# Energy Efficiency in State Implementation Plans: The Best Recipe for Clean Air Quality

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2019/03/energy-efficiency-in-state-implementation-plans-the-best-recipe-for-clean-air-quality/
- Published: 2019-03-05T21:29:20-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

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A new tool by ACEEE may give the secret ingredient for achieving emissions reductions.
More noteworthy the tool also improves air quality. First off, it is one that will
appeal to even the most finicky tastes.

Most noteworthy,[ energy](https://greenlivingguy.com/2022/08/10-largest-wind-project-development-2022/)
efficiency has repeatedly been touted as the least-costly. Cause it is the most 
rapidly deployable mechanism for reducing energy consumption and improving our air.
That’s why twenty-six states already have in place some form of energy efficiency
standard. Additionally, there’s a whole menu of utility programs, tax incentives,
and government policies, all boosting energy efficiency at the national, regional,
state, and local levels.

Despite prevalent this vital ingredient for improving our air, however, relatively
few jurisdictions have successfully implemented energy efficiency policies into 
their recipes for satisfying National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

**Furthermore, this fact represents an apparent disconnect. EPA has endorsed efficiency
many times as a resource for improving air quality. Therefore they are publishing
various forms of guidance detailing all the steps necessary. Steps to join these
policies into air quality planning and quantify their emissions benefits. **_Based
on EPA’s Roadmap for Incorporating Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Policies and
Programs into State and Tribal Implementation Plans, the ACEEE state implementation
plans (SIP) template tool expands on the head chef’s recipe by clarifying and condensing
this guidance, and encouraging states to include efficiency as an ingredient in 
their air quality planning._

Finally and to continue reading the blog post visit: [https://aceee.org/blog/2014/03/energy-efficiency-state-implementatio](https://aceee.org/blog/2014/03/energy-efficiency-state-implementatio)

To download the tool visit: [http://aceee.org/files/pdf/sip-template-0314.pdf](http://aceee.org/files/pdf/sip-template-0314.pdf)

In conclusion and to see more resources about energy efficiency and air quality 
visit: [http://aceee.org/123-solutions](http://aceee.org/123-solutions)

Source: ACEEE [aceee.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20190824231044/https://aceee.org/)

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