Copper plays an essential role in nearly every aspect of our lives – and in Europe’s future. Following EU’s Sustainable Energy Week, this issue focuses on copper’s many important contributions towards sustainable energy, including energy efficiency.

The Leonardo ENERGY initiative (LE) provides professionals and regulators with market intelligence and knowledge updates on sustainable energy. This article explores how LE has generated a global community for sustainable energy professionals.

Arianna Vitali Roscini, Policy Officer for energy conservation, WWF European Policy Office, argues that the European Union is still missing measures that effectively deliver energy savings.

One prerequisite to achieving ambitious sustainable energy results is to employ the right raw materials in the most efficient manner possible. The recent use of MicroGroove technology is achieving this in air conditioners.

The Polish Copper Development Association (CDA) is helping pave the way towards achieving the Commission’s objectives by promoting copper in the modernisation of over 11.2 million Polish private and public buildings.

On Monday, 4 April 2011, Professor William Keevil performed a scientific experiment live from Southampton University in the UK and webcast to over 2,000 web channels in 93 countries.

Copper: the more you use, the less you lose. By increasing the cross section of a copper conductor, the losses go down, saving energy and CO2.

ECI will exhibit at the European Green Week 2011 taking place in Brussels, 24-27 May 2011. This year’s edition is dedicated to “Resource Efficiency: Using less, Living better.”

From 16 to 19 August, ECI will be at the AquaNor Forum in Trondheim, Norway

The Sabre Awards recognise superior achievement in branding and reputation across the North America, EMEA and the Asia-Pacific regions.