
EVO is pleased to announce it has initiated work to update the International Energy Efficiency Financing Protocol (IEEFP). An important part of this revision process includes the creation of a Canadian Annex which will reflect the current Canadian banking and financing practices of financial institutions and energy services companies (ESCOs), among others. This project is made possible by a financial contribution from the Government of Canada’s Department of Natural Resources.
Efficiency Valuation Organization (EVO) is pleased to announce that the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) Committee recently created a sub-committee to address non-routine events (NRE) and non-routine adjustments (NRA).
We remind all users of the IPMVP Core Concepts that an Addendum was published in September 2018. The addendum contains some clarifications regarding the content of sections 6 and 7. The Addendum is available for download in the library to all web subscriber, including free subscriptions.
EVO is pleased to announce the release of a new IPMVP application guide: Measurement & Verification - Issues and Examples, IPMVP EVO 10300: 1:2019. The application guide presents a variety of project types and discusses the key M&V design issues arising from the described situations.
EVO is releasing today its General Guidelines for Projects Submitted by Partners and Project Subcontracting. This new EVO policy has a dual purpose. It first provides a framework for the development of projects which will contribute directly to the mission of EVO and be in line with its strategic plan and priorities as adopted and periodically amended by the board of directors.
EVO just released the IPMVP Generally Accepted M&V Principles, a condensed version of the IPMVP Core Concepts. This document is meant to facilitate the dissemination of the IPMVP principles to a non-technical audience. It comes in response to a growing demand from a variety of interested parties.
EVO is pleased to announce that Philip Coleman has joined the EVO board of directors in September 2018. Philip is a research analyst and program manager in the Sustainable Federal Operations Group of the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He helps design and deploy federal energy conservation initiatives, primarily on behalf of the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP).
EVO is pleased to welcome a new national training partner for Mexico, AMENEER, the Mexican Association of Energy Efficiency Companies. This new agreement is an outcome of meetings held between EVO’s Director of Programs, Monica Perez Ortiz and energy efficiency stakeholders in Mexico. Measurement and Verification (M&V) training sessions will be offered later this year.
EVO’s chairman, Pierre Langlois, is pleased to announce the recent nomination of Ms. Patty Fong as a member of the Board of Directors of EVO. Patty Fong is the Director of the Energy Efficiency Initiative and a member of the European Climate Foundation Strategic Council. Patty co-founded and serves on the board of the Buildings Performance Institute Europe, a European policy think tank dedicated to energy efficiency in buildings.
EVO is pleased to announce the release of a new application guide Uncertainty Assessment for IPMVP (EVO 10100: 1:2018). This new document is a revised and expanded version of the Statistics and Uncertainty for IPMVP (EVO 10100 1:2014) application guide published in 2014. The new application guide includes examples for each of the four IPMVP options.
An article by EVO’s Executive Director was published today in the IPEEC (International Partnership) for Energy Efficiency Cooperation) newsletter.