What Is Energy Efficiency?

The International Energy Agency recently brought together over 120 policy makers and energy professionals from more than 40 countries at its energy efficiency training week in Paris to develop expertise in energy efficiency policy making and underline the important role it can play in emerging and developing economies.

The Energy Efficiency Policy in Emerging Economies Training Week was held from 17 to 21 April at the IEA’s Paris headquarters. The IEA has been holding these week-long events since 2015, training more than 2,000 energy efficiency professionals from over 120 countries in total. The participants are primarily from government institutions and supporting organisations in emerging economies.

The sessions are dedicated to sharing experiences and best practices for planning, implementing, and evaluating energy efficiency policies in emerging economies. By focusing on building policy-making capacity in these countries, the IEA aims to expand its community of energy efficiency practitioners that can implement effective policy, helping to unlock this potential.

“All countries have different energy mixes, and different economic and social priorities, but one thing they all have in common is room to improve energy efficiency. It needs to be treated as the very first fuel, as it makes energy more affordable while supporting energy security and climate change objectives,” said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. “As the biggest opportunities to improve energy efficiency are in emerging and developing economies, they are the focus of our Energy Efficiency Policy Training Week, which has been going strong for many years now.”

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