ACEEE “Germany, Italy, EU, China and France Top Global Energy Efficiency Rankings” – July 17, 2014

On July 17, 2014 the non-profit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) issued a press release announcing that “Germany comes in first in a new energy efficiency ranking of the world’s major economies, followed by Italy, the European Union as a whole, China, and France, according to the 2014 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard published today by the ACEEE. New to the rankings this year are four nations: India, Mexico, South Korea, and Spain.”

In this second international scorecard, the US “places 13th out of 16 global economies, behind Australia, India, and South Korea.”

You may read the press release on the newsroom page of the ACEEE internet site.

You may read more about the scorecard and download the report on the international scorecard page of ACEEE internet site.