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PRODUCTIVE CONSERVATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
CONT

Daniel Yergin, one of the editors of the report of the energy project at the Harvard Business School, differentiates between three types of conservation: first, curtailment or enforced energy saving; secondly, overhaul, i.e., dramatically changing the way people live and work; and finally ... "productive conservation, which encourages changes in capital stock and daily behavior that promote energy savings in a manner that is economically and socially nondisruptive. Its aim is to use less energy than has been the habit to accomplish some task - whether it be to heat a home or to make a widget - in order to prevent disruption later."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie

Spanish

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