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To shed light on emissions avoided by efficiency improvements, the authors modeled load reductions in three control areas of the northeastern U.S. “Avoided emission factors” were developed, based on marginal emission rates, for four pollutants for seven different periods of the day and year. The generation supply curves in the three control areas were found to have similar emission rate profiles, but significant differences in the magnitude of typical emission rates. In addition, marginal emission rates differed considerably across both time periods and pollutants. These marginal emission factors were embedded in a spreadsheet tool, designed to allow users to assess avoided emissions from various types of efficiency measures as well as different types of new generation. Users of the spreadsheet can use the avoided emission factors provide and can easily make calculations based on other input assumptions to explore different scenarios.

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Panels of the 2004 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, Implementation, and Evaluation

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

Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Panel 5. Utility Regulation and Deregulation: Incentives, Strategies, and Policies

Panel 6. Market Transformation: Designing for Lasting Change

Panel 7. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and Their Implications

Panel 8. Energy and Environmental Policy: Changing the Climate for Energy Efficiency

Panel 9. Efficient Buildings in Efficient Communities

Panel 10. Roundtables: Thinking Outside the Box

Panel 11. Appliances and Equipment