The average lifespan of a building is 50 years, so the design of buildings that are constructed now will have an effect on energy consumption in our cities until well into the 2070s. This article presents the most effective options for cities to set mandatory minimum energy performance standards for buildings, to prevent locking in … Continue reading “How to set energy efficiency requirements for new buildings”
This brochure provides step-by-step instructions for walk-through energy audits, focusing on heating, lighting, and bills and meter readings in offices and factories or warehouses.
This report by the Global Energy Transitions Commission presents a complete picture of global building sector emissions and describes pathways to decarbonisation for both existing buildings and new construction.
This guide by the Covenant of Mayors of Sub-Saharan Africa shows that urban planning tends to be gender blind, with the design of urban street lighting as a key example. It provides a manual, aimed at African cities, on how to develop gender-responsive public lighting projects. English: https://comssa.org/download/rxeWs6zcOXbTl8qRidGZ9nCB7EFAI4Pa/Gender-sensitive-public-lighting.pdf French: https://comssa.org/download/U3kjdTBHqV6FGKfoI71EgLY2wZrSvtz8/Eclairage-public-sensible-au-genre.pdf
This guide leverages FAO’s extensive experience of developing and delivering e-learning solutions to offer practical advice and guidance to trainers and instructional designers who wish to develop effective capacity building initiatives.
This article provides some practical tips for increasing engagement in training sessions in order to strengthen knowledge retention and application of learned skills. SessionLab also provides a useful library of facilitation techniques.
This page presents various methods that can be used to make trainings and workshops more interactive and engaging.
This guidance note provides practical tools and strategies for training providers to design and deliver gender-responsive learning programs, especially within technical and business education contexts. It highlights how gender dynamics, norms, and barriers influence learning outcomes and participation—especially for women and marginalized groups.
This guide helps practitioners design, implement and evaluate training programmes in a way that enables equal access and provides equal benefits to women and men. It provides tips and approaches based on international good practice and lessons learned from programmes implemented by IFC, the World Bank and other organisations.
This report shares insights and tools to support more inclusive and effective entrepreneurship education and training, especially for people from underrepresented and marginalized groups. It includes a list of assessment criteria to evaluate whether a programme is gender-smart.