While overall there is a global combination of effort being made as we race against time in trying to save the planet, some countries contribute much more than others. Just recently, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) used an international scorecard to measure 23 individual country’s efforts to become more energy-efficient. Measures of energy efficiency that were included in the rating included buildings that had been fitted with intelligent lighting systems, cars with less gas thirsty engines, more public buses and trains and self-powered factories.
The International Energy Efficiency Scorecard gave marks out of 100, with the higher the score, the more energy efficient the country is as a whole. Unsurprisingly, Saudi Arabia fell at the very bottom of the list, earning just 15.5 points, with Brazil and South Africa not a great deal better with 32.5 and 33 points respectively. However, the lower scores for the latter two countries is largely due to the severe economic crisis’ they are both experiencing.
At the other end of the scale, at the top of the board are Germany with a whopping 73.5 points out of 100. Then not far behind are Italy and Japan, both with 68.5, France at 67.5, United Kingdom at 65, and a little further down the list comes the United States and Korea with 61.5 points. With the average score being just 51 points comes as a bit of a disappointment for those countries that achieved much higher than this and portrays the need for a more combined effort to be made. The International Energy Agency recognises this need more than most and have forecast that global energy demand is set to rise by 37 percent over the next 24 years and if we don’t take drastic action soon, it may be too late.
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