simultaneous study worthwhile from a market transformation perspective. These are large organizations. Energy efficiency is neither … the site testing were from diverse areas of our economy. The test subjects included a major retail food marketer and one …

reasonable price determination for users of federal ESPCs. The report includes: (1) A review of federal regulations applicable to … Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 15.404-1 and their applicability to ESPCs (section 3), and (3) Recommended strategies and procedures … officers (price competition based on the government's design and specifications, in particular) are generally not applicable to …

market prices and reliability and can help balance the integration of intermittent renewable resources. In addition, these … emissions while improving grid efficiency and reliability. Additional challenges include supply/demand imbalances, transmission … market signals change. A key observation is that these predictive capabilities, coupled with the fast responsiveness of air …

) Impacts on the current market from efficiency regulations. (3) National energy and financial impacts. The analysis relied on … market-weighted efficiency levels. Section 3 deals with cost-effectiveness of higher efficiency design options. The cost …The Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) finalized its first set of efficiency standards and labels for room air …

of commodity electricity. RECs are currently used by utilities and marketers to supply renewable energy products to end … this report is to describe and analyze the emerging market for renewable energy certificates. It describes how RECs are … marketed, examines RECs markets including scope and prices, and identifies and describes the key challenges facing the growth …

of the label on China's market, CLASP further provided assistance to CNIS to collect data on both the efficiency … have potential for shifting the market to higher-efficiency models (Lin 2007). One challenge, however, of assessing this … potential impact is the lack of a comprehensive baseline of market efficiency and a program to evaluate the market impact on a …

In this report we calculate the change in final consumer prices due to minimum efficiency standards, focusing on a … do not increase the amount of labor needed to distribute equipment the same employees needed to sell lower efficiency … equipment can sell high efficiency equipment. Labor is a large component of the total marginal cost to distribute and sell air …

Energy efficiency standards for appliances mandate that appliance manufacturers not manufacture or import models that … floor for energy efficiency. But do they also induce more significant changes in the efficiencies that manufacturers offer …-standard efficiency of models on the market for three products: (1) Refrigerators (1990, 1993, and 2001 standards); (2) Room air …

washers. It is a retrospective analysis, seeking to assess verified impacts on product efficiency in the Mexican market in the …This study analyzes impacts from energy efficiency standards and labeling in Mexico from 1994 through 2005 for four … for a large number of models of each product type between 1994 and 2005. The pre-standard efficiency of models in 1994 is …

sample size is far smaller than the mid-term goal of developing a regular check testing program for 20 percent of the market … efficiency performance. Less attention has been paid to monitoring and enforcement with a minimal commitment of resources and … little expansion of administrative capacity in this area. Thus, market compliance with both mandatory standard and labeling …