Sustainable Use of Electricity

An overview is presented of the need for keeping electricity consumption low, including a suggested definition of sustainable development. Specific attention is devoted to present and future electricity production´s contribution to the environmental problems. Prognoses are shown from before any analyses of the demand side indicated a need for such analyses. A model of the energy chain from primary energy to energy services is presented. Electricity consumption pattern are discussed. The vast options for saving electricity through more efficent end-use technologies are presented, and the barriers for implementing these technologies are discussed.