Energy Efficiency and Sustainability – Global Issues Require Global Solutions

• In the U.S. each year, the building sector accounts for about half (48 percent) of all energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. Globally, it is remarkably similar at approximately 40 percent.
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• According to International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates, 10 percent of world energy demand could be saved by 2030 simply by seizing available energy efficiency opportunities and applying policies and measures currently under consideration.
  
  
• Improved building insulation systems are one of the few strategies available that reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and have a positive economic payback.*
  
  
• From 1995 to 2005, Dow reduced its energy intensity (Btu per pound of product) by 22 percent, saving 900 trillion Btu, which is enough to power eight million homes for a full year.
  
  
• Since 1990, Dow has reduced its energy intensity by more than 38 percent.
  
  
• Between 2005 and 2015, Dow intends to reduce its energy intensity an additional 25 percent.
  
  
• Dow is a leading innovator in cogeneration, putting waste heat to good use. This efficient use of fuel (20 percent to 40 percent less than conventional power plants) has improved our efficiency and reduced the impact on the environment. Additionally, Dow self-generates about 75 percent of all of its power and more than 90 percent of steam that powers our facilities all over the world.

For more information about Dow’s commitment to energy efficiency and the environment, and the progress we have made toward sustainability goals, visit www.dow.com/sustainability.

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*A cost curve for greenhouse gas reduction (The McKinsey Quarterly, 2007 Number 1); Vattenfall cost curve