An official website of the United States government.

This is not the current EPA website. To navigate to the current EPA website, please go to www.epa.gov. This website is historical material reflecting the EPA website as it existed on January 19, 2021. This website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work. More information »

Energy and the Environment

Energy Efficiency as a Low-Cost Resource for Achieving Carbon Emissions Reductions

This paper summarizes the scale and economic value of energy efficiency for reducing carbon emissions and discusses barriers to achieving the potential for cost-effective energy efficiency. It also provides reviews of current approaches to inform a set of recommendations for leveraging energy efficiency within state climate policy.

You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.

Energy Efficiency as a Low-Cost Resource for Achieving Carbon Emissions Reductions (PDF)(86 pp, 647 K)