article · 1998

Information Efficiency: Streamlining Energy Efficiency

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Abstract

Industry-wide protocols for the measurement ancl verification (M&V) of energy savings have proven critical in the growth of the perliormance contracting market. International M&V protocols provide project financiers and facility owners assurance that energy efficiency project viability is measured consistently and impartially. As the standardization of and resultant reliance upon M&V protocols continues, the itiormation processing requirerm.mts for projects will increase. A similar effort to standardize performance contract project data and develop techniques to efficiently handle energy inilormation (InfoEfficiency) will lead to an even greater acceptance of performance contracting and a subsequent growth in the market. The U.S. Department of Energy, through the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), is currently involved in an aggressive effort to increase the use of Energy Savings Performance Contracting by signing six regional contracts for up to $4.5 billion worth of work in federal facilities. As a means to manage this volume, and to lower the cost of implementing projects, FEMP is designing art integrated project itiormation system which allows /ill project participants to quickly and easily evaluate projects, both during the planning stages and while the project is in progress. Several utilities and states are also working on performance contracting programs to supplement traditional DSM programs. Using the success of the industry-consensus M&V protocols as a model, the authors propose using these large programs as the testing ground for an industry-wide effort to raise understanding of information efficiency issues and to develop means for dealing with them.

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cGaraghan, S. A. (1998). Information Efficiency: Streamlining Energy Efficiency.

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cGaraghan, Scott A. “Information Efficiency: Streamlining Energy Efficiency.” 1998.

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@article{cgaraghan1998information,
  title = {{Information Efficiency: Streamlining Energy Efficiency}},
  author = {cGaraghan, Scott A},
  year = {1998}
}

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