Doubling the Rate of Improvement of Energy Efficiency

Over the 20-year period between 1990 and 2010, strong demo¬graphic and economic growth around the world caused global primary energy consumption to grow at a compound annual rate of 2 percent annually. Even so, falling energy intensity (the amount of energy used to produce a unit of economic output) meant that global energy demand in 2010 was more than 20 percent lower than it otherwise would have been. The energy intensity of the global economy fell during the period from 10.2 to 7.9 megajoules per U.S. dollar (2005 dollars at PPP). The reduction was driven by cumulative improvements in energy efficiency, partially offset by growth in activity, resulting in energy savings of nearly 2,300 exajoules over the 20-year period. Doubling the rate of improvement of global energy efficiency is one of the three complementary objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative. Launched in the UN General Assembly in September 2012 and co-chaired by the president of the World Bank Group and the UN Secretary-General, SE4ALL calls on governments, businesses, and civil society to address urgent energy challenges, including energy efficiency, by 2030.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Sinton, Jonathan, Sarkar, Ashok, Jaques, Ivan, Bushueva, Irina
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-09-18
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY, AVAILABILITY, BALANCE, BIOMASS, BOTTOM LINE, BURNING COAL, CALCULATION, CARBON, CHANGES IN ENERGY INTENSITY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CO, CO2, COAL, COMBUSTION, DEMAND FOR ENERGY, DISTRIBUTION LOSSES, DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY, DOMESTIC ENERGY, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, ELECTRICITY, EMISSIONS, ENERGY CONSUMERS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER UNIT, ENERGY COSTS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, ENERGY EMISSIONS, ENERGY INDUSTRIES, ENERGY INPUT, ENERGY INTENSITY, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENERGY SAVINGS, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SERVICES, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY USE, ENERGY USERS, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUELS, FUEL, GAS, GAS SUPPLY, GENERATION CAPACITY, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GLOBAL ENERGY DEMAND, GLOBAL ENERGY MIX, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, GREENHOUSE GASES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEAT, HEAT GENERATION, HYDROPOWER, IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY, INCOME, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, OCEAN ENERGY, OIL, PER CAPITA ENERGY, PER CAPITA ENERGY CONSUMPTION, PIPELINE, POWER, POWER GENERATION, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION, PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND, PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY, RATIO OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY USE, RENEWABLE SOURCES, SOLAR ENERGY, SOURCE OF ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, TOTAL FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, WASTE, WIND, WORLD ENERGY, WORLD ENERGY CONSUMPTION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20220749/doubling-rate-improvement-energy-efficiency http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20253
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