Methodologies for measuring the energy-saving effects of utility conservation programs

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5928050

Johnson, K E

Reducing the uncertainty in measurement of the energy-saving effects of conservation-retrofit programs is emphasized. The goal of an evaluation of energy savings is to measure the difference between the energy consumption of participant households and that of the same households in the absence of the program. Because the program does, in fact, exist, this difference can never be observed - only estimated. Nonetheless, it still is necessary to try to estimate these quantities. Methodologies are discussed which can be used to approximate no-program savings and compares these estimates with the exact measurement of usage in the presence of a program to estimate the effects of conservation programs on consumption. Included are four methodologies which range from a simple single-period, single-equation model to a multi-equation model which predicts program participation and retrofit actions in addition to energy savings.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5928050
• Report Number(s): CONF-820849-20; ON: DE83015495
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
AUDITS
CALCULATION METHODS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
ENERGY AUDITS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
HOUSEHOLDS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RETROFITTING
WEATHERIZATION