Arab economies are not energy efficient, a change is needed.
The demand for energy is rising across all Arab countries fueled by economic and population growth, as well as by increased industrialization and urbanization and changing life styles.
In Arab countries, buildings account for an average of 35% of all final energy consumption, and contribute 35-45% of all CO2 emissions.
Energy Efficiency Handbook is an Arab Green Economy Initiative from the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED). This handbook offers a roadmap that can be used by office or facilities managers in Arab countries to identify, assess, and prioritize energy investment opportunities that will lower their energy use and reduce their carbon footprint.
The handbook's primary focus is on the largest consumers of electricity in an office building including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, water heating, and office equipment such as computers, copiers, and printers.
In addition to addressing efficiency in electric power use, the handbook contains a chapter to address reducing fuel use by company-owned or company-leased vehicles.
The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) hopes that the Energy Efficiency Handbook will inform stakeholders and stimulate action for enabling a cost-effective energy efficiency strategy at the national and regional level.
...let's start the change.
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