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National Energy Efficiency Strategies (Recommendation 1.2)
National energy efficiency strategies can accelerate the implementation of energy efficiency practice across all sectors. National energy efficiency strategies are useful because during their development, implementation and evaluation they can help to: make the vision for energy efficiency explicit; focus attention on the important issues; identify gaps in current work programmes; identify necessary tasks and resources; and allocate implementation and monitoring responsibility. Though several countries have adopted energy efficiency strategies, the coverage is by no means complete.
Effective strategies can involve the establishment of specific, measurable and achievable energy efficiency objectives. By illuminating trends in energy use and efficiency, these objectives enable evaluation of a strategy's progress.
Similarly, policy agencies developing these strategies need to be adequately resourced. A
marked improvement in energy efficiency requires a concurrent improvement in funding
for policy agencies.
Recommendation
a) Governments should set goals and formulate action plans for improving energy efficiency in each sector of their domestic economies, utilising on-going IEA work for developing sectoral energy efficiency benchmarks and compiling best practices.
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i) Best practice action plans should:
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I. Energy consumption by end-use in all sectors
II. Identify the economy's energy-saving potentials; and
III. Establish objectives and adequate methods for evaluating the success of the plan
b) Energy efficiency policy agencies should be adequately resourced.