Research & Evaluation Projects
The purpose of the research and evaluation projects is to inform the development and use of common EM&V protocols and savings assumptions, to provide cost efficiencies for states' EM&V activities, and to help ensure consistent, robust results in assessing the quality and quantity of demand-side resource impacts. The Research & Evaluation Committee is lead by co-chairs that each serve a one-year term guiding the range of projects.
View a summary of the Forum's 2009 projects, 2010 projects, 2011 projects, and the Forum's Project Schedule.
Loadshape Study Project
This project determined the impact of electric energy efficiency programs in reducing energy use, and associated emissions, during specific hours of the year. This project included two studies: 1) Unitary HVAC loadshape study, and 2) Commercial Lighting loadshape study. Both of these studies were completed in mid-2011.
- Subcommittee members: For a list of subcommittee members, click here.
- Project materials:
For related RFPs, click here.
View the final Unitary HVAC Loadshape Report and Spreadsheet Tool, and the final Commercial Lighting Loadshape Report and Spreadsheet Tool.
Forum participants can log in here to view project materials and subcommittee meeting notes.
C&I Lighting Measure Life and Persistence
This project provided estimates of multi-year measure persistence based on on-site inspections and surveys of a sample of lighting measures installed by commercial and industrial lighting programs in the region.
- Subcommittee members: For a list of subcommittee members, click here.
- Project materials:
For related RFPs, click here.
View the final Commercial Lighting Measure Persistence Report.
Forum participants can log in here to view project materials and subcommittee meeting notes.
Net Savings Scoping Paper
This project generated a white paper based on secondary research, in-depth interviews with experts, and input from subcommittee members. The goal of the paper was to inform and support the EM&V Forum goals of understanding the reasons for measuring net savings, increasing the consistency and quality in EM&V practices with respect to defining and estimating energy efficiency program net savings, and identifying the needs of some related stakeholders (e.g. air regulators) vis-à-vis net savings. For more information, see the Project Summary.
- Subcommittee members: For a list of subcommittee members, click here.
- Project Materials:
For related RFPs, click here.
Forum participants can log in here to view project materials and subcommittee meeting notes.
View the final Net Savings Scoping Paper.
View the one-page Net Savings Scoping Paper Abstract.
Codes and Standards Workshop
The scope for this project, originally envisioned as a brief white paper on the impact of building codes on advancing energy efficiency, evolved to a one-day workshop that was held on September 28, 2010 in Marlborough, MA. The workshop was a day-long opportunity for regulatory, program administration, and other stakeholders to explore the following:
• Getting more savings by improving codes and standards
• Claiming the savings attributable to such activities
• What states are doing or planning to do, and what some regulators, experts, and other Forum colleagues think about realizing the savings opportunities from codes and standards
- Subcommittee members: For a list of subcommittee members, click here.
- Project Materials: To view final project materials, click here.
Incremental Cost Study
The purpose of this project is to develop common, up-to-date, documented electric and gas efficient measure incremental cost assumptions for priority measures. Forum participants informing this project have noted there is a strong regional need for a comprehensive update of incremental cost information.
- Subcommittee members: For a list of subcommittee members, click here.
- Project materials;
For related RFPs, click here.
Forum Participants can log in here to view project materials and subcommittee meeting notes.
More Information
For more information, contact a member of NEEP's EM&V Forum Team:
Julie Michals - 781-860-9177 ext. 135, email: jmichals@neep.org
Elizabeth Titus - 781-860-9177 ext. 111, email: etitus@neep.org
Cecily McChalicher - 781-860-9177 ext. 138, email: cmcchalicher@neep.org