use technologies, including
Sandia’s Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory (DETL) conducts research on generation, storage, and load management at the component and systems levels and examines advanced materials, controls, and communications to achieve a reliable, low‐carbon electric infrastructure. DETL researchers analyze the effects of high penetration of renewable technologies and distributed energy on the grid and resolve issues related to grid interconnectivity, controls, security, safety, performance, reliability and interoperability. Partner economies will also be able to do so and share their results.
DERlab is a network of 21 institutes for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Smart Grids performing accredited testing of DER-units and systems and supporting Smart Grids development. It facilitates information exchange on test facilities and DER knowledge, and contributes to industry practice standardization.
This is the Electrical & Mechanical Services Department, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s curriculum for energy efficiency education. Information about Elementary, Secondary, and University-level education materials is included. It includes links to some interactive websites for children (note: websites are in Chinese).
