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Fossil-fueled Power
Non-Fossil Generation
End-Use Efficiency
Electricity T&D
Carbon Sequestration
Non-CO2 Reductions
Other GHG Reductions

Related topics in this section

Conservation & DSM
Solar Water Heating
Geo. Heat Pumps
Electrotechnologies

 

 End-Use Energy Efficiency Improvements

 
 Background


Among the three segments of the electric energy system – generation, delivery, and end use – end use offers the greatest near-term potential for large increases in efficiency and avoided GHG emissions or net reductions in GHG emissions. Improved end-use technologies and practices can be substituted for less efficient ones, thereby reducing electricity demand, electric generation, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Utilities can influence electric end use through demand-side management (DSM) technologies and practices that are intended to reduce the total demand for electricity and/or produce changes in a utility's load shape that result in a net reduction or avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions and savings for the customer. DSM programs consist of the planning, implementing, and monitoring activities of electric utilities that are designed to encourage consumers to modify their level and pattern of electricity usage.

The following pages offer additional information on these classes of end-use efficiency improvements: 

  Conservation & Demand-Side Management (DSM) – Commercial, Residential, and Industrial
  Solar Water Heating
  Geothermal Heat Pump
  Electrotechnologies

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 References, Sources, and Other Useful Data


Resources and links specific to individual topics within this section are listed separately for that topic’s web page. The Resource links shown below are more cross-cutting, and relate to end-use efficiency improvements in general. Additional resources are provided for the specific topic areas indicated by the link bar on the left of this page.

 

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
http://www.aceee.org/

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting both economic prosperity and environmental protection. ACEEE's program areas include Energy Policy, Buildings and Equipment, Utilities, Industry, Transportation, International, and Communications and Conferences.

Edison Electric Institute, "Energy Efficiency: Wise Energy Use"
http://www.eei.org/industry_issues/retail_services_and_delivery/wise_energy_use/index.htm

EEI maintains a Wise Use section on its website, which offers a variety of resources for consumers to make their homes and businesses more energy efficient. The website offers energy-efficient tips and information about energy-saving products that can be utilized throughout the home. Visitors to the Web site also can download “More Than 100 Ways to Improve Your Electric Bill,” a booklet that gives quick and easy changes to make in your home that can result in significant energy savings. In addition, the website offers detailed information about individual electric utility programs designed to help consumers and businesses save energy.

European Commission, “End-Use Energy Efficiency Activities at the European Commission”
http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/index.htm

Improving the efficiency with which energy is consumed by end-users is a central theme of energy policy within the European Community, since improved energy efficiency meets all three goals of energy policy, namely security of supply, competitiveness and protection of the environment. This is emphasized in the Commission Green Paper Towards a European Strategy for Energy Supply, which highlights the central role of energy efficiency for increasing the security of supply and reducing greenhouse gasses emissions. 

U.S. Climate Change Technology Program, “Reducing Emissions from Energy End-Use and Infrastructure” (from U.S. Climate Change Technology Program Research and Current Activities, dated November 2003)
http://www.climatetechnology.gov/library/2003/currentactivities/reduce-enduse.htm

Opportunities to reduce emissions exist in almost every segment of the economy where there are vast technical possibilities to improve energy end-use efficiency. CCTP’s report, U.S. Climate Change Technology Program: Research and Current Activities, highlights some of the Bush Administration's actions and profiles a number of promising, cutting-edge technologies found in today's robust U.S. climate change technology portfolio.

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, “Rebuild America”
http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy_program/projects_all_by_topic.cfm/topic=112

Rebuild America is a network of hundreds of community-based partnerships formed to save energy, improve building performance, and ease air pollution by reducing the demand for energy. They aim to enhance the quality of life through energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. Created by DOE in 1994, Rebuild America serves as a mechanism for revitalization and job creation in many U.S. communities. DOE's State Energy Program (SEP) supports the work of state energy offices to increase the energy efficiency of residential buildings. State activities include demonstrating new energy efficiency technologies and construction techniques such as whole building design, and provide homeowners access to financing for energy efficiency projects. Many states combine their own money with funding from DOE's State Energy Program and the private sector to support their energy projects. The State Energy Program plays an important role, but the states decide the direction and scope of their energy programs. Technology programs in DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) work with the states via the State Energy Program's annual solicitation called Special Projects. Project descriptions from state energy offices are published bimonthly in the State Energy Program's newsletter Conservation Update.

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, “Electric Power Annual 2006” (Oct. 2007)
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epa_sum.html

Released in October 2007, this EIA report includes data and trends on electric demand, retail customers and sales, and demand-side management savings. Chapter 9 of the report compiles summary statistics from Form EIA-861 on DSM capacity load reductions, energy savings and costs.


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