Abstract
Overview
Introduction
Energy efficiency has emerged as a major environmental issue that, due to
regulation and higher energy prices, is now a growing and important energy
business segment in its own right. Economic growth and consumer trends,
combined with technological improvements, will only reinforce this emerging
industry that is increasingly targeted by both utilities and energy services
companies.
Scope
- Insight into how energy efficiency is tied to economic growth and what are
the trends in both to 2014.
- An examination of the relationship between home construction, large
appliances and energy use across Europe.
- A case study on the world' s most successful energy efficiency labelling
program.
- Market sizes and projections for the energy services industry across
European countries.
Report Highlights
Labour productivity will have increased 352% and 158% in the US and EU7,
respectively, from 1990 to 2015. In contrast, power consumption will only have
increased 77% and 68% for the US and EU7, respectively, over the same period,
leading to major gains in measures of energy efficiency.
Environmental regulations, technological improvements and voluntary compliance
with tougher performance standards mean that some appliance categories are
approaching the level where further cost effective energy efficiency gains are
no longer possible.
In the EU from 2003 to 2006, there was an 89% correlation between new home
construction and purchases of major residential appliances. This highlights
the fact that the greatest residential energy efficiency gains through
improvements appliances arise through new home construction.
Reasons to Purchase
- Understand trends in economic growth and energy efficiency improvements
across Europe.
- Identify home product categories in which consumption is growing, and how
this relates to energy efficiency improvements.
- Underatand which European markets hold the greatest market potential for
the sale of energy services.
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