Notes and Sources

1 Letter from Sen. Murkowski to Mary J. Hutzler, dated December 20, 2001. See Appendix A at the back of this report for a copy of the original letter.

2 Annual Energy Outlook 2002, With Projections to 2020 , U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, DOE/EIA-0383(2002), December 2001.

3 National Lighting Product Information Program, Specifier Report: Exit Signs (Troy, NY, January 1994, revised November 1994) and Supplements (March 1995 and March 1998).

4 Ibid.

5 Electricity consumption in office buildings averaged 18.9 kilowatthours per square foot in 1995 according to EIA’s 1995 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, Energy Information Administration, A Look at Commercial Buildings in 1995: Characteristics, Energy Consumption, and Energy Expenditures, DOE/EIA-0625(95) (Washington, DC, October 1998), web site www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/contents.html .

6 There are no industrial provisions in the sections of H.R.4 specified in the Committee’s Letter of Request.

7 Greening, L.A., et. al., Energy efficiency and consumption – the rebound effect – a survey, Energy Policy 28, Elsevier Science Ltd., 2000.