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WEF Director talks of awareness of electricity use
Matthias Luefkens is Associate Director of the WEF, the World Economic Forum.
In this video he talks to me of awareness. Do we really understand the cost of electricity? We put in a plug and the appliance works. Cost is hidden. Electricity isn't yet available to everyone in the world. How do we save energy? Education? Legislation? Counters? They are also consumers of electricty...
This video about electrical energy efficiency was filmed at the lift09 conference.
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