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How to save money by being more energy efficient, we look at various ways of reducing your energy bills and electricity consumption.

Solar Power systems installed at the home or office can reduce environmental impact. How solar panel systems work is described and how you and the environment benefit.

Windows, doors and other openings account for up to 40% of a buildings energy consumption in heating and cooling. This article explains what you can do to save money and be green.

Passive solar is explained and how passive solar design principals are used to create green homes and buildings.

Complete set of Grand Inga dams on the Congo River would generate a massive 40,000MW of electricityThe dream of harnessing the mighty Congo River with the world's largest set of dams has moved closer, with the World Bank...

Despite billions in profits, the problem of poverty remains largely unresolved in one of the world's least developed countriesFélicité sees nothing unreasonable about her demands...

New dress code issued to government employees as country endures blackouts of up 20 hours a day amid 40C temperaturesPakistan has told its civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid soaring...

Rates for one-off payments will be increased to support the market as renewable heat incentive delays continuePayments to help householders switch from heating their homes with oil to greener systems such as biomass boilers...

Our energy system is evolving due to depletion of cheap fossil fuels and the need for carbon emission constraints. Government and business are under pressure to tackle the energy challenges of rising energy costs, energy...

Prof James Hansen rebukes oil firms and Canadian government over stance on exploiting fossil fuel, which he says would make climate problem unsolvableMajor international oil companies are buying off governments, according...

Homeowners wishing to sell may find buyers are not prepared to take over Green Deal loan attached to the property's energy billHomeowners taking out a loan under the government's Green Deal energy efficiency scheme could...

US National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate 'economic opportunities' at the expense of everyone elseOne week ago, the Obama administration launched its National Strategy for the Arctic Region, outlining...

Former senior official John Ashton attacks government for 'spooking potential investors' in energy infrastructureThe number of people employed by the government to work on the UK's adaptation to the effects of climate change...

Building programme advancing, says minister as expectations of timetable delay at Hinkley Point grow and Chinese 'lose interest'The government has insisted it was still optimistic about plans to build a series of nuclear...

Ed Davey needs to do more on cutting energy consumption than the Green Deal. Looking to Germany would be a startSo Ed Davey, climate secretary, wants to "want to turn the non-switchers into savvy switchers", he said on Friday,...

Visual essays by Franke James reveal how the 'troublesome artist' was targeted because her views on climate change clashed with the push to develop Alberta's tar sands• Franke James' art – in picturesCanada, under the...

Authorities push forward plans for 314 metre-high dam on Dadu river which would affect rare plants and fishChinese environmental authorities have approved construction plans for what could become the world's tallest dam,...

Stephen Harper's administration has increased spend from $9m to $16.5m in the last yearThe Canadian government has nearly doubled its advertising spending to promote the Alberta tar sands in an aggressive new lobbying push...

Your article (European energy chief puts forward case for funding coal, 12 May) says the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has "hinted it may expand funding of high-carbon coal projects despite mounting pressure...

Work out how much power your devices and appliances use with the total cost. Also shows how much standby/phantom power costs you. Helps you save money.

Helps you work out the running cost of electric based underfloor heating taking into account peak and off-peak electricity prices