Energy Use Projections For U.S. Buildings Down Sharply

Date: 02/14/2012 | Source: Builder

The built environment in the United States is moving toward significant reductions in energy consumption at a faster pace than had previously been projected, even taking into account the slowdown in new construction and remodeling over the past several years. Since 2005, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has published its projections for energy consumption by buildings. Its 2011 projection for residential and commercial buildings, which it released recently, is nearly 70% less than its projection in 2005. Using its latest calculations, EIA estimates that consumers will spend $3.66 trillion less on energy between 2012 and 2030 than EIA projected in 2005 that they would spend over that period. And if the country’s architects and builders adopt the most efficient building technologies, those savings would exceed $6 trillion. [Read this article]

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