Here is a link to a new study from ACEEE linking energy efficiency and costs. Anyone interested in talking knowledgeably on this issue should read this one.

Please share widely.

JBK

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This combines utility efficiency programs, which I think are the most powerful tool available to us, with the Federal Appliance Standards, which save more energy in the long run, but only get expanded when utility programs and other developments have done their work first. I hope it will be of interest to some of you.

- Ned

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Calculating the Nation's Annual Energy Efficiency Investments

Today ACEEE released a new report, Calculating the Nation's Annual Energy Efficiency Investments ( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HDC1HJAbWod18HK3WB10s_SWcWXhAHnEihOhtLOJOWwfS... ), that looks at spending in 2010 (the latest year for which data is available) in the U.S. on energy efficiency goods and services such as energy efficiency program expenditures, sales of ENERGY STAR products, investments in building efficiency improvements, repairs and new construction, trends in manufacturing energy use and investments, and sales of efficient vehicles.

We found that the incremental cost of advancement in energy efficiency (e.g., upgrading from an average refrigerator to an ENERGY STAR model) was $72-$101 billion in 2010, and has delivered about three times the level of new energy services as conventional energy supply ($170 billion).

To read the fact sheet summarizing the report visit: http://aceee.org/fact-sheet/energy-efficiency-investment ( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HDC1HJAbWoderpPVPgBFnoLsfDTW9hxNgjcOo88j2glSA... )

To read the report visit: http://aceee.org/research-report/e133 ( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HDC1HJAbWod18HK3WB10s_SWcWXhAHnEihOhtLOJOWwfS... )

To continue reading the blog post visit: http://aceee.org/blog/2013/02/americans-invest-big-energy-efficienc ( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HDC1HJAbWoe48vUNJ8jcdczFWu8nIqgRYo03fDV2v5BKj... )

About the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: ACEEE acts as a catalyst to advance energy efficiency policies, programs, technologies, investments, and behaviors. For information about ACEEE and its programs, publications, and conferences, visit aceee.org ( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001HDC1HJAbWocCjwtVKujihXrazOBqzN4qOIPZoGQdv5a9x... ).

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