Energy efficiency has not typically been a topic to get your blood pumping. It involves measures as apparently dull as improved building insulation and heating systems to better public lighting and industrial processes.
But geopolitics has now put the topic at the centre of the political discussion. Several governments across Europe have recently passed legislation focused on short-term measures to regulate the temperature in private homes and businesses, cutting public lighting at night, or forbidding the heating of private pools with electricity and gas. Meantime, European citizens and business, supported by public incentives, are investing heavily in energy efficiency measures in the face of the eye-watering energy bills expected during the coming winter.
