Germany, Italy and Japan top world energy efficiency rankings

Madeleine Cuff
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UK comes a respectable fifth in the world rankings, which rates countries on their energy efficiency policies and performance

Germany has once again been named the world leader in energy efficiency, according to the 2016 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard released earlier this week by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient...

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