The International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA): A new tool to support appliance energy-efficiency deployment

Gerke, Brian F.; McNeil, Michael A.; Tu, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.07.093

Title: The International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA): A new tool to support appliance energy-efficiency deployment

Abstract

Appliance energy-efficiency programs are a central component of many countries’ energy-policy portfolios. A major barrier to optimal implementation of these programs is lack of data to determine market baselines, assess the potential for cost-effective energy savings, and track markets over time to evaluate and verify program impacts. To address this gap, we have developed the International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA), a suite of software tools that automatically gathers data that is currently dispersed across various online sources and compiles it into a unified repository of information on efficiency, price, and features for a diversity of appliances and devices in markets around the world. In this article we describe the framework and functionality of IDEA, and we demonstrate its power as a resource for research and policy development related to appliance energy efficiency. Using IDEA data for refrigerators in China and India, we assess the potential for cost-effective energy savings within each market by computing robust indicators that can also be easily compared across different appliances and markets. We find that significant cost-effective savings are available on both markets. We discuss implications for the development of future energy-efficiency deployment programs.

Authors:

Gerke, Brian F. ^[1]; McNeil, Michael A. ^[1]; Tu, Thomas ^[1]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

OSTI Identifier:: 1632123

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1495524

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Applied Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 205; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0306-2619

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; Energy efficiency; Appliances; Web crawling; Data mining

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                    Gerke, Brian F., McNeil, Michael A., and Tu, Thomas. The International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA): A new tool to support appliance energy-efficiency deployment.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Gerke, Brian F., McNeil, Michael A., & Tu, Thomas. The International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA): A new tool to support appliance energy-efficiency deployment.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.07.093

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                    Gerke, Brian F., McNeil, Michael A., and Tu, Thomas. Mon .  
"The International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA): A new tool to support appliance energy-efficiency deployment".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.07.093.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1632123.

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  title        = {The International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA): A new tool to support appliance energy-efficiency deployment},

  author       = {Gerke, Brian F. and McNeil, Michael A. and Tu, Thomas},

  abstractNote = {Appliance energy-efficiency programs are a central component of many countries’ energy-policy portfolios. A major barrier to optimal implementation of these programs is lack of data to determine market baselines, assess the potential for cost-effective energy savings, and track markets over time to evaluate and verify program impacts. To address this gap, we have developed the International Database of Efficient Appliances (IDEA), a suite of software tools that automatically gathers data that is currently dispersed across various online sources and compiles it into a unified repository of information on efficiency, price, and features for a diversity of appliances and devices in markets around the world. In this article we describe the framework and functionality of IDEA, and we demonstrate its power as a resource for research and policy development related to appliance energy efficiency. Using IDEA data for refrigerators in China and India, we assess the potential for cost-effective energy savings within each market by computing robust indicators that can also be easily compared across different appliances and markets. We find that significant cost-effective savings are available on both markets. We discuss implications for the development of future energy-efficiency deployment programs.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.07.093},

  journal      = {Applied Energy},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 205,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Mon Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

}

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Figure 1: Graphical depiction of the data flow through the IDEA data collection and integration process. Each major step in the process is represented by a vertical column. The data processing sub-steps are indicated by rectangles; interim data products are denoted by parallelograms. A cylinder represents the IDEA data store,more »

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