On December 8, U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski hosted U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and a group of eight innovators, young leaders and scientists who shared information about their cutting-edge clean energy solutions. The roundtable discussion was organized by the Swedish American Green Alliance (SAGA), a clean energy partnership between the Government of [...]
Yesterday, Sweden’s Minister for IT and Energy Anna-Karin Hatt and U.S. Ambassador Mark Brzezinski visited the Hammarby wastewater treatment plant in southern Stockholm. The site visit took place under the auspices of the Swedish American Green Alliance (SAGA) and highlighted a new partnership between the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and U.S. water technology company [...]
Stockholm-based think tank FORES hosted a seminar with Bay Fang, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, on August 13. She zeroed in on recent reports showing that the United States has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by nearly eight percent since 2006. The emission reductions can primarily be attributed [...]
Yesterday, on July 19, the U.S. Ambassador to Finland and current head of the League of Green Embassies, Bruce Oreck, visited Sweden. Ambassador Oreck was in Stockholm to review successes accomplished by U.S. Embassy Stockholm in lowering the Embassy’s carbon footprint with geothermal, district heating, Honeywell’s high-tech energy monitoring devices, water-saving technology, BetaLED lighting, 3M [...]
Honeywell is about to install a new energy and water metering system at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm – technology that will help building managers make informed decisions on where to apply energy-savings measures. Honeywell will add an 11-meter hub to capture electrical, heating, and water usage in real time. At the heart of this [...]
Sweden, a country of 9.5 million people, is a leader in environmental sustainability and clean technology, having reduced its use of oil for energy purposes from 75 to 30 percent since the 1970s and made other advances. To draw on Sweden’s experience, the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm has for several years fostered U.S.-Swedish partnerships on [...]
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