{"id":5010,"date":"2016-07-22T00:13:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/22\/germany-and-china-are-beating-the-u-s-in-energy-efficiency\/"},"modified":"2016-07-22T00:13:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:13:52","slug":"germany-and-china-are-beating-the-u-s-in-energy-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/22\/germany-and-china-are-beating-the-u-s-in-energy-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany and China are beating the U.S. in energy efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The United States ranks No. 8 among the world’s most energy-efficient nations, while the clean-energy powerhouse Germany holds the top slot, a new report found.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oil-rich Saudi Arabia, perhaps unsurprisingly, landed with a thud at the bottom of the list.<\/p>\n

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) ranked 23 of the world\u2019s top energy-consuming countries for its 2016 international scorecard<\/a>, released Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Energy-efficient steps include outfitting buildings with intelligent lighting systems, creating cars with gas-sipping engines, adding public buses and trains to cities, and designing factories to power themselves. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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