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Nine multinationals have joined a project that aims to make big cuts in the energy used in their buildings.
The companies, including DuPont and EDF, have signed up to the Energy Efficiency in Buildings project, which was started in March by the cement business Lafarge and US-based United Technologies, whose products range from air conditioning units to Sikorsky military helicopters. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a Geneva-based organization that represents 180 international companies, is providing the secretariat.
Members of the three-year project will work together to decide how they can eventually consume zero net energy in buildings in their use or ownership. The WBCSD estimates that buildings account for a third of the world’s energy use.
The other companies that recently joined the project were Cemex (Mexico), Gaz de France, ITT (US), Kansai Electric Power and Tokyo Electric Power (Japan), Philips (Netherlands) and Sonae Sierra (Portugal).
The companies, including DuPont and EDF, have signed up to the Energy Efficiency in Buildings project, which was started in March by the cement business Lafarge and US-based United Technologies, whose products range from air conditioning units to Sikorsky military helicopters. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a Geneva-based organization that represents 180 international companies, is providing the secretariat.
Members of the three-year project will work together to decide how they can eventually consume zero net energy in buildings in their use or ownership. The WBCSD estimates that buildings account for a third of the world’s energy use.
The other companies that recently joined the project were Cemex (Mexico), Gaz de France, ITT (US), Kansai Electric Power and Tokyo Electric Power (Japan), Philips (Netherlands) and Sonae Sierra (Portugal).
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