Imagine an apartment that could be teleported across Europe. In Spain, its energy certificate might read D. In Germany, the same apartment could earn a C on a scale that runs to H. In Brussels, it might land on B, one of more than 15 subclasses. In the Netherlands, where the scale climbs to A+, it would look positively mediocre.
Same walls, same boiler, same physics, eight different letters.
This is not a thought experiment. It is how Europe has rated its buildings for two decades. Energy performance certificates or EPCs are used across most of Europe. Building energy ratings (BER) are issued…
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Europe is requiring hydrogen infrastructure like refueling stations but their one-size-fits-all approach will cost some countries millions and million of euros in losses, according to a new analysis by Chalmers University of Technology.
The Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), which entered into force in 2023, requires hydrogen refuelling stations at least every 200 kilometres on major roads and one in every urban node by 2030. Using data from 600,000 freight routes across Europe, the analysis shows such a blunt approach doesn't reflect actual demand, which means large losses …
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The problem is that there are too many of us.
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These comments are among the most popular responses recently published in the Sun in response to an article by the broadcaster David Attenborough on the climate crisis. But don’t be fooled into thinking the same scapegoating can’t be found below the line in a more progressive newspaper such as the Guardian – even if the racism is less explicit.
A larger population does make it harder to treat the environment in the right way. But…
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