The lack of a strong, organized energy efficiency industry in developing countries impedes the development and implementation of cost-effective energy-saving projects as well as the enactment of sustainable national energy policies. This paper discusses a program that seeks to resolve the "Catch-22" in which energy-saving technologies are not depolyed because of a lack of p9olicy incentives, and policy incentives are not implemented because of the perceived lack of appropriate technologies on the marketplace. Through the creation of Energy Efficiency Business Councils (EEBCs), effeciency companies gain a valuable mechanism for transforming their countries' markets for energy efficiency products and services, and for providing critical private sector input into national-level energy policy debates.
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