About one-third of global energy is consumed in residential, public, and commercial buildings (collectively referred to as buildings), where it is used for space heating, cooling, ventilating, lighting, cooking, water heating,…
Myanmar has one of the lowest levels of GDP per capita in Southeast Asia. One of the most visible features of the country’s underdevelopment is energy poverty. Only 33 percent of the population has an electricity connection, and the level…
September 30, 2014
Moving from theory to practice, various organizations have been piloting gender mainstreaming efforts within energy access programs. To learn more about their approaches and results on the ground, ESMAP and the Energy…
Improving the energy efficiency of municipally owned buildings, such as schools and hospitals, and municipal infrastructure, such as public lighting, water supply, and district heating, offers budgetary savings on energy bills and a wide…
