Surely, we needn’t tell you that energy is becoming increasingly expensive. Whether you are a company or a private individual, you are undoubtedly doing everything you can to reduce your energy bill. You’re shifting your energy usage to off-peak hours as much as possible, your roof is filled with solar panels, and your old taps have long been replaced with water-saving alternatives. But did you also know that you could be saving even more...

In 2016, electricity prices in Flanders were 8 percent higher than the year before; a consequence of the debt the Flemish government owed to itself due to the numerous renewable energy certificates it handed out over the years for solar panels, windmills and the like. A debt which apparently still exists, as Flemish electricity bills are still on the rise. In 2017, most families paid 5 percent more for electricity than they did in 2016....

Flanders' energy targets for 2020 are ambitious, to say the least, but Flemish Minister of Energy Bart Tommelein is a man with a plan. He has calculated that Flanders needs to install an additional 280 wind turbines and 6.4 million solar panels – that’s one for each Fleming – in the next two years to be able to retrieve at least 10.3 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. Remarkably enough, the Flemish government is not so...

Do you have the feeling that your company’s energy bills are often surprisingly high? Now that energy, electricity especially, is becoming more and more expensive, saving energy is a top priority for many companies. But not all companies are saving as much energy as they could. SMEs as well as large enterprises are not always aware of why they consume so much energy. So, what about you? Do you know what the biggest energy wasters in your...

Every year, Newsweek announces the Global 500, or the five hundred greenest companies in the world. In 2016, the top ten included Nike, Unilever and Siemens. What makes these companies so sustainable? Evidently, they made some considerable investments in renewable energy. But even without purchasing their own green energy sources, companies can adopt a sustainable energy strategy. Read all about it here!