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The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), through the Oregon Office of Energy (OOE), has funded commissioning demonstration projects in eight public buildings in Oregon. Information from these projects formed the basis for detailed analyses of commissioning costs and benefits for each case. This paper presents the methodology and preliminary results and ramifications of these analyses. The analyses estimated the quantifiable costs and benefits of commissioning for each project, and also summarized the perceived qualitative benefits and drawbacks. The results of the analyses showed that the cost-effectiveness and perceived benefits of commissioning varied widely. The analysis process has also shed further light on the uncertainties inherent in quantifying cost and savings, including the importance of assumptions about future avoided costs and savings persistence.

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Panels of the 2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Panel 1. Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 2. Residential Buildings: Program Design and Implementation

Panel 3. Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends

Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design and Implementation

Panel 5. Utility Issues

Panel 6. Market Transformation

Panel 7. Information and Electronic Technologies: Promises and Pitfalls

Panel 8. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Understanding Markets and Demand

Panel 9. Energy and Environmental Policy

Panel 10. Program Measurement and Evaluation