Supply chains 'part of energy efficiency'
17/07/2009 18:23:00
Supply chain issues are among the elements which contribute towards energy efficiency, it is noted.
Energy efficiency incorporates supply chain issues, the Guardian has stressed.
Adam Vaughan writes in a Q&A column for the publication that supply chain issues are one part of what goes towards energy efficiency.
He writes: "It can be used to describe everything from small-scale changes such as more energy-efficient refrigerators and PCs in homes right up to more efficient power stations or energy savings across a company's supply chain."
Mr Vaughan adds that the general definition of energy efficiency is to achieve the same effect while consuming less power.
The article notes that the International Energy Agency (IEA) believes energy efficiency can be perceived as a power source in itself, in terms of increasing the amount of electricity available for use elsewhere.
In this spirit, Mr Vaughan reports the suggestion by US scientist Amory Lovins that the less-than-zero power consumption of energy efficiency could be measured in 'negawatts'.
Previously, the IEA reported in 2003 that it had completed the first ever global report on investment levels in all areas of the energy industry's own supply chain, predicting that one per cent of the world's gross domestic property will be spent on upgrades in the next 30 years.
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