Worldwide energy saving, no magic required: IEA report

Is all this effort to save energy, the worth it?

Consider this. We had neglected energy efficiency from 1980 to 2010, the world's energy consumption would be 35 percent higher. What does that mean? Consider the amount of energy in the two largest economies in the world - the United States and China used. This is about how much energy the world saved.

This is published by the World Energy Outlook 2012, 12 November by the International Energy Agency. A report the stand up and take notice for all, in the energy efficiency industry, it not only explains what reaches the world, but also how far we can go.

"The year's World Energy Outlook shows that year 2035 corresponds to energy saving to reach almost one-fifth of global demand in the year 2010. In other words, energy efficiency is as important as unlimited energy supply and reinforced action on efficiency can serve as a unifying energy policy, the diverse benefits", according to the report.

The most interesting report notes that we halve growth in the global primary energy could use only low-cost technology that already exists. No gadget or Gizmo magic here is necessary.

"These gains are based not on any major or unexpected technological breakthroughs to achieve, but only on measures to remove the obstacles hindering the implementation of energy efficiency measures that are economical, among", according to the report.

If countries only stick on new policies that have already announced, see the world energy intensity gains of 1.8 percent annually a significant ramp up by 1 per cent per year over the previous 25-year period from 2010-2035. Energy intensity is an important measure, since it represents the energy efficiency to an economy - economic performance think of it as the amount of energy that it takes to a dollar in the to reach United States.

The report found considerable environmental benefits of energy efficiency. Also, 68 percent of the global CO2 savings will account for only stay with planned policies, energy efficiency.

What are the planned measures? China seeks energy intensity a reduction of 16 per cent by 2015. The United States have new fuel economy standards for the transport. Europe is a reduction of the energy 2020 20 percent consider demand. Japan is a 10-percent reduction in energy consumption by the year 2030 work.

How far-reaching these guidelines may seem, they scrape barely the surface of the potential energy savings. "Only a small part of the economic potential is used", according to the report. "The projection period four-fifths remain while the potential in the buildings sector and more than half of the industry is still undeveloped."

IEA offers a blueprint for further savings, he gets what "the efficient world scenario." Among other things, calls for energy efficiency to make more visible to consumers and prevent the sale of inefficient technologies by regulation better create financing methods.

If successful, it would blue print for oil by an amount equal to the current production of Russia and Norway together cut the demand. Global economic output rise by $18 trillion by 2030 - IEA says about what you get if you add today the economy of the United States, Canada, Mexico and Chile.

Which countries would benefit most? India would see 3 percent gain gross domestic product 2035; China 2.1 percent, the United States 1.7 per cent and Europe 1.1 percent, according to the 690-page report.

And what would the cost? The world should approximately 11.8 trillion $ in energy-efficient technologies to install, but the price less fuel extraction and transport, production of bio-fuels and construction of electrical infrastructure would be charged $17.5 of trillion less in fuel purchases and $5.9 trillion.

So is the energy efficiency is worth? The IEA figures there is - and then some.

Here is a free summary of the World Energy Outlook 2012.

ELISA Wood is a long-time energy writer, whose Werk is available at RealEnergyWriters.com.

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New tool enables a saving of energy more easily

The new consumer tool is called green button, and customers can link to it from their utilities portals. Green key, based on strict standards, helps consumers informed purchase decision, fit energy power consumption and save money.

The Green key initiative the main objective is to simplify energy data access for consumers. The Federal Government is encouraging utility companies give consumers that opportunity to easily access and share their own energy information for insight on how to best use to manage their consumption.

Homeowners with strong environmental ethics can green button applications to further reduce its carbon footprint. Nelson's House in Lakewood, Colorado, was Brent and MO 1956 built and has two types of photovoltaic solar technologies including daylighting, passive solar, a solar hot water heater have been retrofitted. Credit card: Dennis Schroeder
Green button is an example of the Government incentives for industry, but as output to accelerate the adoption of a standard, an order of the Federal Government. The goal is better-educated consumers of energy - good news for the planet and a consumer bank accounts can be.

Green button is based on a standard smart grid interoperability Panel, a public private partnership which developed by a working group of the North American energy standards Board (NAESB) on request. Service provider interface (ESPI) standard brings together work by ASHRAE, the ice Alliance, IEC, NAESB into a single specification for exchanging energy usage information between utilities, customers and third party application developers of energy. With a common data format opens entrepreneur innovative products to develop for a wide market, to help customers understand and manage the use, and use energy costs.

Green key is an initiative of the White House. Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, announced the launch of the initiative on Jan. 18. It was first adopted by three of the largest utilities in California.

NREL helped develop standards

NREL was integral to the development of standards for the green button, as well as a consistent way, report your data. NREL Scott Crowder pointed out that NREL-developed OpenEI.org as Headquaters for application developers to provide their green button applications.

Once the utility website registered, see customers a green button icon. Customers click on the button, their personal energy usage data into the widespread format defines the standard download ESPI, jointly developed by industry and Government. Learn more about the data they download it at any of several green button apps. Future versions of the standard allows customers a secure subscription set up, so that you do not manually transfer the data from the utility for your favorite apps.

Many apps on OpenEI came through DOE's challenge, app developers come up with tools that help recent "apps for energy", define energy-saving strategies to inspire.

For example, customers can their data on an app for a "no-touch"-upload energy audit that show them how to save energy. The test can show you them, who say their dishwasher running sometimes there is little other demand for electricity and helps prevent a peak demand interest, Monisha Shah, said the association with the White House to promote green button.

Winner quantified an Apps for energy Award for energy savings in terms of the number of trees saved. "This is a great embodiment of the challenge as a whole," said Shah. "they are down a complex term to a simple Cook."

Thanks to the initiative, the number exploded the green button applications, which housed Shah said from six to more than 60, to OpenEI. Innovation is driving innovation and the number of apps is expected to continue to grow.

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Saving Money and Fuel with a Click of a Mouse

By Patrick B. Davis Vehicle Technologies Program Manager

On January 9, as I walked along the floor of the North American International Auto Show, I found myself continually taken with the variety of vehicles and technologies on display. It seems like there's a vehicle configuration for every segment of consumer these days. That level of choice can also be daunting. With so many options, it can be hard to decipher what car is right for you, or if there's a clear economic benefit in trading up to a new vehicle. Fortunately, DOE offers a number of tools that can help consumers save money and fuel, whether you're in the market for a new vehicle or trying to make the most of your current one.

FuelEconomy.gov, a partnership between the DOE and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is a great place to start. The site's recently updated Find-a-Car tool helps consumers find a fuel-efficient vehicle that meets their specific set of needs. Buyers can browse by model, class, price, or miles per gallon. The entry on each car shows the vehicle's annual fuel cost, fuel economy, amount of petroleum used, smog score, and safety ratings. Drivers can also compare up to four different cars side-by-side. There's even a mobile version so that car shoppers compare models as they browse the lot.

Once a driver has chosen a vehicle, he or she can find out its full lifetime cost on the Alternative Fuel and Advanced Vehicles Data Center's (AFDC) Vehicle Cost Calculator. After averaging in the driver's local gas prices, daily driving distance, and annual mileage, the calculator gives a cumulative cost of ownership that includes fuel, tires, maintenance, and loan payments. The Vehicle Cost Calculator also provides information on a vehicle's lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. This calculation includes not only the tailpipe emissions but also emissions created in fuel production, whether the fuel is gasoline, electricity, or biofuels. Bar and line graphs for each result make it simple to compare different vehicles to one another. Read the full story on DOE's Energy Blog.

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