Chapter 13: Assessing Persistence and Other Evaluation Issues Cross-Cutting Protocol. The Uniform Methods Project: Methods for Determining Energy Efficiency Savings for Specific Measures

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1399077· OSTI ID:1399077

Kurnik, Charles W ^[1]; Violette, Daniel M. ^[2]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Navigant, Boulder, CO (United States)

Addressing other evaluation issues that have been raised in the context of energy efficiency programs, this chapter focuses on methods used to address the persistence of energy savings, which is an important input to the benefit/cost analysis of energy efficiency programs and portfolios. In addition to discussing 'persistence' (which refers to the stream of benefits over time from an energy efficiency measure or program), this chapter provides a summary treatment of these issues -Synergies across programs -Rebound -Dual baselines -Errors in variables (the measurement and/or accuracy of input variables to the evaluation).

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1399077
• Report Number(s): NREL/SR-7A40-68569
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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