Consumption & Efficiency

Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Measurement Discussion

Released: June 19, 2000

Energy-Efficiency Measurement, Energy Efficiency Measures, Policy Issues, and Energy Intensity provides information on indices as a measure of relative changes and other approaches and measurement Issues.

Energy Efficiency Definition

Released: June 19, 2000

This web site discusses some commonly-accepted definitions of energy efficiency.

Developing Energy Indicators in the U.S.: The EIA Experience

Released: October 17, 1999

This web site discusses the EIA experience in developing energy intensity indicators.

U.S. Economy Energy-Efficiency Workshop

Released: October 17, 1999

The participant discussions in this session suggested EIA has opened Pandora's box. Participants seem well aware of the difficulties and complexities of doing energy-efficiency assessments for entire economy.

United States Energy Usage and Efficiency: Measuring Changes Over Time

Released: October 17, 1999

This paper first presents EIA's history and role as an energy data source. Next provides a brief synopsis of the developments in EIA's energy-efficiency project since it began in 1993.

Transportation Sector Energy-Efficiency Workshop

Released: March 21, 1996

Participants in this workshop pointed out that EIA collects very little transportation data. Therefore it has the least experience using transportation data and very little control over the quality of the data from outside sources. EIA's transportation data covers only the residential sector.

Industrial Sector Energy-Efficiency Workshop

Released: March 5, 1996

Participants in this workshop argued "How Should Energy Efficiency be Defined in the Industrial Sector?"

Measuring Energy Efficiency in the Unites States Economy, A Beginning

Released: October 1, 1995

Addresses the definitional and methodological issues surrounding the measurement of energy efficiency. Since energy efficiency can rarely be measured directly, the report focuses on the changes in energy intensity with various techniques in each of the sectors.

 

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