EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

PREFACE

1. ENERGY EFFICIENCY: STEPPING STONE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

1.1. Energy Efficiency, Green Growth, Eco-Efficiency, and Sustainable Consumption and Production

1.2. Understanding energy intensity and the influencing factors

1.3. Challenges of decoupling economic growth from energy consumption

1.4. Purpose of Energy Efficiency Guidelines for the UNESCAP Region

2. ENERGY EFFICIENCY STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

2.1. Formulating National Energy Efficiency Vision

2.2. Relevance of energy efficiency governance

2.3. Institutional needs for energy efficiency implementation

2.4. Recommended structure of the energy efficiency organization

3. SETTING UP NATIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS

3.1. Study to assess the need and define energy efficiency targets

3.2. Residential/household sector

3.3. Commercial sector

3.4. Industrial sector

3.5. Transport sector

3.6. Agricultural sector

4. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK TO ACHIEVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GOALS

4.1. The Three pillars to achieve success: Path, Partners, and Process

4.2. Path: Sequencing steps of the ideal path

4.3. Partners: Greater synergy through partnership

4.4. Process: Defining the STEPS for energy efficiency implementation

4.5. Target sectors for energy efficiency implementation

4.6. Setting realistic targets according to the means

5. IMPLEMENTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY: EXAMPLE OF THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR

5.1. Awareness and senSItization

5.2. Advice & capacity building

5.3. Market transformation

5.4. Innovative financing

5.5. Regulation and Legislation

5.6. An Introduction to the E-Tool