Document summary
Upgrading and replacing energy-consuming equipment in buildings offers key capital investment opportunities. In the US alone, over $279 billion could be invested across the residential, commercial and institutional market segments. This investment could yield over £1 trillion of energy savings over 10 years, equivalent to savings of around 30% of the US annual electricity spend. If all these retrofits were successfully undertaken over 3.3 million cumulative job years of employment could be created. New financing models are examined with case studies and analyses showing that the energy savings from retrofit projects can offer the potential for strong financial returns.