What's Behind the Upward Trend in Energy Efficiency Spending

03/10/14 • -1 min

Energy efficiency spending has jumped from $5.5 billion to $11.5 billion over the last five years, and 40% of that is commercial and industrial customers, says Swap Shah, CEO of energy use intelligence provider FirstFuel. What's driving the increase? Shah provides some insight in this podcast.

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