Features and Performance of Energy Management Programs

The Industry Program also analyzes and reports on efficiency programs targeting the industry sector, opportunities to increase the use of combined heat and power (CHP) to meet the nation’s energy needs, and the ability of intelligent efficiency to transform all sectors of the economy. [...] The authors also gratefully acknowledge the special guidance of Warren Fish of NEEA and Neal Elliott of ACEEE and the assistance of the many people who participated in interviews and responded to our questionnaires. [...] For example, should the savings an EMIS makes possible through superior control of a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system be attributed to the EMIS program or to a financial incentive program that helped cover the cost of purchasing the HVAC? COMBINED SEM AND EMIS PROGRAMS A study done by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) found that SEM, EMIS, and combined programs sav. [...] The trend is to get program participants to start using a systematic approach to energy management and then take them as far along the path to full implementation and certification as they are willing to go, and as far as makes economic sense to them and the program. [...] The standard has requirements for measuring and tracking energy use and consumption; design and procurement practices for equipment, systems, processes, and the personnel that contribute to energy management; and documentation and reporting (ISO 2018).