BLOOMBERG – Governments in the U.S., the U.K. and Spain could reduce their energy consumption by as much as 20 percent by encouraging investors to refit buildings to make them more efficient, said Peter Sweatman, chief executive officer of the Madrid-based consulting firm Climate Strategy SL. Officials could use investment opportunities worth as much as $300 billion a year globally by creating a framework for investing in “energy efficiency assets,” Sweatman said in a report to be published tomorrow co-authored by Katrina Managan of the Instituto de Empresa business school. Read More
