Limaye, DilipSingh, JasLee, Selena Jihyun2025-01-222025-01-222025-01-22https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42714Scaling up energy efficiency is critical to the energy transition—and the public sector is a good place to start. Programs in public buildings, in particular, can introduce new models and thus help shape markets. Given the limits of public financing against huge investment needs, countries must unlock commercial financing. The first steps are to adopt international best practices and select financing mechanisms suited to local policy and regulatory frameworks, public agency characteristics, implementation barriers, and the maturity of financial markets.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOAFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGYENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY FINANCEENERGY REGULATIONSCLIMATE ACTIONBriefWorld Bank10.1596/42714