The rise of energy efficiency

Energy efficiency is the “first fuel” in the global energy system.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), harnessing economically viable energy efficiency investments would facilitate a more efficient allocation of resources across the global economy, with the potential to boost cumulative economic output through 2035 by USD 18 trillion.

We asked several leading experts for their thoughts on the impact that energy efficiency can have on climate change around the globe and the standards being developed to address the growing market.

November/December 2016

The rise of energy efficiency

Experts give us their thoughts on the impact that energy efficiency can have on climate change around the globe and the standards being developed to address the growing market.

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Fighting the fossil fuel challenge

Energy efficiency is one of the most effective ways of tackling climate change. Here, Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency at the International Energy Agency (IEA), tells us how standards are essential tools in driving our use of energy down. 

There has never been more urgency to find ways to reduce our energy consumption

Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency, IEA 

 

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