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	National Indicators - Energy Consumption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Energy consumption per capita is calculated as the sum of all energy consumed in the Nation in a given year divided by the population.
		Energy consumption per capita reflects personal access to and use of energy services such as heat, light, and mobility; but it does not tell us what mix of energy services were actually utilized or what the environmental and social effects of that energy use were.
		Energy consumption is important from an environmental standpoint since the combustion of fossil fuels, which accounts for about 85% of current U.S. energy supply, results in the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
	www.sdi.gov /lc_ener.htm (470 words)

	Energy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Thermal Energy, or heat, is the internal energy in substances––the vibration and movement of the atoms and molecules within substances.
		World energy consumption is projected to rise by 59 percent between 1999 and 2020, reaching 607 quadrillion British thermal units (BTUS).
		Natural gas consumption is projected to rise from 84 trillion cubic feet in 1999 to 162 trillion cubic feet in 2020, primarily for electricity generation.
	www.solcomhouse.com /Energy.htm (1977 words)

	Energy consumption - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Energy consumption is a measure of the rate of energy use such as fuels or electricity.
		Energy intensity is the macroeconomic measure of energy consumption.
		Energy demand management aims to reduce energy consumption on the demand side during specific times, while energy conservation is the broader practise of taking actions to increase energy efficiency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Energy_consumption (317 words)

	Law on the Rational Use of Energy (1997) - Uzbekistan
		Energy efficiency characteristics shall be established for energy producing and using equipment in accordance with legislatively established procedure.
		Energy efficiency characteristics shall be put in standards to indicate the efficiency of energy use in its production and consumption; also put in the relevant standards shall be energy consumption characteristics for technological processes, provision of heat and hot water supply, cooling, provision of electricity supply, lighting of buildings and works.
		Standardized energy consumption characteristics for the objects listed in Article 5 of the present Law shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan or by other bodies duly authorized by the Government to this effect.
	www.unescap.org /esd/energy/publications/compend/ceccpart4chapter12.htm (2487 words)

	Energy
		Most Americans are unaware of the large role energy plays in their everyday lives, and particularly how today's energy production and consumption are directly connected to the condition of the environment, the health of the economy, and the quality of life that will be experienced by future generations.
		Energy is not only a critical component to the functioning of our communities (both urban and rural) but also a major trade commodity and determinant of the country's foreign policies and strategies.
		In response, APA and its Chapters endorse managing energy consumption and encouraging efficiency by modifying development patterns, architecture, and the design of household, commercial, transportation, and industrial technologies to reduce energy demand, and by forecasting the energy demand of long range land-use plans and strategies, and mitigating the impacts of that demand.
	www.planning.org /policyguides/energy.htm (5274 words)

	California Ranks 4th in Energy Efficiency Among the States
		Although there is considerable technical potential to improve the energy efficiency of California -- and for that matter, the rest of the United States -- California, the most populous in the nation, has one of the lowest rates of energy consumption compared with other states.
		Energy consumption per capita does not correlate directly with energy efficiency, but efficiency is one of the factors influencing energy consumption per capita.
		In terms of total energy consumption per capita within these 19 states, New York is the most efficient, California is second, and Texas is the least efficient.
	www.lbl.gov /Science-Articles/Archive/energy-myths1.html (396 words)

	Energy and Transportation
		Energy use must be constrained if the interrelated problems of energy supplies, environmental degradation, and economic well-being are to be solved.
		Transportation energy consumption depends on the mass being transported and the distance it is transported.
		Energy conservation and environmental protection must be positioned as an upscale product attribute, rather than as a necessary sacrifice in the name of economic and environmental health.
	www.rqriley.com /energy.htm (4140 words)

	EcoWorld - Energy Overview
		The combined energy consumption of China and India is raising the ante for energy producers to the tune of ten quadrillion BTUs every few years.
		Energy sources most used in the world today are, fossil fuels, water power, and nuclear energy.
		The future of energy is diverse and may include fuel cells, solid and liquid wastes, hydrogen, and, who knows(!), even MHD (magnetohydrodynamic) generators which produce power from the motion of electrically conductive liquids in magnetic and electrical fields.
	ecoworld.com /energy/EcoWorld_Energy_Overview1.cfm (1190 words)

	European Union - National Energy Policy/Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		EU energy policy aims at once to address growing environmental concerns associated with the energy sector, such as global climate change, and to transform this growing concern for sustainability into opportunities for global economic and technological leadership.
		Considering that European industries on average pays between 30% and 50% more for energy than those of the Americas or in parts of Asia, the introduction of competition to Europe’s energy industries is intended to help European firms to compete globally by reducing their energy input costs.
		In the energy sector, for example, the EU aims to double the contribution of renewables (to 12%) and cogeneration (to 18%) by the year 2010.
	energytrends.pnl.gov /eu/eu004.htm (2524 words)

