Carbon Conservation & Energy Efficiency - Archive - Carbon Measurement and Tracking

Don’t trust your home’s star rating to reduce your environmental impact

Reports recently published in newspapers indicate that the government’s mandatory energy star rating schemes of homes is rather inaccurate. The scheme has been heavily-criticised by the building industry (HIA and MBA) and they are calling on scientists and the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency to review the way the star rating is calculated for new houses. Read more →

home energy star rating

Greenwashing and carbon accounting standards

Posted by Bruce Rowse in Carbon Measurement and Tracking - (1 Comments)

I’ve been invited to comment on a recent article by Hunter Richards of Software Advice on greenwash. The article calls for an improvement to environmental accounting infrastructure through software, so that consumers can have greater confidence in claims of carbon neutrality. Financial accounting methods, standards, auditing procedures and tools are well developed, but not so … Read more →

carbon accounting, lifecycle analysis, scope 3 emissions

DHL express Asia Pacific cuts emissions by 19% in 12 months

Posted by Bruce Rowse in Carbon Conservation | Carbon Measurement and Tracking | Energy Efficiency | Leadership - (1 Comments)

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Christopher Ong, Vice President Business Development, First Choice & GoGreen for DHL Asia Pacific , Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. The express division has cut its emissions by 19%, an impressive achievement given the large size of DHL. Globally DHL employs around half a million people. … Read more →

carbon measurement, DHL, emissions reduction, energy saving

What Smart Grids will Australia get?

Posted by tony in Carbon Measurement and Tracking | Electricity Distribution | Electricity Supply - (0 Comments)

After a $100 million smart grid trial in July this year, the Australian Government released the Australia smart grid guideline on the 30th September. “With this investment, Australia will showcase the world’s best practice when it comes to investing in smart grid technologies, helping industry get on with the job of rolling out these technologies … Read more →

Australian smart grid guideline, smart grid, smart meters

You have SPAM with a huge carbon footprint

Posted by Barney Mezey in Carbon Measurement and Tracking | Cars | Climate Change | Climate Positive | Computers and Office Equipment - (3 Comments)

You may have come across this news item a couple of months ago but it is worth taking another look. Although, the study was conducted by a major spam-ware corporation, it is clear that junk e-mails have a huge carbon footprint. (image: www.fotolia.com) Anything powered by electricity emits greenhouse gases. Recently research was conducted in … Read more →

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