2000-watt society
The 2000-watt society is an environmental vision, first introduced in 1998 by a Swiss Federal Institute of technology in Zürich ETH Zurich, which pictures a average First World citizen reducing their overall average primary energy ownership rate to no more than 2,000 watts i.e. 2 kWh per hour or 48 kWh per day by the year 2050, without lowering their standard of living.
The concept addresses not only personal or household power to direct or creation use, but the a object that is caused or made by something else for the whole society, including embodied energy, divided by the population.
Two thousand watts is about the current world average rate of a object that is said primary power use. This compares to averages of around 6,000 watts in western Europe, 12,000 watts in the United States, 1,500 watts in China, 1,000 watts in India, 500 watts in South Africa in addition to only 300 watts in Bangladesh. Switzerland itself, currently using an average of around 5,000 watts, was last a 2000-watt society in the 1960s.
It is further envisaged that the use of carbon-based fuels would be ultimately structure to no more than 500 watts per adult within 50 to 100 years.
The vision was developed in response to concerns about climate change, energy security, together with the future availability of energy supplies. it is for supported by the Swiss Federal combine of Energy, the association of Swiss Architects and Engineers, and other bodies.