GENERAL FACTS about Energy Efficiency:
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Since 1990, savings from energy efficiency gains have averted the need to build 313
large power plants. This is equal to three times the coal plant capacity of Germany, or
nearly half of the existing coal plant capacity in the U.S. as of 2012. (ACEEE)
The U.S. would have had to build 313 new large power plants since 1990 if not for
energy efficiency.
Energy efficiency since 1990 saves as much energy in the U.S. as the output of 313 new
large power plants since 1990.
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Efficiency could provide one-third of total expected electricity generation needs by
2030, avoiding the need for an additional 487 large power plants. Combined with the
gains since 1990, savings from energy efficiency could amount to the output of 800
power plants by 2030. (ACEEE)
Ramping up energy efficiency could save the U.S. from having to build 487 new large
power plants by 2030.
Energy efficiency could avoid 1/3 of the total expected electricity generation needs in
the U.S. by 2030! That’s equal to 487 large power plants.
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ENERGY STAR has helped families and businesses save $430 billion on utility bills, while
reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2.7 billion metric tons since 1992. (EPA)
ENERGY STAR has helped families and businesses save $430 billion on utility bills since
1992.
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U.S. energy intensity has been declining steadily since the early 1970s thanks in large
part to energy efficiency gains. From 1970 to 2011, U.S. energy intensity decreased by
more than 50% per real dollar of GDP. (EIA)
Since 1970s, the U.S. has been able to produce goods and services using less energy
and money, thanks to energy efficiency.
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Electricity use in 2015 was nearly identical to use in 2010, even as the economy grew
11%, thanks in part to energy efficiency. (ACEEE)
From 2010 to 2015, the U.S. economy grew 11% while electricity use stayed the same
as, thanks in part to energy efficiency.
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Thanks to gains in energy efficiency, electricity use has flattened in recent years even as
the economy has grown. (ACEEE)
U.S. electricity use has remained constant in recent years even as the economy grew,
thanks to energy efficiency.
SOURCES:
ENERGY STAR Overview of 2015 Achievements:
https://www.energystar.gov/sites/default/files/asset/document/ES_OverviewAchievements_0
40816-508.pdf
Energy Star Facts and Stats for 2014: https://www.energystar.gov/buildings/about-us/factsand-stats
Energy Information Administration (EIA): U.S. energy intensity projected to continue its steady
decline through 2040: http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=10191
EIA: Energy efficiency improvements have largely offset effect of more, larger homes:
http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=20031
EIA: Total electricity sales fell in 2015 for 5th time in past 8 years
http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=25352&src=email
ACEEE: Our new analysis finds energy efficiency is the 3rd largest resource in the US electric
power sector: http://aceee.org/blog/2016/08/our-new-analysis-finds-energy
ACEEE: US electricity use is no longer growing: http://aceee.org/blog/2016/03/us-electricityuse-no-longer-growing
ACEEE: Energy Efficiency in the U.S. – 35 Years and Counting
http://aceee.org/sites/default/files/publications/researchreports/e1502.pdf
ACEEE: The Greatest Energy Story You Haven’t Heard: How Investing in Energy Efficiency
Changed the Power Sector and Gave us a Tool to Tackle Climate Change
http://aceee.org/sites/default/files/publications/researchreports/u1604.pdf
ACEEE: Explaining the unique energy burden of low income households
http://aceee.org/blog/2016/05/explaining-unique-energy-burden-low
ACEEE: 2015 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard
http://aceee.org/state-policy/scorecard
Appliance Standards Awareness Project:
http://www.appliance-standards.org/content/appliance-standards-rank-2-energy-saving-toolus
http://www.appliancestandards.org/sites/default/files/Benefits_of_Standards_June_8_2011.pdf
Institute for Market Transformation: What is Green Worth? Unveiling High-Performance Home
Premiums in Washington, D.C.
http://www.imt.org/resources/detail/what-is-green-worth-unveiling-high-performance-homepremiums-in-washington
Green Homes Sell for More, Studies show
http://www.ecobuildingpulse.com/news/green-homes-sell-for-more-studies-show_o
USGBC: Benefits of Green Building
http://www.usgbc.org/articles/green-building-facts