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The Potential of Behavioural Interventions for Optimising Energy Use at Home
…variety of measures to optimise their energy consumption. Changes in our everyday habits can help to reduce home energy bills, lower carbon emissions and ease pressure on the power grid. Modest behaviour adustments can, over time, yield substantial energy savings on their own. Residential energy demand can be further reduced through “structural” inevestments, including upgrades to more energy-efficient appliances and retrofits to existing household equipment. Appropriate policy interventions and programmes can be designed to promote sustainable changes in behaviour and encourage investments in structural improvements. This article focuses on the potential for enhancing energy efficiency with policies and programmes…
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Fuel economy in Canada
…annually from 2022 to 2025. In response to propsals in the United States to increase the stringency of emissions standards for model years 2023-2025, Canada has announced intentions of aligning regulations with the most stringent performance standards in North America post-2025, whether that be at the United States federal or state level.EnerGuide is the official Government of Canada mark for rating and labelling the energy consumption of products. Labels must be displayed on all new light-duty vehicles available for sale in Canada, and provide information on the type of fuel used by the vehicle, fuel consumption…
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Oil Market Report - February 2021
The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) is one of the world's most authoritative and timely sources of data, forecasts and analysis on the global oil market – including detailed statistics and commentary on oil supply, demand, inventories, prices and refining activity, as well as oil trade for IEA and selected non-IEA countries. Highlights World oil demand is set to grow by 5.4 mb/d in 2021 to reach 96.4 mb/d, recovering around 60% of the volume lost to the pandemic in 2020. While oil demand is expected to fall by 1 mb/d in 1Q21 from…
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Canada Climate Resilience Policy Indicator
…is already affecting energy demand, reducing the number of heating degree days (HDDs) and increasing the number of cooling degree days (CDDs). Extensive heat could raise electricity costs in the summer and energy demand for air conditioning, especially in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, where felt temperatures can reach 35°C. Given that some regions (e.g. Ontario) are already experiencing their peak energy demand in the summer, additional electricity consumption for cooling is likely to put pressure on the power grid.More extreme hot days could also escalate the risk of wildfires, which can threaten energy supply security by…