This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Dec. 17, 2024. By Jessica McIlroy A critical step in shaping our economic and climate future is crafting a robust energy plan. While B.C.’s newly formed [Read more]
This article was published by The Conversation on Jan. 30, 2024. By Jennifer Ellen Good The challenge for climate change communicators a couple of decades ago was conveying what the research was showing: that the [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 8, 2022. By Kevin Jarzomski Nearly half of energy consumption in US buildings in 2021 was used for heating and cooling, according to [Read more]
By Benjamin Israel, Nina Lothian This article was published by Pembina Institute on Sept. 16, 2020. In its 2020 annual energy outlook, energy giant BP predicts a “fundamental restructuring” of the global energy system in order to decarbonize. [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on May 5, 2020. As Canadians spend more time in their homes to slow the spread of COVID-19, they may notice that they are using energy [Read more]
By Behjat Hojjati This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 21, 2019. Energy used in the buildings sector—which includes residential and commercial structures—accounted for 20 per cent of global delivered energy [Read more]
By Ari Kahan This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 24, 2019. In the International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019) Reference case, released at 9:00 a.m. today, the U.S. Energy Information [Read more]
By Elizabeth Sendich This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 11, 2019. The industrial sector is the largest energy end-use sector by consumption in the world, accounting for about 55 [Read more]
A new joint report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the National Energy Board (NEB) shows that CO2emissions from Canadian buildings could be 80 per cent lower by 2050, with major energy intensity improvements and shifts [Read more]
The basic metals industry includes the manufacture of iron, steel, aluminum, and other intermediate metal goods. Some of the main products of the basic metals industry include steel girders, aluminum sheets, and copper wire. Payton [Read more]
Energy consumption grew rapidly in the Middle East, Asia and Africa while in North America, energy consumption grew only by 1 per cent between 2010 and 2016, and in Europe, energy use fell 4 per [Read more] [Read more]
According to a report by the US Energy Information Administration, space heating and water heating were the top two energy-consuming uses in U.S. homes in 2015. Yellow Dog Productions/Getty Images photo. Space heating, water heating [Read more]
While renewable energy has made great strides recently, they still lagged well behind fossil fuels in total electricity generation and also collectively trail nuclear power. Repsol photo. Natural gas the most common fuel source for [Read more]
Televisions and peripheral devices often consume energy even when they are not in active use. They draw power in standby mode, allowing them to receive a signal from a remote control, perform recording functions, and [Read more]
In 2016, energy consumption for all activities in the United States amounted to 301 million British thermal units (Btu) of energy per person (per capita), a 1 per cent decrease from the level in 2015 [Read more]
Renewable energy penetration and CO2 emission reductions largely matter to countries, states, and organizations when they can be counted towards climate change credits. CO2 emissions and climate change are global, not local, problems By Matt [Read more]
Air conditioning costs ranged from an average of $525 in the hot-humid region in the Southeast to about $60 in the temperate marine region along the West Coast. Air conditioning equipment used in 87 per [Read more]
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