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Johnson Controls Inc. and the International Facility Management Association present results today of their annual survey of North American business leaders on the subject of energy efficiency.
The Energy Efficiency Indicator research project is the third since 2007 -- and the first to be conducted during such turbulent economic times.
More than 1,400 business professionals were queried for this year's survey.
Highlights of the research findings include:
• More than 70 percent of respondents are paying more attention to energy efficiency now than they were in 2008.A presentation of the findings is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. CST today. Featured speakers are include to C. David Myers, corporate vice president as well as the president of Building Efficiency for Johnson Controls; Don Albinger, Johnson Controls' vice president of renewable energy; Clay Nesler, Johnson Controls' vice president of global energy and sustainability; and Don Young, IFMA vice president of communications.
• Eighty-five percent of executives believe significant legislation mandating energy efficiency and/or carbon reduction is likely within two years.
• Forty-five percent of business leaders say improving energy efficiency in their buildings is their top strategy to meet carbon reduction commitments.
Interested in hearing the presentation? The audio is available in listen-only mode by calling: 412-858-4600 or 800-860-2442.
We'll follow up later today with coverage of the discussion.
A step in the right direction, but worrying lack of commitment.
Having read the executive summary of the survey results I was concerned by the following statistics regarding access to capital and how it will effect spending on green issues:
Only 46% expect to make energy efficiency improvements financed with capital expenditures, down from 56% in 2008.
60% expect to spend less than 10% of their facilities-related capital budgets on energy efficiency.
The two largest barriers to capturing potential energy savings are limited capital availability (42%) and unattractive paybacks (21%).
I guess given the current economic climate it shouldn't be too much of a surprise. However, it is nonetheless disappointing that although the general trend of the survey was progress - with everyone agreeing going green was the way forward - they will not commit to doing much about it just yet.
Martin