by Brianna Crandall — May 20, 2015—The Alliance to Save Energy announced the launch of the new Global Alliance for Energy Productivity at last week’s Energy Efficiency Global Forum (EE Global) in Washington, DC. The new Alliance is hoped to have an effect on facilities around the world.
The Global Alliance is modeled after Energy 2030, an ASE initiative announced in February 2013 that is focused on doubling U.S. energy productivity by 2030. The Global Alliance will take the conversation about energy productivity to a global audience, securing commitments from policymakers and corporate leaders to encourage productivity and enlisting them to encourage similar commitments from others.
The ultimate goal of the Global Alliance is to double the energy productivity of businesses, cities and countries by 2030, which ASE President Kateri Callahan said is “audacious but imminently doable.” Using energy as productively as possible benefits a wide range of sectors by improving economic performance and growth, facilitating energy access around the world, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, driving technological innovation, and increasing the reliability and security of energy infrastructure, says ASE.
Callahan commented, “The Global Alliance will support policymakers and corporate leaders in their work to share and implement proven policy solutions that will contribute to greater economic prosperity and a more secure energy future across all regions. We don’t need to wait to take action; the technologies, processes and policies exist today to get twice as much GDP from each unit of energy we consume. We are at the dawn of an important new energy era, one where the international community can come together to grow economies and create jobs while at the same time reducing energy waste and pollution.”
Recognizing that specific policy challenges vary from region to region, the Global Alliance will provide an international, energy productivity-focused framework for the development of policies and programs that promote greater economic prosperity and a more secure future across all regions. The Global Alliance network will connect policymakers and business leaders to share proven policy solutions.
