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As an Operations manager one of the biggest challenges you will face is Energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) efforts. Energy Efficiency and conservation practices can play an immediate and impactful role in a countrys energy security. Whether the fuels used to generate electricity are fossil based or are alternative renewable sources, how efficiently that energy is used impacts the financial bottom line, the environment and the economy. Many industrialized countries have successfully used energy efficient technologies as the first line of energy management with many replicable models. Since the first oil shocks in the 1970s the Caribbean Region has embarked on various energy efficiency and conservation programs and campaigns. These Papers will examine the value of pursuing energy efficiency and conservation as a national strategy. This will lead to enhanced productivity and competitiveness. Papers below will identify some major initiatives and lessons learned which will have an impact on the operations for all public and private entities. 1) Overview of Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C). 2) Overview of Energy Efficiency 3) Overview of Energy Conservation 4) Some global facts on Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) 5) Benefits of Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) 6) EE&C Initiatives post 1970 in Jamaica 7) First attempts at Energy Service companies (ESCO) in Jamaica. 8) Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Building and Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) 9) Multilateralism the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the JPS EE&C Project 10) The Petro Caribe Light Bulb project 11) Policy Issues ;The IDB projects in the public sector 12) Policy Issues ;The World Bank projects in the public sector 13) Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE& C) The Implementation Experience 14) The Barbadian Experience for Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C)