Welcome to the Pathways to Low-Energy Society VCC. The mission of the Low Energy VCC is the development of pathways to a low-energy society with high socio-ecological benefits ensuring the welfare of the people and safeguarding the Earth's life-support system. To achieve this goal, the CoP in the Low Energy VCC is developing a comprehensive metrics for ratio of socio-ecological benefit to energy usage accounting for all energy used include the primary solar energy usage. The metrics will be used to assess current technologies, methodologies and the resulting socio-ecological benefits. Pathways will be assessed based on social, economic, technological, and methodological scenarios.