Abstract

This paper summarizes the experience of programs designed to promote the adoption of best practices in equipment specification and installation among distributors and installation contractors in the residential central air conditioning and industrial compressed air equipment markets. For each of those markets, the paper identifies the current understanding of best practices, characterizes energy savings available from their adoption, assesses the nature of barriers to their adoption, and describes the operations and accomplishments of programs designed to address those barriers.

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Panel 1. Energy efficiency – a strategic choice for Europe

Panel 2. Comfort and energy use in buildings

Panel 4. Building the bridge from lab to customer

Panel 3. Land use, transportation and mobility

Panel 6. Dynamics of consumption

Panel 5. Market-based instruments