Volume 4 - Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Using Energy Information Services as a Delivery Channel for Energy Efficiency

Don Anderson, ICF Consulting; Bill Von Neida, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Jennifer Taylor, ICF Consulting

Non-Energy Benefits (NEBs) in the Commercial Sector: Results from Hundreds of Buildings

Charles Bicknell, Lisa A. Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc.

An Evaluation of Savings and Measure Persistence from Retro-Commissioning of Large Commercial Office Buildings

Norman J. Bourassa, Mary Ann Piette, Naoya Motegi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Assessing the Impacts of Energy Saving Products and Technologies: The Importance of Revealing Underlying Assumptions

Martha Brook, California Energy Commission; David M. Anderson, Michael R. Brambley, Michael Kintner-Meyer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Real-Time Evaluation: Blurring the Line between Program, Evaluation and Market Research

David Cohan, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; Richard Hazzard, Robert Bordner, Energy Market Innovations, Inc.

Building Performance Analysis: Energy Benchmarking of New York State Schools

Gregory Coleman, Cyrus Afshar, TRC Energy Services

Market Research in MT Program Design: Commercial Windows in the Pacific Northwest

Philipp Degens, John Jennings, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; Gary Curtis, West Wall Group

Changing the Mind Set on Commercial Building Design

Mark Eggers, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Raising the Bar: How California’s New 2005 Standard Saves 478 GWh and 181 MW a Year

Charles Eley, Architectural Energy Corporation; Bill Pennington, California Energy Commission; Gary Fernstrom, Pacific Gas and Electric

California Self-Generation Incentive Program Evaluation

Brenda Gettig, Patrick Lilly, Alan Fields, Kurt Scheuermann, Lori Kudo, Itron, Inc.; Pierre Landry, Southern California Edison

Realizing Demand Response Capabilities and Energy Savings in Small Commercial Retail Chain Customers

Michael J. Gibbs, ICF Consulting; Michael Messenger, California Energy Commission

Measurement and Verification Evaluation of Demand Response Impact for the New York Energy $martSM Peak Load Reduction Program

Dakers Gowans, Daniel Osei-Antwi, Jim Bradford, Nexant, Inc.; Lee Smith, New York State Energy and Reseach Development Authority

Non-Energy Benefits from Commercial & Industrial Programs: What Are the Benefits and Why Are They Important to Participants?

Nick Hall, Johna Roth, TecMarket Works

Comparing Commercial Building Energy Use Around the World

Adam Hinge, Sustainable Energy Partnerships; Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission, Directorate General JRC; Paul Waide, International Energy Agency

Scenario-Based R&D Portfolio Analysis: Informing the Tough Decisions

Donna J. Hostick, David M. Anderson, David B. Belzer, Katherine Allen Cort, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Jerome P. Dion, U.S. Department of Energy; James A. Dirks, Sean C. McDonald, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The High Performance Solution: A New Approach to Commercial New Construction

Jeffrey Johnson, New Buildings Institute; Abby Vogen, Energy Center of Wisconsin

How Can You Capture the Other Half of the Market? Efficiency Vermont’s Strategy for Small Commercial New Construction

Jonathan Kleinman, Arun Veda, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

EnergySmart Grocer: Mapping Industry Connections Delivers Success

Diane Levin, Linda Irvine, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

Unlocking the Potential for Efficiency and Demand Response through Advanced Metering

Roger Levy, Levy Associates; Karen Herter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; John Wilson, California Energy Commission

A Revolutionary Approach to Evaluation: NYSERDA’s Portfolio Model

Douglas Mahone, Heschong Mahone Group Inc.; Paul A. DeCotis, Helen Kim, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority; Cathy Chappell, Heschong Mahone Group Inc.

Recent Advances in Energy Codes in Russia and Kazakhstan: Innovation, Energy Savings, Market Transformation

Yurij A. Matrosov, Center for Energy Efficiency; Mark Chao, Institute for Market Transformation; David B. Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council; Cliff Majersik, Institute for Market Transformation

Beyond Energy Code-Based Models for Commercial Building New Construction Programs with an Emphasis on Lighting Initiatives

Brian McCowan, Gary Epstein, Mark D’Antonio, Energy & Resource Solutions, Inc.; Doug Baston, Northeast by Northwest

Amplifying Real Estate Value through Energy & Water Management: From ESCO to “Energy Services Partner”

Evan Mills, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Who Says Small Commercial Customers Can’t be Reached? A Few Program Concepts for Attracting Small Customers to Energy Efficiency Programs

Marissa Myers, Quantum Consulting; Beatrice Mayo, Rafael Friedman, Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Improving Energy Efficiency in Federal Commercial Buildings

Cyrus H. Nasseri, U.S. Department of Energy; Sriram Somasundaram, David W. Winiarski, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Multivariate Methods for Evaluating Building Energy Efficiency

Thomas Olofsson, Staffan Andersson, Jan-Ulric Sjögren, Umeå University

Using Logic Models to Improve and Enhance Nonresidential Programs

Jane S. Peters, Dulane Carr Moran, Research Into Action, Inc.; Scott Albert, GDS Associates, Inc.; Victoria Engel, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority; Lori Megdal, Megdal & Associates

Energy-Related Commercial Building Construction Characteristics: An Assessment of National Current Practice and Energy Code Compliance

Eric Richman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Justin Williams, Rahul Biyani, Washington State University; Susanne Gaines, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Commercial Building R&D Program Multi-Year Planning: Opportunities and Challenges

John D. Ryan, U.S. Department of Energy; Andrew Nicholls, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Energy Efficiency Programs for Niche Markets: The Labs21 Program as an Exemplar

Phil Wirdzek, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; William Lintner, U.S. Department of Energy; Paul Mathew, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Nancy Carlisle, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

A Proposed New Framework for Evaluation in California: The Sampling Roadmap

Roger Wright, Tim Hennessy, RLW Analytics; Marian Brown, Southern California Edison; Nick Hall, TecMarket Works; Lori Megdal, Megdal & Associates Ken Keating, Ken Keating & Associates