	Energy Consumption - Estimated Energy per Capita, 1960-2001
		Results of the EIA surveys were compiled in the State Energy Data 2001 tables, which provide annual time series estimates of State-level energy consumption, prices and expenditures for four major economic sectors and for all the sectors combined.
		Overall energy use in this sector is largely for heat needed for industrial processes and for cooling and powering machinery, with lesser amounts used for facility heating, air conditioning, and lighting.
		The map layer consists of five databases, one for each sector, that include per capita energy consumption estimates for each of the 50 individual States, for the District of Columbia, and in aggregate for the United States, for the years 1960 to 2001.
	nationalatlas.gov /mld/ete000t.html (638 words)

	2. Energy consumption
		Compared to other industries the wood and wood products industry is not considered energy intensive, and, as shown in Table 1, it consumed some 7.34 mtoe of energy in the OECD countries during the year 1983, accounting for approximately 0.3 percent of the OECD countries primary energy demand.
		Although the USA is the world's intensive user of energy in the sawmilling industry, it does obtain the major portion of its needs from its own resources and continually strives towards greater energy efficiency and use of residues as a fuel for kiln-drying.
		Energy consumption in the mechanical wood-based industry may be broadly placed in three major categories, i.e.
	www.fao.org /docrep/T0269e/t0269e04.htm (1349 words)

	World Energy Consumption: The Good, The Bad, and The BTUs
		Energy production is a global issue, and in a world where populations are increasing and economies are industrializing, the idea that global energy usage can remain flat through conservation is ridiculous.
		In 1995 the per-capita energy consumption of the 85% of humanity with average incomes under $15,000 was only 23 million BTUs per person, barely 10% of the average for the developed world.
		If the per capita energy consumption in the developing world were to reach only 50% of that consumed by the citizens of industrialized nations, and if everyone in the prosperous industrialized nations were to conserve themselves down to that same level, energy production worldwide would have to double.
	www.ecoworld.com /Home/articles2.cfm?TID=294 (893 words)

	Energy Efficiency / Builder Basics -- B.E.S.T.
		Indirectly, consumer health problems and lost productivity are the net results of a marketplace in which environmental costs of inefficient energy use are borne by society, because they are not accurately reflected in the price of energy paid by consumers, industry, and the economy.
		The same forces are at work in the allocation of other resources to building construction and renovation, development of land, emplacement of added infrastructure to support the development, and in the provision over lengthy life-cycles of utilities and services to such developments on the community and regional scale.
		Green building (energy and resource efficiency) should recognize to the extent possible the benefits that could accrue to the building industry from voluntary adoption by builders, developers, utilities, communities, and other entities.
	www.energybuilder.com /nrgeffic.htm (944 words)

	Energy Glossary Letter E
		For the purpose of this paper, energy efficiency is distinguished from DSM programs in that the latter are utility-sponsored and -financed, while the former is a broader term not limited to any particular sponsor or funding source.
		ENERGY BUDGET - A requirement in the Building Energy Efficiency Standards that a proposed building be designed to consume no more than a specified number of British thermal units (Btus) per year per square foot of conditioned floor area.
		ENERGY CONSUMPTION - The amount of energy consumed in the form in which it is acquired by the user.
	www.energy.ca.gov /glossary/glossary-e.html (2071 words)

	EERE State Activities and Partnerships: U.S. Energy Statistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		U.S. energy production and consumption statistics point toward the impact of energy efficiency on the national economy and the small, but growing presence of renewable energy in the mix of energy supplies.
		One measure of the increasing energy efficiency of the economy is the called "energy intensity, which is the ratio of energy input per unit of economic output.
		Total energy consumption in the United States increased by 17,891 trillion British Thermal Units (Btu) between 1980 and 2001, representing an annual average increase of 1.0%.
	www.eere.energy.gov /states/us_energy_statistics.cfm (1022 words)

	REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION
		There are a number of things that all homeowners can do to make significant reductions in their energy consumption, whether or not they are embarking on a major home construction or remodeling project.
		The owners of this house had always considered themselves to be pretty savvy about using energy efficiently but discovered that they could do a lot better when they began monitoring their actual energy consumption in their former home.
		Consumption is lower in year two, for example, because the owners turned off the small basement refrigerator during the winter months and discontinued the use of the air handling system.
	www.revelle.net /LAKESIDE/lakeside.new/steps.html (2049 words)

	Energy scenario in South Asia
		The total primary energy supply in South Asia, which is indicative of the total energy consumption, increased at the rate of 3.6% annually during that period.
		Despite the rapid growth in energy demand, the average per capita energy consumption in the region is lowest in the world (Figure 1).
		Though such renewable energy technologies as biogas plants and improved cookstoves have been available in India since the late 1940s, the programme itself was initiated on a very moderate scale in the wake of the energy crisis of 1973.
	www.teriin.org /opet/articles/art1.htm (2102 words)

