The Alliance to Save Energy is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote energy efficiency worldwide through over 60 professionals and a $12 million annual budget. The speaker discusses how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated up to $65 billion of its $787 billion budget towards energy efficiency projects. Additionally, investments in energy efficiency are growing globally as countries recognize its economic and environmental benefits. While the U.S. is making progress in energy efficiency, it still has a long way to go compared to other countries in total primary energy consumption per capita.