The global economy is not particularly energy-efficient. At current levels of consumption, we now waste about 86 % of the energy now used to maintain economic activity. This magnitude of waste imposes huge costs that constrain the robustness of the world economy. At the same time, however, there is an array of untapped cost-effective energy efficiency resources that can restore both energy and economic efficiency. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) may be the key to unlocking that potential.
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Laitner, J. A. S. (2015). Energy efficiency benefits and the economic imperative of ICT-enabled systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 310, 37–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_2
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