Volume 8 - Changing the Climate for Energy Efficiency: Local, National, and International
Policy Dimensions
Hurdling Financial Barriers to Low Energy Buildings: Experiences from the USA and Europe
on Financial Incentives and Monetizing Building Energy Savings in Private Investment
Decisions
Steve Baden, Residential Energy Services Network; Philip Fairey, Florida Solar Energy Center; Paul Waide, International Energy Agency; Philippine de T’serclaes, International Energy Agency; Jens Laustsen, International Energy Agency
The California Model for Fighting Global Warming with Energy Efficiency: Accomplishments,
Current Status, and Next Steps
Audrey B. Chang, Natural Resources Defense Council
AB3 Legislation Drives Market for Energy Efficiency in Nevada
Karin Corfee Auker, KEMA, Inc.; John Hargrove, Larry Holmes, Sierra Pacific Power/Nevada Power Company
Communities of Practice: A New Approach for Coordinating Energy-Efficiency Standards and
Labeling Programs
Mark Ellis, Mark Ellis and Associates; Peter du Pont, Danish Energy Management A/S; Kevin Lane, UK Market Transformation Program
Efficient Policies? Energy Efficiency Policy in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus
Meredydd Evans, Isabel Murray, International Energy Agency
Getting It Right Matters: Why Efficiency Incentives Should Be Based on Performance and Not
Cost
Philip Fairey, Florida Solar Energy Center; David B. Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council
Time to Sweep the Dust from under the Rug? Moving Beyond "Business-As-Usual" Energy
Efficiency
Rafael Friedmann, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Market Development for Energy Services in the European Union
Michael Geißler, Alexandra Waldmann, Berliner Energieagentur GmbH
When Enough Is Not Enough; The Value of Conservation in an Uncertain World Calls for
Expanding System Benefits Charge Funding
Charlie Grist, Tom Eckman, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
The EU Codes of Conduct: What Have They Achieved and What Are the Challenges?
Robert Harrison, UK Market Transformation Programme; Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission; Hans Paul Siderius, SenterNovem; Ken Dale, ce Micro Technology plc; Miachael Jäkel, Abakus
Challenges for Setting Up ESCOs in Largely State-Run Economies such as the Newly
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
Anees Iqbal, Denis Yozhikov, Maicon Associates Ltd.
Public Benefit Funds Are Not Enough to Secure Energy Efficiency and Energy R&D Activities:
Lessons from Brazil
Gilberto De Martino Jannuzzi, State University of Campinas/International Energy Initiative; Alan Poole, Independent Consultant
Forty Percent Savings and Beyond: Recent Advances in Code Implementation and
Development of Super-Efficient Buildings in Russia and Its Neighbors
Yurij A. Matrosov, Center for Energy Efficiency and Research Institute for Building Physics; Mark Chao, Cliff Majersik, Institute for Market Transformation
2008 California Codes and Standards Progress: Expanding and Consolidating Efficiency
Gains
Jonathan McHugh, Douglas Mahone, Heschong Mahone Group, Inc.; Steve Blanc, Patrick Eilert, Gary Fernstrom, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
The Need for and Approaches to Develop Common Protocols to Measure, Track, and Report
Energy Efficiency Savings in the Northeast
Julie Michals, Elizabeth Titus, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.
New Energy Efficiency Policy Initiatives and Advances in the Southeast United States
Harry Misuriello, Kelly Ross Gillespie, Alliance to Save Energy
The Energy Policy Act of 2005: Energy Efficiency Provisions and Implications for Future
Policy Efforts
Steven Nadel, William R. Prindle, Susanne Brooks, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
The "Magic" of the Kyoto Mechanisms: Will It Work for Buildings?
Aleksandra Novikova, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Chunyu Liang, Central European University
Electricity Industry Restructuring for Efficiency and Sustainability: Lessons from the
Australian Experience
Hugh Outhred, Iain MacGill, University of New South Wales
Energy Efficiency in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: How Much Can Efficiency
Contribute to a Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program
William R. Prindle, Anna Monis Shipley, R. Neal Elliott, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Assessment of White Certificate Schemes and Their Integration into the Carbon Markets
Silvia Rezessy, Central European University; Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission; Marcella Pavan, Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas
The EU Ecodesign Framework Directive: Voluntary or Mandatory—As Industry Likes It
Hans-Paul Siderius, SenterNovem; Alan Meier, International Energy Agency
Experiences from Energy Efficiency Policies in Sweden During the Last 30 Years: Looking at
the Building Sector
Frances Sprei, Jonas Nässén, John Holmberg, Chalmers University
The Advocate's Dilemma: Applying Clayton Christensen's Work to Speed the Diffusion of
Energy Efficiency Technologies
Jay Stein, E Source
Quantification of NOx Emissions Reductions for SIP Credits from Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy Projects in Texas
Malcolm Verdict, Texas A&M University—TEES; Jeff Haberl, Texas A&M University; Charles Culp, Bahman Yazdani, Tom Fitzpatrick, Don Gilman, Mushtaq Ahmed, Betty Liu, Juan Carlos Baltazar, Shirley Muns, Dan Turner, Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University
Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Existing Building Stock: What's Worked; What Might Be Better
Paul Waide, International Energy Agency; Adam Hinge, Sustainable Energy Partnerships; Jennifer Thorne Amann, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Leveraging the Synergy of Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Reductions in a Load-
Based Cap System
Kevin Whilden, Energy Trust of Oregon; James Edelson, Oregon EcoCapital LLC
Natural Gas Prices: A New Rally-Cry for Energy Efficiency
Rebecca Wigg, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance; Alecia Ward, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
A Nationwide Assessment of Utility Sector Energy Efficiency Spending, Savings, and
Integration with Utility System Resource Acquisition
Dan York, Martin Kushler, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy