# Energy Efficiency Policies to Face Buildings' Climate Change Effects in Paraguay
## 4 Review of Good Practices for Paraguay  
### About Energy Efficiency Policies from Surrounding Countries  
This section aims to depict some of the EE programs developed in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, to be valuable to Paraguay's policymakers (Table 2) [66]. It is important to highlight some energy efficiency actions developed by these countries. For example, Brazil, which developed training programs for energy policy and management makers and, through these procedures, professionals who know the country's situation and are committed to it can offer more options and different strategies to attain the country's objectives. Taking these programs as an example, the best results are achieved by programs and projects which require high technical knowledge, a reason for which investment in research, development and innovation are quite important. In this perspective, these measures can enable Paraguay to approach the level of those countries at the cutting edge of technological development and can reach high levels of efficiency. \begin{table}
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**Country** & **Year** & **Project/Program** & **Scope** & **Strategy** & **Outcomes** \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{2005} & \multirow{3}{*}{1999 to} & PIEEP—Program for & & Diffusion of EE services, projects & Securing jobs through \\  & & Increasing Productive & SMEs & development, highlighting EE for & improved competitiveness by \\  & & and Energy Efficiency & & improvement companies’ & advising over 500 SMEs. \\  & & & productivity. & Gas consumption in the sugar \\  & & & productivity. & industry was reduced by 60 \\  & & & & million m3 in three years. [67] \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{2007} & \multirow{3}{*}{PRONURE—National & & & 210 million low-efficiency \\  & & & Labelling of efficient appliances. & incandescent lamps have been \\  & & Program for the Rational & & Incandescent lamps importation & replaced. The State \\  & & and Efficient Use of & & and marketing for residential use & distributed free of charge 25 \\  & & & forbidden (Law 264/32/008). & million efficient lamps. \\  & & Energy & Minimum EE requirements were & Energy savings due to the \\  & & & set for appliances, etc. & implementation of these \\  & & & set for appliances, etc. & programs reached 1000 GWh \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{2007} & \multirow{3}{*}{PayPEE—Saving and EE  Program for Public  Buildings} & & Replacement of low-efficiency & Energy saving of 19,927 MWh \\  & & & lamps; air-conditioning set point & in the public buildings & in the public buildings \\  & & & 24 \({}^{\circ}\)C; natural lighting cleaning & intervened and replacement of \\  & & Buildings & & tasks; ornamental lighting to turn & 476,000 low-efficiency lamps. \\  & & & off from 00 h, etc. & [69] \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{2008} & \multirow{3}{*}{Public lighting (PL)} & \multirow{3}{*}{Street lighting} & Municities’ investment & More than 241 projects \\  & & & projects to improve EE in PL & approved and 484,105 \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-5}  & & & projects to improve EE in PL & luminaries replaced by the \\ \hline \multirow{6}{*}{2014} & \multirow{3}{*}{FAEE—Argentine  Energy Efficiency Fund} & \multirow{3}{*}{SMEs} & Companies’ investment projects & For 2017, 219 assessments \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & to improve EE: more efficient & were made, and more than \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-5}  & & & technologies, improve the & the heating of water, \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-5}  & & & & procedure processes, actions to \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{2-5}  & & & & reduce energy consumption, etc. \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Summary of main EE actions developed in South American countries [66]. Figure 6: Actions for the Building Sector according to PNEE [38].