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Issue 1 2007
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From EVO's Chair

Happy New Year and welcome to the second issue of e.Valuation, EVO's subscriber newsletter. I hope you find this newsletter informative and useful to your professional pursuits. I also hope you feel inspired to share your experience with the EVO community by submitting your own article in the future. The discipline of "M&V" and efficiency valuation is constantly evolving. This newsletter is meant to support the community as a journal of facts, events and discussion.

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e.Valuation Special Focus: Climate Change/Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Around the globe there is a focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change. Energy efficiency is increasingly being incorporated as an element of emission reduction strategies. This special focus section of e.Valuation presents findings and opinions from industry leaders, a report ?from the field? on the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Guidelines and a list of related resources.

Energy Efficiency as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy By Steve Schiller
Securing the Link Between Energy Efficiency Savings and Greenhouse Gas Reductions: How Will Energy Efficiency Evaluation Protocols Measure Up? By Chris Ann Dickerson & Mike McCormick
WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Guidelines for Projects in the Power Sector
GHG/Climate Resources

 

Energy Efficiency as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy

Steven R. Schiller, Schiller Consulting, Inc

This paper provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges associated with incorporating energy efficiency into greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. It is intended as an introduction to the 2006 ACEEE summer study roundtable on this topic. Background is provided on GHG issues associated with energy efficiency and example programs that utilize efficiency as an emissions reduction strategy. In addition, the paper points out some barriers and provides options and recommendations for reducing these barriers.

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Securing the Link Between Energy Efficiency Savings and Greenhouse Gas Reductions: How Will Energy Efficiency Evaluation Protocols Measure Up?

Chris Ann Dickerson, Freeman Sullivan & Co., San Francisco, Calif.
Mike McCormick, California Climate Action Registry, Los Angeles Calif.

As efforts to mitigate global climate change intensify, opportunities for using energy efficiency as a means for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are attracting a great deal of attention. In particular, there is interest in establishing guidelines for verifying emissions reductions for use in emerging GHG markets and/or other institutional mechanisms. This presents several new challenges for practitioners in energy efficiency evaluation and reporting. Meeting these challenges will necessitate a new level of collaboration between the energy efficiency evaluation and the GHG accounting fields. This paper is designed to introduce professionals who have been primarily involved with energy efficiency to concepts and current issues in GHG accounting and reporting.

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WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Guidelines for Projects in the Power Sector

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative (GHG Protocol) is a multi-stakeholder partnership of businesses, NGOs, governments, and others convened by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Founded in 1998, the Initiative's mission is to develop internationally accepted accounting and reporting protocols for corporate emissions inventories and greenhouse gas mitigation projects and to promote their use by businesses, policy makers, NGO's and other organizations. It consists of two GHG accounting modules - the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (?Corporate Standard?) and the GHG Protocol for Project Accounting (?Project Protocol?) - plus related tools and outreach activities,

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Greenhouse Gas Emission/Climate Change Links

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e.Valuation Interview

Joseph Hoose, Cool Systems, Inc.
Interviewed by Abraham Raher

Joe Hoose of Cool Systems, Inc. has been a systems integrator of pneumatic, electric, electronic, DDC and DCS controls systems for over 16 years. He has specialized in Industrial Performance Contracting with a focus on Central Plant Utilities Optimization. Hoose is a member of ASHRAE, IDEA, AEE, ISA. Cool Systems, Inc. is a company focused on optimizing the operation of thermal utility systems for maximum performance and minimum cost from generation, distribution and demand side management. Recently e.Valuation contributor Abe Raher sat down with Hoose to get his views on ?system efficiency,? M&V, and what it will take to make energy efficiency succeed in the marketplace.

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New "One-Stop-Shop" Information Gateway for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: reegle

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st century (REN21) have launched reegle, a new ?information gateway? designed to ensure a better information flow and to facilitate the understanding of the roles and activities of the many different initiatives and opportunities in the sectors of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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EVO News

2007 IPMVP - Coming Soon!
New EVO Board Members ? Larisa Dobriansky and Alain Streicher
CMVP Program Discounts for EVO Subscribers
Green Buildings Sub-Committee ? Call for Members
EVO Thanks its Subscribers
EVO in the News: Stories from Around the Globe on EVO, its Activities and Products & Services

 

Events - Conferences, Workshops & Trainings

Featured Event:
Asian Energy Week

24-26 April 2007, Bangkok, Thailand The 2007 Asian Energy week will bring together key decision-makers from the Asian Utility Industry. This unique platform will provide key strategic insights on the technologies and trends shaping future electric, water and gas utilities. Through the integration of 4 events Metering Asia-Pacific, Billing and CRM/CIS Asia-Pacific, Distribution Asia and ESCO Asia as well as partner events, the Asian Energy Week will offer the premier platform for the industry to explore the future.

Pre-conference seminar on Monitoring & Evaluation for Energy Efficiency Projects, including IPMVP Training. The seminar, presented by EVO Board member Pierre Langlois, will provide an opportunity to see how IPMVP?s 4 options are applied in the market place in energy efficiency projects actually implemented around the world.

Event Listings of other industry events...

 

Become a Contributor - Author Guidelines

Are you an expert or thought leader in the global efficiency M&V industry? Become part of our global community by submitting your articles, article proposals, commentary, analysis and don't forget to give your feedback to other articles.

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