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Energy efficiency – Should we take it seriously? / Malcolm Keay. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Dec. 2011, 25 p. (SP 24)http://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SP_24.pdfIn this paper, Malcolm Keay looks at governments’ uncritical reliance on energy efficiency to achieve multiple energy policy objectives.  He concludes that most existing programmes are ill-directed, badly monitored and probably ineffective in reducing energy demand and emissions – indeed they may be diverting attention from more effective measures.  A more targeted approach is needed under which efficiency programmes are properly designed and monitored and integrated more effectively into low carbon strategies. (© OIES)