In 2001, Portland, Oregon replaced most of its incandescent traffic signal lights with new, highly efficient LEDs. Using an innovative leasing arrangement to amortize the investment costs, Portland’s Signal and Street Lighting…
More than 11,500 street lights (standard fluorescent, mercury vapor, sodium vapor) were replaced with efficient, T5 fluorescent tube lamps as part of the energy efficient street lighting project by Akola Municipal Corporation (AMC), an…
The city of Tianjin, China, implemented a project to recover landfill gas (LFG), which was otherwise released into the atmosphere, and burn pretreated LFG for electricity generation. The project was located at the Shuangkuo…
ESMAP. 2009. Good Practices in City Energy Efficiency: Lviv, Ukraine - Energy Management Systems in Public Buildings. ESMAP Energy Efficient Cities Initiative. Washington, DC: World Bank.
ESMAP will expand its core set of programs, which are comprised of demand-driven analytical and advisory (AA) and technical assistance (TA) activities. These programs help client countries acquire the relevant know-how, skill, and…
ESMAP has taken significant steps, in line with its new 2008-13 Strategic Business Plan, to extend its engagement with client countries to encompass the nexus of energy security, energy access, and climate change, mirroring the changing…
