The Central Role of Energy Efficiency in the Energy Outlook and EIAs Energy Data Program For MIT Energy Initiative Symposium May 12, 2014 Cambridge, MA By Howard Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator U.S. Energy Information…
Growing economies and populations drive energy use higher; reduced energy intensity, reflecting energy efficiency gains, moderates this trend average annual change (2010-2040) percent per year 7 Energy Intensity GDP per capita…
U.S. energy use grows slowly over the projection reflecting steady growth in GDP offset by declines in energy intensity U.S. primary energy consumption quadrillion Btu History 2012 Projections 120 2025 2040 Renewables (excluding…
Energy use per dollar of output and per capita are projected to decline even with expected growth in energy-intensive manufacturing energy intensity index, 2005=1 History 2012 Projections 2.0 2005 1.5 1.0 Energy use per…
Growth in electricity use slows, but still increases by 28% from 2012 to 2040 Period Annual Growth__ U.S. electricity use Electricity use GDP percent growth (3-year rolling average) 1950s 9.8 4.1 1960s 7.3 4.4 History 2012 1970s 4.7…
The industrial and commercial sectors account for virtually all growth in U.S. energy use in the AEO2014 Reference case quadrillion Btu Source: EIA, Annual Energy Outlook 2014 Howard Gruenspecht, The Central Role of Energy…
Commercial Buildings Data Howard Gruenspecht, The Central Role of Energy Efficiency MIT Energy Initiative Symposium, May 12, 2014 7
A CBECS cycle demands many years of work Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2012 Stakeholder meetings Field Update Sampling Questionnaire design & programming Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2013 Field…
The 2012 CBECS building population is diverse; small buildings predominate Office Warehouse and storage Service Retail other than mall Religious worship Education Food service Public assembly Vacant Buildings Food sales…
For more information U.S. Energy Information Administration home page www.eia.gov Annual Energy Outlook www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo CBECS www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/about.cfm International Energy Outlook…
More rapid adoption of technology accelerates the projected decline in commercial energy intensity (energy use per sq. foot) index of energy use per square foot, 2005 =1 Source: EIA, Annual Energy Outlook 2014 Howard Gruenspecht,…
Technology improvement by use in 3 cases Percent reduction from 2012 level Source: EIA, Annual Energy Outlook 2014 Howard Gruenspecht, The Central Role of Energy Efficiency MIT Energy Initiative Symposium, May 12, 2014 12