Commercial Sector Infrastructure Study : Final Report.

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:6026411

Sparling, Scott; Gard, Brian; Gordon, Frederick M

Achieving greater energy efficiency in the commercial sector requires an infrastructure capable of delivering those savings. The infrastructure is defined as the people and equipment needed to deliver efficiency savings. For example, the infrastructure is made up (in part) of the people skilled in commercial energy analysis available to work at utilities and engineering firms, the distributions who sell energy-efficient equipment, the contractors who install the equipment, and the equipment itself. This report examines the commercial infrastructure in the Bonneville Power Administration region. In June and July 1991 interviews were conducted with utilities, engineering firms, energy service companies, distributors, contractors, installers and manufacturer's reps to assess the current status of the infrastructure. Also, participants were asked to identify any shortages in the labor pool or equipment supply that might occur if the region doubled or tripled the amount of commercial sector conversation activity. Program design issues -- such as the amount of money available for rebates or incentives, the types of buildings that are targeted, overall program goals, reporting requirements, etc. -- were not addressed in this study.

• Research Organization: USDOE Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6026411
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-1677; ON: DE92005359
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320601* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Conservation Services-- (1980-)
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
COMMERCIAL SECTOR
Commercial buildings - Energy conservation
DATA ANALYSIS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENGINEERING PERSONNEL
EQUIPMENT
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LABOR
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PERSONNEL
PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
PROGRESS REPORT
PUBLIC UTILITIES
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SURVEYS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS