"In less than 10 years, Uruguay has slashed its carbon footprint without government subsidies or higher consumer costs, according to the country’s head of climate change policy, Ramón Méndez. In fact, he says that now that renewables provide 94.5% of the country’s electricity, prices are lower than in the past relative to inflation. There are also fewer power cuts because a diverse energy mix means greater resilience to droughts." + info
2015/12/29
Uruguay with 94,5% renewable energy
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case study,
renewables,
Uruguay
Investir mais em biomassa
"Segundo o Secretário-geral do COPA-COGECA a biomassa proveniente da floresta e da agricultura tem um potencial que ainda não está explorado. Deve-se, assim, encontrar soluções para um melhor uso dos recursos existentes, envolvendo mais os agricultores e produtores florestais, aconselhando-os e promovendo a transferência de conhecimentos e da inovação, investindo nas novas tecnologias, desenvolvendo novos modelos económicos."
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biomass,
biomassa,
investment,
research
power consumption for electrical devices
"WattDoesItUse allows you to calculate the power consumption of your devices. In fact, we make it easy for you to save all of the devices you own to your profile, so that you can view your total power consumption."
Free Energy guides
Pratical Guide to 'Free Energy' Devices (pdf) by Patrick J. Kelly (2015). + info em Free Energy
2015/12/03
Call for papers, special issue of Sustainability Journal
"Passive House Development and High Energy Efficiency Sustainable Buildings", a special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2016
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call for papers,
journals,
open access,
scientific journals,
sustainability
vinte e um euros ano com gastos energéticos (UK)
Uma moradia super-eficiente de West Kirby, Wirral, no centro do Reino Unido, gasta apenas €21 por ano em energia" para ter "aquecimento, iluminação, energia para cozinhar e acesso a água quente."
Etiquetas:
clean energy,
eficiência energética,
energy costs,
Energy Efficiency,
PV,
thermal,
zero-carbon houses
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