Capturing the multiple benefits of energy efficiency: a guide to quantifying the value added (International Energy Agency) - Softcover

International Energy Agency

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9264220704 ISBN 13: 9789264220706

Publisher: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2014

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The traditional focus on energy savings as the main goal of energy efficiency policy has, at times, led to an underestimation of the full value of energy efficiency in both national and global economies. Energy efficiency can bring multiple benefits, such as enhancing the sustainability of the energy system, supporting strategic objectives for economic and social development, promoting environmental goals and increasing prosperity. The aim of this book is two-fold: to build knowledge of the multiple benefits of energy efficiency, and to demonstrate how policy makers and other stakeholders can use existing tools to measure and maximise the benefits they seek. Five key benefits areas macroeconomic development; public budgets; health and wellbeing; industrial productivity; and energy delivery are investigated in-depth, showing compelling returns when the value of multiple benefits is calculated alongside traditional benefits of energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions.

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