Extreme Efficiency: How Far Can We Go If We Really Need To?

This paper looks at factors that expand the efficiency potential in the context of the need to meet aggressive  climate change emissions reduction goals, and the desire to do so in a way that minimizes costs and enhances economic development. It discusses the potential for continuous improvement in efficiency technology and design approach and how this can produce innovations that have economic benefits beyond the value of energy savings.

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