Our air is becoming toxic due to pollution caused by fossil fuels dependence and energy inefficient buildings, among other factors. All this pollution causes serious health problems that can be magnified by the high temperatures and heat waves produced by climate change. The most affected are children, women, elderly and the poorest populations of developing countries. … [Read more...] about Seven facts about air that will leave you breathless
Energy Efficiency for SMEs in Colombia
Energy services companies to increase their role in promoting energy efficiency for SMEs The IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) will prepare a Clean Technology Fund (CTF) project to foster the use of energy efficiency technologies by small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Colombia through the development of a market for performance-based contracting and … [Read more...] about Energy Efficiency for SMEs in Colombia
Hotels, hospitals, clinics receive investments to boost energy efficiency
The Colombian national development bank Bancóldex is targeting the country’s fast-growing hotel and hospital/clinic industries in an IDB program financed by the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) to provide investment financing and technical cooperation to decrease energy consumption, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and increase competitiveness. The program will address … [Read more...] about Hotels, hospitals, clinics receive investments to boost energy efficiency
Energy Efficiency San Andrés, Colombia
Residential energy efficiency to be promoted for isolated areas not connected to the national power grid The Government of Colombia (GoC) is making important efforts to promote Energy Efficiency nationwide and consolidate an energy demand model in country zones not connected to the national power grid, Colombia’s Non-Interconnected Zones (ZNI). These areas are … [Read more...] about Energy Efficiency San Andrés, Colombia
A tale of four cities: improving public transport
An IDB program financed with resources from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) is improving urban transport in four mid-sized Colombian cities with the construction of new passenger stations, transfer terminals, and other transport infrastructure, as well as management systems to ensure an efficient traffic flow. The initiative will benefit 800,000 passengers in Pasto, Popayán, … [Read more...] about A tale of four cities: improving public transport