“It’s the economy, stupid,” the famous line of political strategist James Carville, seems even more relevant now than when he uttered it during Clinton’s 1992 campaign. A recent survey on executives’ attitudes shows that energy efficiency hasn’t escaped the shadow of recession, despite strong support for the resource.

Johnson Controls and the International Facility Management Association asked 1,400 business executives in April what they think of energy efficiency. They like it. A lot.

Seventy one percent said they pay more attention to energy efficiency than they did a year ago; 51 percent see energy management as extremely or very important; 45 percent plan to use efficiency as their top strategy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

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