The UK has moved to fifth place in a 2016 survey of 23 countries’ energy efficiency efforts, rising from its joint sixth spot with Japan in the previous report in 2014. Scoring 65 out of 100 possible points, the UK trailed behind top-scorers Germany (73.5 points), Japan and Italy (both 68.5) and France (67.5), in the third edition of the International Energy Efficiency Scorecard. Published by non-profit organisation the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, the survey evaluates the world’s largest energy-consuming economies according to their energy efficiency policies and performance.
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