International Comparisons of Energy Consumption

Foreword; Workshop Acknowledgments; Summary of Workshop Conclusions; Background to the Workshop; Summary of the Workshop; Introductory Remarks; Part 1: Survey of Existing Studies; 1. Energy Use: An Interregional Analysis with Implications for International Comparisons 2. A Sectional Analysis of International Energy Consumption 3. Intercountry Comparisons of Energy Use—Findings from a Recently Completed RFF Report: Summary 4. The Swedish-U.S. Energy Use Comparison and Beyond: Summary 5. Comparison of Energy Consumption between West Germany and the United States: Summary 6. Energy Use in Japan and the United States; Part 2: Technical and Methodological Problems in International Comparisons; 7. The United Nations International Comparisons Project: Summary 8. Relationship between National Energy Consumption and a Purchasing Power Index: Summary 9. The Uses of Input/Output Analysis for International Energy Consumption Comparisons—The ECE Standardized Tables and Experience: Summary 10. Energy Demand Analysis in the Workshop on Alternative Energy Strategies 11. Methodological Implications of International Energy Demand Analysis; Part 3: The Key-Sectors—Building, Transport, Industry; 12. International Comparisons of Industrial Energy Utilization: Summary 13. An International Comparison of Energy and Materials Use in the Iron and Steel Industry 14. Conservation and Transportation—The Primary issues: Summary 15. Residential Energy Use: and Conservation—United States and Western Europe: Summary; Part 4: Energy Policies; 16. U.S. International Energy Policy: Summary 17. U.K. Energy Policy: Summary 18. Energy Conservation in the OECD: Progress and Results; Part 5: Conclusions; 19. The Uses and Limitations of International Energy Consumption Comparisons 20. International Energy Consumption Comparison- Discussion; List of Participants