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This chapter presents energy efficiency policies at the national government level and identifies some prominent policy trends. Four key findings emerged from this chapter: (1) It is necessary for the government to constantly revise or strengthen national energy efficiency policies to make these policies suitable for the changing of national realities; (2) an effective government policy in one country may not be applicable to another country, although many national government policies can be shared among different countries; (3) there is no widely accepted methodology for evaluating effectiveness of energy efficiency policies; (4) coordination among the national government policy makers and policy implementers is increasingly important; and (5) there are opportunities to significantly improve policy performance through a unified strategy.
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Yang, M., Yu, X. (2015). Energy Efficiency Policies. In: Energy Efficiency. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6666-5_6
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