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Energy efficiency (EE) programs are a win-win, helping customers to save energy and electric companies to reduce their carbon emissions. For several decades, electric companies have supported their customers’ interest in energy efficiency by providing incentives and information that lower the cost of purchasing energy-efficient appliances and devices and encourage energy management through energy efficiency and demand response programs.
Historically a product of public policy with varying levels of participation, EE programs now are viewed by the electric power sector as an essential element in an ever-expanding set of service offerings — high efficiency lighting, smart thermostats, dynamic rates, energy …
View Full ResourceThis report shows how improving the energy efficiency of Class B and C office buildings is doable with relatively simple, lower-cost measures that not only enhance building performance, but boost property values to make the buildings more competitive.
This research, generously supported with funding from the Building Owners and Managers Association and Yardi and prepared by ULI’s Greenprint Center for Building Performance and the Rocky Mountain Institute, explores the challenges and opportunities to achieve energy efficiency across Class B/C office portfolios. This market is a traditionally forgotten segment for energy efficiency and green leasing as information, resources, and funding constraints …
View Full ResourceEnergy Efficiency Jobs in America 2019 shows the continued growth trajectory of energy efficiency, one of the nation’s biggest employers. Now representing a workforce of more than 2.3 million Americans, efficiency has more jobs than any other energy sector. With compelling visuals, the report explores job distribution beyond the top ten states in detail.
This third annual publication begins with a seven-page summary that provides an overview highlighting the top ten states for jobs and for job growth. Meaningful comparisons include sectors, technologies, firm size and more. Detailed state fact sheets also provide efficiency job numbers for metro, county, legislative …
View Full ResourceResearchers have been evaluating and documenting the effects of utility energy efficiency programs for decades, and nearly every state in the nation now has policies providing for utility energy efficiency programs. The research shows that these programs have been generally cost-effective and are well-justified as a way to address market failures such as imperfect information, split incentives, externalities such as environmental costs, and regulatory concerns that arise from utility monopoly power.…
View Full ResourceMost economic theorists assume that energy efficiency—the biggest global provider of energy services—is a limited and dwindling resource whose price- and policy-driven adoption will inevitably deplete its potential and raise its cost. Influenced by that theoretical construct, most traditional analysts and deployers of energy efficiency see and exploit only a modest fraction of the worthwhile efficiency resource, saving less and paying more than they should. Yet empirically, modern energy efficiency is, and shows every sign of durably remaining, an expanding-quantity, declining-cost resource. Its adoption is constrained by major but correctable market failures and increasingly motivated by positive externalities. Most importantly, …
View Full ResourceState and local energy efficiency and renewable energy investments can produce significant benefits, including lower
fuel and electricity costs, increased grid reliability, better air quality and public health, and more job opportunities.
Analysts can quantify these benefits so that decision makers can comprehensively assess both the costs and the benefits
of their energy policy and program choices.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) State and Local Energy and Environment Program is pleased to release
the 2018 edition of Quantifying the Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: A Guide for State and
Local Governments. The Guide is intended to …
While New York State generally has been a national leader on climate and clean energy policy,
a significant ramp-up in energy efficiency is needed to meet the state’s goals. More energy
efficiency could save customers an estimated $3 billion by 2030, create thousands of jobs, and
improve public health. Governor Andrew Cuomo has committed to releasing a comprehensive
plan to strengthen the state’s energy efficiency goals by Earth Day: April 22, 2018. This fact
sheet describes the potential benefits for New York if the governor establishes an ambitious,
nation-leading energy-savings initiative.…
The overall objective of this award was to facilitate sharing of DOE resources and best practices as well as provide technical assistance to key stakeholders to support greater compliance with energy efficiency standards and increased energy savings. The outcomes of this award include greater awareness among key stakeholders on energy efficiency topics, increased deployment and utilization of DOE resources, and effective policies and programs to support energy efficiency in the Southeast.…
View Full ResourceWith a greater emphasis on energy efficiency and energy productivity, this report represents an effort to evaluate the scale of policies and programs, and resulting market activity, that will be necessary to reduce the cost of energy expenditures throughout the world economy. It highlights key trends associated with global energy expenditures over roughly the next 33 years, or through the year 2050. It provides an initial framework for understanding the magnitude of investments and outlays for energy efficiency improvements that are most likely to enhance the performance of the global economy. …
View Full ResourceResearch has identified an extensive potential for energy efficiency within the manufacturing sector, which is responsible for a substantial share of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The purpose of this study is to enhance the knowledge of vital drivers for energy efficiency in this sector by providing a critical and systematic review of the empirical literature on drivers to energy efficiency in manufacturing firms at the firm level. The systematic literature review (SLR) is based on peer-reviewed articles published between 1998 and 2016. The findings reveal that organizational and economic drivers are, from the firms’ perspective, the most …
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