Market Transformation

VEIC Resources on Market Transformation

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• Building Relationships with General Contractors: Transforming Standard Practice

  Mary Jayne Poynter, Mark Gilbert

  Effective strategies for educating General Contractors in understanding and promoting energy efficiency construction practices have remained relatively uncharted territory.  Working with GCs - through relationship building, education, and incentives - can be valuable in achieving long-term market transformation toward construction of high-performance, energy-efficient buildings.  The more GCs recognize the value of energy efficiency for their clients, the more likely they are to spend time and resources to develop their capabilities in delivering high-quality, energy-efficient buildings.  This paper looks at one example of a GC's transformation, from the point of view of an Efficiency Vermont Project Manager on seven multifamily buildings.

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• VEIC and the Energy Efficiency Imperative

  Blair Hamilton

  An overview of VEIC, its contributions to the nation's energy efficiency portfolio, and nine steps for policymakers to follow in achieving effective efficiency for everyone.

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• Savings Without Rebates: Moving Toward Claiming Savings from Market Transformation

  Glenn Reed, Toben Galvin, Blair Hamilton

  As efficiency programs increasingly focus on market transformation, traditional evaluation methods make it more difficult to determine accurate savings.  Several regions in the United States have developed methods to address how savings can be claimed from market effects.  Although programs such as ENERGY STAR might benefit from market-wide evaluation methods, ultimately regional solutions could be the most appropriate for determining savings attribution.

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• Tackling Efficiency Paradoxes: Responses to “Energy-Efficient” 10,000 sq. ft. Houses and 50-inch Televisions

  Chris Granda, Margie Lynch CEE, Sam Rashkin

  Energy efficient products and homes can at times be in conflict with energy and greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.  Bigger "efficient" homes and products frequently require more energy than their smaller counterparts.  This paper presents arguments that support blending energy efficiency and conservation, to reduce energy consumption.

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• The Imperative: Wider and Deeper

  Blair Hamilton

  PowerPoint presentation on how to reach a global goal of 80% reduction in CO2 by 2050.  This was a keynote presentation at the ACEEE Market Transformation Symposium in 2008.

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