CMHC also introduced enhancements to facilitate affordable housing through partnerships and recently introduced energy efficient incentives for homeowner and rental unit construction and renovations.

Wishing to facilitate the international transportation of passengers, goods and energy resources through the construction of a modern, environmentally friendly, highly efficient regional infrastructure

Myth 2 Energy efficient buildings are uncomfortable.

Efficient use of energy reduces pollution, reduces energy intensity, and improves productivity and competitiveness.

Energy efficient industry can compete better, pollute less and help to achieve national energy security.

Besides, it is more efficient to reward energy conservation rather than to simply penalize energy use.

We want to get people to be more energy efficient.

Shifts to more energy efficient means of transportation ease congestion.

The first is energy conservation through more fuel efficient vehicles.

Kevin Surace suggests we rethink basic construction materials such as the familiar wallboard to reduce the huge carbon footprint generated by the manufacturing and construction of our buildings. He introduces EcoRock, a clean, recyclable and energy efficient drywall created by his team at Serious Materials.

Ongoing activities include the development of standards and recommendations in sustainable transport, promotion of energy efficient technology and energy efficient investment projects and promotion of sustainable forest management.

Awareness building in energy efficiency measures and the introduction of efficient industrial energy systems is, therefore, required.

More efficient technologies normally take many years to spread through the energy sector.

The more energy efficient one is, the lower one s vulnerability to price volatility.

We will need improved energy efficiency, through green buildings and more efficient appliances.

When well insulated, a building is energy efficient, thus saving the owner money.

But only if research is doubled to create new energy efficient technologies will we eventually consume less energy overall and more energy in an environmentally friendly way.

Private oversight can often produce better and more efficient construction, and, in theory, toll roads help alleviate traffic congestion.

Moreover, economists contend that energy consumption per capita is declining, owing to more efficient use.

No alternative form of energy is efficient enough to compete with fossil fuels at scale.

Many small island developing States were unable to adopt energy efficient practices for lack of appropriate policies and information, and most needed energy audits.

Europeans would benefit directly through improved Internet access, lower energy costs, and more efficient transport links.

Deploying less efficient, more expensive alternative energy sources will hurt businesses and consumers, not help them.

The advances in materials science open the possibility of much more energy efficient residences and commercial buildings.

But increasing energy access is not only about supplying better, more efficient cooking stoves or light bulbs.

Berlin is a construction site that has managed to transform its multiple pasts into positive energy.

PARIS Humanity s future, to say nothing of its prosperity, will depend on how the world tackles two central energy challenges securing reliable supplies of affordable energy, and switching to efficient low carbon energy.

Initially, there may be higher costs, usually 3 to 10 , though this figure tends to fall quickly, as everyone from architects to construction workers becomes more familiar with new ways. Moreover, suppliers re tool to manufacture more energy efficient products, causing prices to fall.

The EU s most competitive economies are the most innovative and energy efficient, with the most highly educated workforces.

(o) Noting that timber is an energy efficient, renewable and environmentally friendly raw material compared with competing products

The sun is a nearly inexhaustible energy source, while energy stored in the form of chemical bonds like those found in fossil fuels is accessible, efficient, and convenient.

For example, lightweight, two passenger vehicles can be up to ten times more energy efficient than a typical car.

The oil crisis in 1973 also encouraged the efficient use of energy because of Japan's lack of natural resources.

The analysis shows how all major economic sectors including many energy intensive industries will grow. For example, energy efficient buildings are a boon to the cement and chemical industries.

Efficient buildings enable countries to produce and consume less energy, which supports economic development, because money is freed up for other projects, while promoting energy security and environmental sustainability.

In terms of total lifecycle costs, these vehicles are three to six times more energy efficient than their petroleum counterparts.

Europe cannot build an efficient external policy without achieving a minimum of harmonization of member state policies regarding energy flows, interconnections, infrastructure, investment, and greater progress toward a single energy market.

This is all the more true for educating consumers about energy efficient behavior and its implications for their own economic welfare.

Appropriate regulation and sufficiently long time horizons can make structures of all kinds much more energy efficient, without imposing burdensome costs.

Depending upon circumstances, these can include improved biomass cooking stoves or larger scale, more efficient, plants for converting fuelwood to energy.

New funds were urgently needed for accelerating the disbursement of renewable energy and existing energy efficient technologies and could be financed from air fare taxes similar to those imposed to combat terrorism.

Khalil is the Convenor of ISO TC205 WG2 (Design of Energy Efficient Buildings) and is an active member of ISO TC163 Committee.

However, while these technologies score high marks in terms of employment creation in the construction and infrastructure sector, they may not always be the most efficient technologies.

The fundamental problem is that green energy technologies are still very inefficient and expensive compared to fossil fuels. Deploying less efficient, more expensive alternative energy sources will hurt businesses and consumers, not help them.

A 2007 report from the International Energy Agency (created after the 1973 oil crisis to provide policy advice to industrial countries) urged a cooperative approach to helping China and India become more energy efficient.