Effective ways to cut energy use
AUG 18, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023609
NYTimes.com : The biggest opportunity to improve the nation’s energy situation is a major investment program to make homes and businesses more efficient, according to a study released by the consulting firm McKinsey. An investment of $520 billion in improvements like sealing ducts and replacing inefficient appliances could produce $1.2 trillion in savings on energy bills through 2020, the study found.The report said such a program, if carried out over the next decade, could cut the country’s projected energy use in 2020 by about 23 %, a savings that would be “greater than the total of energy consumption of Canada.”
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