Industrial Energy Trends

Today's industry faces the challenge of national security, global climate change, and sluggish economies. Corporate leaders need access to market information, trends and forecasts on the supply an use of energy and technology, and its overall impact on domestic and international competition. Information on cost fluctuations, energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy reliability and other issues help a firm maintain stability, control emissions, minimize public health risks, and stimulate job creation.

National and Sector Trends

Energy Information Administration (Industrial Energy Demand/Usage Trends)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Electric Reliability Summaries)
International Energy Agency (Statistics, Oil Market Reports)

Energy/Environmental Management Trends

Firms that pursue strategic approaches to energy management can create savings not only for their employees and their shareholders but for society as a whole. Leadership can translate directly into innovation, into operating efficiency and into customer satisfaction of manufactured goods. There has been an increasing amount of research and published studies on many strategic energy /environmental management areas, such as efficiency, renewable purchases, supply reliability, distributed generation and others. Further info:

The Technical, Economic and Achievable Potential for Energy-Efficiency in the U.S. – A Meta-Analysis of Recent Studies (PDF 386 KB), American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (Download Adobe Reader.)
It's One Dollar You Can't Afford Not to Save (PDF 1 MB), Energy Cost Savings Council (Download Adobe Reader.)
Climate Savers Program, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions (the Center)