Appropriate Technology Small Grants Program evaluation. Executive summary. Volume I
The study was to provide the Department with data to be used in preparing a report to Congress and the President containing the following: (1) an assessment of how well the Program achieved its objectives; an assessment of how well the Program stimulated the overall use of appropriate technologies in various markets; (3) an assessment of the overall energy savings impact of the Appropriate Technology Small Grants Program, as well as other direct and indirect program impacts including new technologies, products, devices, businesses, jobs, etc., developed as a result of the Program; (4) case studies of 20 successful grants and their actual or potential individual energy savings and other direct and indirect impacts; and (5) an identification and analysis of the factors that contributed to successful and unsuccessful grants, with recommendations for improvement of other similar governmental and non-governmental programs. To provide the proper context, the specific findings of the study are highlighted in this Executive Summary, following a brief overview of the Appropriate Technology Small Grants Program and of the evaluation methodology.
- Research Organization:
- Cardinal Management Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-82CE15151
- OSTI ID:
- 5260860
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CE/15151-T1; ON: DE84010080
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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