The phrase "energy efficiency rules" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing regulations or guidelines aimed at improving energy efficiency in various contexts, such as environmental policy or building standards.
Example: "The new energy efficiency rules will help reduce overall energy consumption in residential buildings."
Alternatives: "energy conservation regulations" or "energy-saving guidelines."
She did not address why the pace of rule making had slowed so sharply in 2012 and 2013, or why the energy efficiency rules were held up.
Carrier also claimed last year that federal regulations stifled its profits and sent a list of energy efficiency rules it deemed burdensome to the IEDC.
Growth for centrifugal pumps is now tied to new regulations and energy efficiency rules that are being considered globally.
White House officials have said energy efficiency rules issued in Mr. Obama's first term would yield $400 billion in consumer savings and reduce carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons through 2030.
"Any future trade negotiations between the EU and UK could potentially cover energy efficiency rules amongst other regulatory aspects, but that cannot be predicted," the European commission says in statement.
The administration has spent as long as two years reviewing some of the energy efficiency rules proposed by the Energy Department, bypassing a 1993 executive order that in most instances requires the White House to act on proposed regulations within 90 days.
But they point out that many of his signature accomplishments, like a ban on smoking in restaurants, mandatory sentences for those who carry illegal guns and energy-efficiency rules for building owners, were approved by the City Council.
And it is not the only tool at the president's disposal: different government agencies have the power to set fuel-efficiency standards for cars and energy-efficiency rules for appliances, for example.
A 2015 analysis by the American Action Forum, critical of the DOE's energy-efficiency rules, counted 22 major rules affecting the industry that were approved between 2009 and 2014, including eight in 2014.
To address that worry, the set-aside would ideally be no bigger than the reduced demand for permits resulting from the energy-efficiency rule, which is the ostensible reason for acting.That would be a modest measure: the carbon price actually fell in response to the committee's announcement.
The country has used its EU presidency this year to try to replace the EU's "energy efficiency first" principle with a rule that member states cannot promote energy efficiency projects over gas infrastructure projects.
