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World leaders at the U.N. Rio+20 reached an agreement called “The Future We Want.” One of the agreement’s main tenets is to support the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, which aims to double the rate of improving energy efficiency by 2030.  Available in six languages on the U.N. Rio+20 website, the agreement also encourages more widespread use of energy planning tools to coordinate energy efficiency development. 

Above image courtesy of Foundation Rural Energy Services/Sustainable Energy for All.

“Until I became a freshman in college in 1963, I had to study and live under this dim smoky kerosene lamp. The candles I used only to prepare for examinations. Candles were considered to be expensive for me and for most of the people.”

Photo credit: Department of Energy and Climate Change of the United Kingdom.

For nearly two decades, the Alliance to Save Energy’s Watergy program has been helping communities in developing countries to overcome water shortages and related unsanitary conditions that affect families, neighborhoods, businesses and schools.   Now is your chance to help us.

One year after getting a slew of energy efficiency upgrades, the U.S. embassy in Belgium has reaped impressive savings and has spurred energy-efficient renovations in nearly a dozen U.S. embassies across Europe.

EE Global 2012 proved to be yet another "creme de la creme" of energy efficiency conferences. From March 27 to 29, leaders and innovators from all over the world gathered in Orlando to build networks and discuss ideas for advancing energy efficiency worldwide. A major theme throughout the conference was using energy efficiency as an "all of the above" solution to improving our environment and economy.