Energy and Climate

Pollution from residential burning (pamphlet)
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Residential burning in small stoves and boilers is a dominating source of mant toxic air pollutants: Fine particles, soot particles, dioxins, tar compounds and volatile organic compounds. PArticles are the main cause o fmorbidity and premature mortality related to air pollution. Residential burning (mainly wood) causes more than half of the total soot particle emission in the EU.

This pamphlet gives you an overview of the challenge posed by residential burning.

The pamphlet is only available electronically, and is intended for print and for distribution in areas with residential burning.

Below you can download a version for online/on screen reading and a version for print with the set up for print and folding.

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Pollution from residential burning
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Pollution from wood burning is the most health damaging and expensive environmental problem in Denmark.

This booklet describes the pollution and the connected health damages as well as the socio-economic costs. Furthermore, the booklet focus on climate effects from wood burning and how soot particles from wood burning contributes to global warming. Finally, the booklet highlights the many technical solutions as well as political decisions and local actions needed to reduce this serious pollution source.

The booklet is available in print and electronically.
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By: Kåre Press-Kristensen
Danish Ecological Council 2016, 2nd edition, 32 pages.
Renewable Energy in the Building Codes
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The Ecological Council, with the support of the Landowners' Investment, discussed the advantages and disadvantages of existing and future inclusion of renewable electricity to meet the energy frame for buildings. When the advantages and disadvantages of recognition possibility of renewable electricity weighed against each other, it suggests that a future BR20 should eliminate or significantly reduce the possibility of including electricity produced on the land register from the total energy requirement.

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Published by: The Danish Ecological Council, January 2016
Text: Søren Dyck-Madsen and Chr. Jarby
Energy Savings in SMEs
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Many larger enterprises have discovered that investments in energy efficiency have a fairly short payback time, and that energy savings offer both innovation and improved competitiveness.
The energy saving efforts of small and medium-sized Danish enterprises (SMEs), however, still lag. These companies are very diverse and have different requirements for an energy saving effort and are generally too small to have expertise or focus on energy consumption.

In this publication, The Danish Ecological Council takes a closer look at the issue on which initiatives to take to achieve more profitable energy savings in SMEs.

Authors: Christian Jarby & Søren Dyck-Madsen
Published by: The Ecological Council, April 2014, booklet 13 pages.
The publication was composed wich support from the Danish Energy Foundation

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Sustainable use of Biomass
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For several years the Ecological Council has been working with the use of Bio-Energy - solid biomass as well as liquid biofuels and biomass. Since there are many fundamental aspects of this, we have found it necessary to submit a principal paper.

Paper by: Christian Ege, Martin Bøndergaard, Bo Normander og Kåre Press-Kristensen

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Climate Friendly Energy Solutions
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Recommendations for how small and large energy consumers can make a real effort to combat climate change – and how they can ensure more renewable energy.

There has been identified a great need for recommendations for households, small medium and large companies and communities about what to do if you want to do something good for the climate and ensure the transition of especially the Danish energy sector for more renewables. Therefore, the Danish Ecological Council has written this publication that gives a clear overview of actions that you can do, and which actions you should avoid. This English edition has been supplemented to be used in the EU, and does contain explanations of special Danish conditions whenever needed.

Author: Søren Dyck-Madsen
The Danish Ecological Council, October 2010 (Danish version) and January 2011 (English version)
Publication, 24 pages, A4 – for download 6 MB

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25 proposals for energy saving in dwellings. Summary
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By Johan Nielsen
The Ecological Council, October 2008
The full report is only available in Danish

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Energy savings in multi-storey buildings
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Guide to savings of heating as well as electricity in rented flats as well as private-owned flats.

By: Jesper Toft, Preface by Anne Grete Holmsgaard, Danish MP (Energy Committee)
The Ecological Council, October 2008, 55 pages

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Energy Retrofitting of Buildings
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Energy Retrofitting of Buildings by use of the Joint Implementation scheme. Targetting municipalities and home owners' associations.

The Ecological Council, december 2006, brochure, 12 pages

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Energy Retrofitting of Buildings (på rumænsk)
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Energy Retrofitting of Buildings by use of the Joint Implementation scheme. Targetting municipalities and home owners' associations.

The Ecological Council, december 2006, Brochure, 12 pages

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Energy Retrofitting of Buildings (på ukrainsk)
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Energy Retrofitting of Buildings by use of the Joint Implementation scheme. Targetting municipalities and home owners' associations.

The Ecological Council, december 2006, Brochure, 12 pages

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Main report Ukraine and Romania
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Barriers and Recommendations for Development of Joint Implementation (JI) in End-use Energy Efficiency Projects in the Residential Sector

The Ecological Council, November 2006. 30-40 pages

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Country Report UKRAINE
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Barriers and Recommendations for Development of Joint Implementation (JI) in End-use Energy Efficiency Projects in the Residential Sector

The Ecological Council, November 2006. 30-40 pages

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Country Report ROMANIA
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Barriers and Recommendations for Development of Joint Implementation (JI) in End-use Energy Efficiency Projects in the Residential Sector

The Ecological Council, November 2006, 30-40 pages.

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The Danish Flexmex Report
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The report contains an analysis of 33 Danish JI and CDM projects, 12 of which have been analysed thoroughly. The projects have been assessed using a range of different parameters such as additionality, contribution to sustainable development in the host country, transparency, and technology transfer.

The Danish 92 Group, 2005, 31 pages

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Energy and Climate Policy In the EU and Denmark
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A booklet about the EU initiatives on energy and climate together with a critisism of the fact, that the Danish Government's "Proposal for at Climate Strategy" do harm the EU initiatives.

By: Søren Dyck-Madsen and Uffe Geertsen
The Danish Ecological Council, January 2004 (Danish issue June 2003) Booklet, 24 pages, richly illustrated.

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