	34 - Energy Consumption
		Perhaps the most troublesome aspect of our energy dependence is that most of our energy comes from burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas that are finite and non-renewable.
		With so much of our energy usage, especially transportation, dependent on foreign oil sources, our economy is not as secure as it could be.
		As a result of energy deregulation, new data are becoming available through a new reporting requirement that provides consumers with a standard set of information about the environmental characteristics of energy they purchase.
	www.state.nj.us /dep/dsr/sustainable-state/34.htm (489 words)

	FEMP Energy Expo: Sponsors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		FEMP is leading the way to reducing the cost of government by advancing energy and water efficiency, increasing the use of renewable energy, managing the utility costs within DOE and assisting other Federal agencies in these areas.
		DoD, the largest single energy user in the nation, spent $8.2 billion on energy in Fiscal Year 2004--$2.8 billion in facility energy consumption alone.
		Our efforts to conserve energy are paying off; in Fiscal Year 2004 military installations reduced consumption by 1.1 percent despite an 8.8 percent increase in the cost of energy commodities from Fiscal Year 2003.
	www.energy2005.ee.doe.gov /sponsors.cfm (538 words)

	The Urgency of Energy Efficiency - Energy - Sierra Club
		Energy efficiency has added more total energy capability to the U.S. than all fossil, nuclear and renewable energy resources combined over the same period.
		Ongoing efficiency gains cut energy consumption from what would otherwise be 4% per year to an actual 1.5 to 2% annually.
		Because energy engages such a large part of the total economy, there are a large number of initiatives, programs, policies, laws and incentive strategies that have been demonstrated to increase the rate of efficiency, which are too numerous to list here.
	www.sierraclub.org /globalwarming/cleanenergy/efficiency.asp (385 words)

	India, China and Energy Security \| EnergyBulletin.net \| Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
		Driven by a surge in economic growth, however, China's growth in oil consumption is now running close to 8 percent a year and, as a result, that country is now a major importer.
		The key energy-related issues for these two countries are increasing energy dependency on imported oil, growing environmental concerns due to the dependency on coal, transportation and supply problems, and regional geopolitics.
		While privatization of the energy field is promising, for an efficient domestic production and supply of oil the role of external and internal pressure groups in controlling the oil market should be carefully watched.
	www.energybulletin.net /921.html (1438 words)

	Portfolio Manager Overview : ENERGY STAR
		EPA’s energy performance rating system, based on source energy, accounts for the impact of weather variations as well as key physical and operating characteristics of each building.
		By entering a project’s estimated energy consumption, users can generate an energy performance rating based on the same rating system applied to existing buildings.
		EPA is working with a variety of industries to develop benchmarks of plant energy performance, or Energy Performance Indicators.
	www.energystar.gov /benchmark (363 words)

	OECD: Energy Consumption
		Environmental impacts are caused by the actions required to produce energy, including oil and gas exploration and development, coal mining, and the construction of nuclear reactors, hydroelectric dams and reservoirs.
		According to Environment Canada, energy use produces 90% of Canada’s carbon dioxide emissions, 55% of sulphur dioxide emissions, 90% of nitrogen oxide emissions and 55% of volatile organic compound emissions.
		Between 1980 and 1997, total Canadian energy consumption grew by 20.3%, slightly higher than the average OECD increase of 18%.
	www.environmentalindicators.com /htdocs/indicators/8ener.htm (309 words)

	Making Better Energy Choices \| Worldwatch Institute
		Energy consumption affects everything from a nation’s foreign debt to the stability of the Middle East, from the air we breathe to the water we drink,
		The energy intensity—that is, the energy input per dollar of output—of the global economy is declining, and recent decades have seen continuing improvements in energy efficiency.
		Home appliances are the world’s fastest-growing energy consumers after automobiles, accounting for 30 percent of industrial countries’ electricity consumption and 12 percent of their greenhouse gas emissions.
	www.worldwatch.org /node/808 (1824 words)

	World Energy Projections: Resources, Consumption and CO2 Emission
		The result is a continued increase in energy consumption, greenhouse gas emission, population, and per capita consumption, and a parallel continued decrease of non renewable resources, greenlands, and rainforests.
		The collected 'energy tax' funds would be invested by a 'World Energy International Bank' for the development and restructuring of the energy technology as to implement the renewable energy sources (solar, etc.), best suited to ensure the sustainability of the human civilization on our planet.
		The annual reduction in oil consumption in 'rich' countries should range from 4% to 10%, depending on their actual overrun on percapita consumption, allowing the poorest countries to increase oil and energy consumption without any penalty, as necessary for them to catch-on a decent level of development.
	www.combusem.com /ENERGY1.HTM (3286 words)

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