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The most vulnerable shoulder rising energy costs because their homes aren't efficient enough – here's why that's so hard to tackle

In September 2023, the UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, announced that landlords will no longer be required to improve the energy efficiency of their rental properties. The announcement marked a departure from decades of commitment to the government’s sustainability objectives, including efforts to reduce the UK’s dependence on imported energy.

The Conversation

Autumn statement leaves UK lagging on green investment

Climate experts lament a lack of boldness in Jeremy Hunt’s measures, which made no mention of energy efficiency

The Guardian - UK

Chancellor criticised for ‘tinkering at the edges’ of net zero transition

Improving grid access was welcomed but support for homes to enhance energy efficiency was lacking, say green groups.

The Independent UK

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Andhra Pradesh a torchbearer in implementing energy efficiency schemes, says official

Andhra Pradesh a torchbearer in implementing energy efficiency schemes, says official. The State is playing a key role in mitigating the impact of climate change, says CEO of Energy Efficiency Services Limited Vishal Kapoor. Andhra Pradesh is a leader in rolling out the LED street lighting programme, under which 23.47…

The Hindu

UK government weakens energy efficiency targets for farmers

Improvement targets for horticulture and poultry reduced after lobbying from National Farmers’ Union

The Guardian - UK

Federal money goes towards more energy efficiency, flood recovery efforts in Hazard, Isom and Flemi

Another round of federal grant money from the United States Department of Agriculture is going towards energy efficiency and public safety across eastern Kentucky.

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Micron Introduces 128 GB DDR5-8000 RDIMMs with Monolithic 32 Gb Die

The path to high-capacity RDIMMs for servers has primarily been through 3D stacking (3DS) of DRAM dies using Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs). However, this has presented significant challenges in packaging (driving up the cost), and has also not been efficient in terms of energy consumption. The demand for large memory capacity…

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Energy efficiency scheme for cold homes going at a glacial pace, says Labour

Government’s Energy Company Obligation has managed to upgrade only 65,000 homes since April 2022, figures show

The Guardian - UK

The 6 most common thermostat mistakes, and how to fix them

HVAC and home heating experts share the most common thermostat mistakes people make when heating their homes, why they could be wasting your money, and how to fix them

Homes & Gardens

China's AI Analog Chip Claimed To Be 3.7X Faster Than Nvidia's A100 GPU in Computer Vision Tasks (Updated)

A new research paper in Nature published by Tsinghua University describes a new analog computing chip that beats Nvidia's A100 at 3 times its performance and 4,000 million times higher energy efficiency at computer vision tasks. Considering the potential markets for devices such as these and the potential for further…

Tom’s Hardware

A.P. Special Chief Secretary releases energy efficiency action plan

K. Vijayanand released the State Energy Efficiency Action Plan (SEEAP) in Vijayawada, aiming to save 3.88 Million Tons of Oil Equivalent of energy by 2030. The plan provides strategies to industry, transport, agriculture & fisheries and building sectors, creating a market potential of ₹8,000 crore.

The Hindu

Draft energy efficiency plan for Kerala lays stress on more electric vehicles, green buildings

Kerala can make appreciable gains by 2030 in terms of energy savings by increasing the number of electric vehicles and green buildings and enhancing the overall energy efficiency of households and industries, the draft State Energy Efficiency Action Plan has indicated.

The Hindu

One million homes targeted for energy upgrades by 2030

A three-year project aiming to improve energy efficiency in older Australian homes has kicked off with a bold goal to upgrade one million households by 2030.

AAP

Green house upgrades are hobbled by VAT rules

Letter: Deborah Henderson suggests introducing VAT exemption on retrofitting if measurable energy efficiency targets are met

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The Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 750W PSU Review: Mid-Range 750W PSU With 12VHPWR

Thermaltake is a company based in Taiwan that specializes in designing and manufacturing computer hardware components and accessories. Established in 1999, the company's product range includes thermal solutions such as CPU coolers and cases and power supply units, keyboards, and mice. Thermaltake operates globally and has a presence in multiple…

The Hindu

BEE exhorts AP and other States to promote Mission LiFE

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Director General Abhay Bakre exhorted Andhra Pradesh (AP) and other State Governments to educate the public, especially students, about Mission LiFE, a programme launched at COP-26 to foster a profound shift in citizens’ behaviour towards adopting energy - efficient lifestyles and promoting sustainable consumption…

The Hindu

New e-commerce site to showcase ‘energy efficient’ appliances

Improving energy efficiency is a key plank of India’s energy-security strategy.

AnandTech

HBM4 in Development, Organizers Eyeing Even Wider 2048-Bit Interface

High-bandwidth memory has been around for about a decade, and throughout its its continued development it has steadily increased in speed, starting at a data transfer rate from 1 GT/s (the original HBM) and reaching upwards of 9 GT/s with the forthcoming HBM3E. This has made for an impressive jump…

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The Independent UK

‘National retrofit mission’ urged to better insulate Britain’s leaky homes

Net zero tsar Chris Skidmore said the country is lagging behind Europe on energy efficiency.

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers scrap energy efficiency taskforce after six months

Group tasked with overseeing initiative to insulate homes and upgrade boilers was only set up in March

The Conversation

How Sunak's back-pedalling on net zero could damage efforts to decarbonise Britain's homes

Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, has announced his government will scrap or delay a number of measures designed to help the UK reach net zero by 2050, with a particular focus on housing. This includes getting rid of impending requirements for landlords and property owners to upgrade the energy…

The Guardian - UK

Green target delay will lead to higher bills for low-income tenants, say experts

Requirement for landlords to meet stricter energy efficiency standards has been dropped

AnandTech

AMD Releases EPYC 8004 "Siena" CPUs: Zen 4c For Edge-Optimized Server Chips

AMD this morning is releasing the fourth and final member of its 4th generation EPYC processor family, the EPYC 8004 series. Previously disclosed under the codename Siena, the EPYC 8004 series is AMD’s low-cost sub-set of EPYC CPUs, aimed at the telco, edge, and other price and efficiency-sensitive marketing segments.…

The Hindu

Bureau of Energy Efficiency plans to launch ₹12,000 crore Interest Subversion Scheme

BEE to launch int. subvention scheme of ₹12K cr to turbocharge energy efficiency initiatives, incl. ₹6K cr for MSMEs. Scheme to offer reduced-interest loans for energy efficiency projects. Goals: reduced energy consumption, increased efficiency, lower CO2 emissions, improved profitability & competitiveness for MSMEs, more job opps. BEE's initiatives incl. 150…

The Canberra Times

Software delay holds back new energy efficiency standards

It impacts higher energy efficiency standards for newly built houses.

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