The IEA’s inaugural Energy Efficiency Market report puts the spotlight on the impact of energy efficiency measures amongst a core group of its member countries, to spectacular effect.
The investments made in reducing energy consumption by 11 IEA members since 1974 allowed for the non-consumption of 1.52bn tons of oil equivalent in 2010. These are Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the US – countries for which sufficient data was available to undertake the analysis. (CONTINUED - 739 WORDS)