Alliance to Save Energy

Saving energy in schools and making energy efficiency a lesson for students is fundamental in shaping a new generation of energy efficiency leaders.

Ten percent of building energy use is attributable to inefficient windows, which raise heating and cooling costs. Efficient windows can help lower that figure.

Energy efficiency is an immediate and necessary part of the solution to global climate change.

More than 70 companies have joined the U.S. Department of Energy in signing a pledge to reduce their energy intensity by 25 percent in 10 years. How else can businesses become involved in energy efficiency?

Sound policy can break down barriers to energy efficiency at the local, state, regional and national levels. The Alliance promotes energy efficiency policies that are meaningful, politically viable and implementable.

A water crisis threatens two-thirds of the world's population, and the western United States is in the fifth year of a drought. Efficient water use has never been so important.

Buildings consume 40 percent of all energy used in the United States and are responsible for 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions. Energy-efficient buildings, whether new or existing, lessen our nation's energy use.

An energy-efficient industrial sector increases productivity, enhances global competitiveness and creates jobs.

As the country's largest energy consumer, the federal government is in a unique position to spearhead energy efficiency efforts.