Issues associated with energy efficiency programs implementation at the housing and utility enterprises

Future Housing Energy Efficiency Associated with the Auckland Unitary Plan

The draft Auckland Unitary Plan outlines the future land used for new housing and businesses with Auckland population growth over the next thirty years. According to Auckland Unitary Plan, over the next 30 years, the population of Auckland is projected to increase by one million, and up to 70% of total new dwellings occur within the existing urban area. Intensification will not only increase th...

Shareholder Incentives for Utility-based Energy Efficiency Programs in California

The state of California has committed the unprecedented sum of $2.2 billion in ratepayer funds to utility-based energy efficiency programs from 2006 through 2008 and finalized in 2007 the determination of its shared-savings incentive mechanism for the 2006-2008 programs and beyond. A rigorous scrutiny of the California energy efficiency programs and the associated incentive mechanism could help...

Shareholder Incentives for Utility-Delivered Energy Efficiency Programs in California

The State of California has committed an unprecedented sum of $2.2 billion in ratepayer funds to utility-delivered energy efficiency programs from 2006 through 2008; the State finalized in 2007 the determination of the shared-savings incentive mechanism for the 2006-2008 programs and beyond. This study seeks to examine whether the adopted incentive mechanism would ensure an efficient delivery o...

Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification (EM&V) for Behavior- Based Energy Efficiency Programs: Issues and Recommendations

Behavior-based programs have been identified as a major potential source of energy savings and are increasingly being adopted by energy efficiency program administrators nationwide. However, because these programs often lack a technology-based unit for which savings can be modeled or deemed (such as a CFL), documentation of energy savings requires approaches which are common in the experimental...

Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises