Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future

AuthorInterAcademies Council
Release Date1 October 2007
Copyright2007
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Document Date: October 1, 2007

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Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future

Foreword

Study Panel

Preface

Report review

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

1. The Sustainable Energy Challenge

1.1 The scope of the challenge

1.2 The scale of the challenge

1.3 The need for holistic approaches

1.4 Summary points

2. Energy Demand and Efficiency

2.1 Assessing the potential for energy-efficiency improvements

2.2 Barriers to realizing cost-effective energy savings

2.3 The buildings sector

2.4 Industrial energy efficiency

2.5 Transportation energy efficiency

2.6 Summary points

3. Energy Supply

3.1 Fossil fuels

3.2 Nuclear power

3.3 Non-biomass renewables

3.4 Biomass

3.5 Summary points

4. The Role of Government and the Contribution of Science and Technology

4.1 Policy options

4.2 Policy choices in context

4.3 The importance of market signals

4.4 The role of science and technology

4.5 The role of policy and technology in a developing country context

4.6 Summary points

5. The Case for Immediate Action

5.1 Conclusion

5.2 Conclusion

5.3 Conclusion

5.4 Conclusion

5.5 Conclusion

5.6 Conclusion

5.7 Conclusion

5.8 Conclusion

5.9 Conclusion

Lighting the way

Annex A. Study Panel Biographies

Annex B: Acronyms and abbreviations

Annex C: Common energy unit conversion factors and unit prefixes

Annex D: List of boxes, figures, and tables