Energy Efficiency a Necessary Measure, Says IEA

The International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests the path for energy efficiency measures, calling on countries and sectors to take an active role.

“If the world wants to avoid a temperature increase of 5 or 6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, then ambitious programmes of energy efficiency have to be launched in all sectors and in all countries,” IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven commented in a note released on Tuesday.

The international body released on Monday two manuals, one for policy makers and one for statisticians, aiming at defining shared practices to support energy efficiency policies.  

“The IEA’s new manuals on energy efficiency indicators will help countries design and implement dynamic, viable energy efficiency programmes,” van der Hoeven said. 

According to the Energy Technology Perspectives 2014 published earlier this month, if governments want to meet their 2 degrees Celsius in this century, energy efficiency will need to contributing between one-third and one-half of all the required future energy and emissions savings.