total final energy consumption increased by per cent with the fastest growth in transport followed by householdservices and industry this was the combined result of structural changes higher energy prices ee policies and other factors a decline in energy services relative to gdp accounted for one fifth of the reduction in energy use per unit of gdp with the rest resulting from declining enduse energy intensities used as a proxy for ee improvements the iea projects that under current circumstances global final energy intensity will continue to fall at a rate similar to that of the last years per cent per year