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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- Climate Change
The process of shifting from one prevailing state in regional or global climate to another. Often used interchangeably with “global warming,” scientists sometimes also use the term to refer to periods of climatic cooling. Climate change is typically the preferred term over “global warming” because it helps convey that there are climate changes in addition to rising temperatures.
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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)
