The Big Why of Evaluation
We are on the brink of an evaluation renaissance. Smart grids, smart meters, smart buildings, and smart data are prominent themes in the industry lexicon. Smarter evaluation and research must follow.
Negative Savings?! That’s Not Supposed to Happen!
Sometimes in the course of evaluating energy efficiency projects, we come across projects with...
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Are We Underestimating Cooling Savings in an Era of Climate Change?
As global average temperatures continue to rise due to climate change caused by humans, the amount...
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How Long Will the Savings Last? Exploring Persistence and the Rebound Effect
Last month’s post focused on how to best treat future energy or carbon savings and how this...
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research,
evaluation,
evaluation approaches,
program evaluation,
energy efficiency,
carbon emissions
Discount Rates, Carbon, and the Ministry for the Future
I recently read The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson. It’s a science fiction novel...
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research,
evaluation,
evaluation approaches,
energy program,
program evaluation,
energy efficiency,
carbon emissions
Cascading Effects and Market Transformation
Like many, I was transfixed in late March by the huge container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. And...
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research,
evaluation,
evaluation approaches,
energy program,
program evaluation,
energy efficiency,
double-counting
Why Evaluators Need Whiteboards: Avoiding Double-Counting in Evaluation
I love explaining things with diagrams. One thing I have really missed working from home over the...
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research,
evaluation,
evaluation approaches,
energy program,
program evaluation,
energy efficiency,
ntg
Pies, Nice Dinners, and Broken Windows – Attribution, Causality, and NTG
Welcome back to the Challenges of Estimating NTG, where we explore the challenges of assigning a...
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research,
evaluation,
evaluation approaches,
energy program,
program evaluation,
energy efficiency,
energy program goals
Program Goals and Evaluation
It’s January and after a somewhat eventful 2020, flipping the calendar to a new year seems extra...
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Brad Stevens, Sampling Error, and Cost Effectiveness
I am a big fan of the Boston Celtics and their coach, Brad Stevens. How does this relate to...
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