strategy
Integrating energy management
Synonyms:
Restructuring energy systemsDeveloping integrated energy planning
Developing methodologies for integrated energy, environment and economic policy decisions
Providing integrated energy resource management
Description:
Encourage the development and application of programs and pricing mechanisms for efficient and economic use of energy. Efficient and economic use of energy and material should be encouraged throughout all business operations. Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Claim:
1. An important conclusion which can be drawn from recent scenarios on energy consumption and management is that demand-side measures have the most short-term effect while supply-side measures can have the greatest effect over the longer term.2. Energy is associated with 50% of environmental problems and provides a crucial entry point for the environmental role in development.
Broader:
Managing energy resourcesAdopting planning approaches serving multiple goalsEnsuring sustainable development of energy resourcesFormulating methodologyDeveloping policy for resource managementIntegrating environmental and economic decision-makingAdvancing environmentally sound technology and management systems Narrower:
Reducing dependence on automobilesReducing dependence on automobilesEmploying energy efficient designDesigning for environmentTransferring energy efficient technologiesReducing amount of wasted energy resourcesAdvancing energy efficiencyTele-commutingEnsuring sustainable energy in human settlementsDeveloping international sustainable energy policyConstructing low energy buildingsUsing cogeneration of electricity and heatPricing energy rationallyProviding employment by energy restructuringIntegrating national energy efficiency policyApplying energy taxesMonitoring energy policy in achieving sustainable developmentProtecting against environmental hazards from energy industries Constrained by:
Abstaining from energy resource management Facilitates:
Adopting energy policiesSetting energy efficiency goalsMonitoring development policiesControlling transboundary air pollutionReducing petroleum fuel emissions to the atmosphereIntegrating transport, environment and health policies Facilitated by:
Shifting from materials-intensive growth in developed countriesReducing wastage in energy distributionUndermining opposition to use of natural energy sources Values:
EnergyMismanagementIntegrationUneconomicDevelopmentUndevelopedUnsustainableOverdevelopmentUnderdevelopment Organizations:
European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future Asian and Pacific Energy-Environment Planning Network HELIO International Institute for Sustainable Power Subjects:
Resources → EnergyManagement → Management
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
