New report to highlight alarming slowdown in energy efficiency improvements

11 September 2013, London – The World Energy Council (WEC) will today highlight the reality that more still needs to be done to unlock the potential of energy efficiency to deliver energy and carbon savings. This message comes from the findings of a report to be published next month by the WEC and ADEME, the French environment agency. Dr Christoph Frei, WEC Secretary General, says: “Over recent years there has been a general slowdown in energy efficiency improvements.  The main concern is that absolute energy demand is still growing, driven by rapid non-OECD economic growth.” The