What You Need To Know About Energy
Energy Efficiency
Increasing the energy supply is not the only answer to a stable energy future. Reducing demand through the improved efficiency of devices and procedures has the same end result. Learn about energy efficiency “wins” from the past and areas showing potential for the future.
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- Global Warming
A term used to describe the phenomenon of Earth’s rising average near-surface temperature. Although such fluctuations have occurred in the past due to natural causes, the term is most often used today to refer to current warming trends. Most scientists have concluded that this is very likely due to the observed increase in human-generated greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.
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Source Material
- Real Prospects for Energy Efficiency in the United States (2010)
- Energy Research at DOE: Was It Worth It? Energy Efficiency and Fossil Energy Research 1978 to 2000 (2001)
- Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards (2002)
- Decreasing Energy Intensity in Manufacturing: Assessing the Strategies and Future Directions of the Industrial Energy Technologies Program (2005)
- Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Grand Challenges and Research Needs--A Workshop Report (2005)
