Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency brings a competitive advantage. Copper is the best nonprecious conductor of heat and electricity, which is essential to an efficient generation and delivery of electricity to homes and businesses. In society, copper is a vital component in electrical grids, green energy, electric vehicles and rechargeable batteries, making them more energy efficient.
Additionally, copper helps the products containing it to operate at peak efficiency. Using inferior conductors reduces efficiency, leading to wasted energy, higher utility bills, and increased greenhouse-gas emissions.
Energy efficiency provides a three-tiered value proposition, a true win-win-win situation:
- Increased energy efficiency helps society spend less on new power-generating capacity and limits stress on grids.
- Increased energy efficiency reduces utility bills and increases spending power for individuals and offers higher competitiveness for businesses.
- Energy-efficient products release less CO2, offering a pathway toward fast and meaningful impact on global climate-change goals.
Energy Efficiency Resources
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Serving as Responsible Stewards
The Paris Agreement was signed on Earth Day in 2016. Signers of the Agreement committed…
For a “Fit for 55” EPBD Recast Trilogue
Recommendations for the Trilogue on the Recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)…
Understanding the Energy Efficiency Challenge
Reflections from the Concordia Annual Summit Energy efficiency is key to delivering more than 40…
Launch of GEAR (Grid Efficiency & Resilience) Partnership Initiative
GEAR brings together world leaders to ensure access to energy-efficient and resilient grids in Africa....
Infrastructure Reimagined: Industry and the Grid Fact Sheet
Industry and electricity generation are responsible for almost 40 percent of total global greenhouse gas…
Efficient in-building electrical installations can save 1% of the electricity generated in the EU
Economic sizing of in-building electrical installations Two percent of the electricity generated in the EU…
Key energy access partners launch CORE at COP26 to address skills gap in the sector
Press Release 5 November 2021 The International Copper Association (ICA), Sustainable Energy for ALL (SEforALL),…
The International Copper Association is a founding partner of the new Cornerstone of Rural Electrification Initiative (CORE)....
Call to EU Leaders: #EUGreenRecovery to Restart Europe
The European Copper Institute (ECI) joins with representatives from Europe’s renewable energy and energy-efficiency value…
ICA Members at the Core of Climate-Smart Mining
Rio Tinto and Anglo American Join Groundbreaking World Bank Fund Mining is one of the…
Energy and Mining: Challenges Present New Opportunities
THE CHALLENGE As the copper resource is developed, mining begins by extracting ore closest to…
Anglo American Spearheads the Development of Breakthrough Technology for Scalable Water conservation
Three Ways Copper Will Contribute to China’s New Energy Vehicle Growth
The State Council of China developed the Energy-Saving and New Energy Automobile Industry Development Plan…
Solar Replaces Diesel To Power The Milpillas Copper Mine
Danish firm Arcon-Sunmark has delivered the largest solar thermal plant in North America as a…
Energy Efficiency and Air Quality in Aircon
Copper at the Core of Driving Worldwide Sustainable Energy Growth
Copper has been pushing the boundaries of innovation since the dawn of civilization. Today, copper…