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International DSM and DSM program evaluation: An INDEEP assessment

Panel: Panel 2: Programme Evaluation

Author:
Edward Vine, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Abstract

This paper discusses the current Ievel of demand-side management (DSM) occurring in selected European countries and reviews the availability of information on DSM programs and program evaluation. Next, thirteen European DSM programs are compared by exammmg such factors as: motivations for program implementation, marketing methods, participation rates, total energy savings, and program costs. The transfer of DSM program results and experrences found in these case studies is also discussed.

This paper represents a preliminary assessment of the state of DSM and DSM program evaluation in Europe. The findings from this work also represent the first steps in a joint international effort to compile and analyse the measured results of energy efficiency programs in a consistent and comprehensive fashion. We find that these programs represent cost-effective resources: the cost of energy saved by the programs ranged from a low of 0.0005 ECUs/kWh (0.01 $/kWh) to a high of 0.077 ECUs/kWh (9.7 $/kWh), with an average cost of 0.027 ECUs/kWh (3.3 $/kWh). Weighted by energy savings, the average cost of energy saved by the programs was 0.014 ECUs/kWh (1:8 e/kWh). We expect that these types of DSM programs will be useful for utilities and governments in the future for both energy and non-energy reasons.

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