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On December 10, 2024, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) hosted its 14th webinar focusing on the topic of ‘Evaluation of Energy Programs and Policies in the Asia Pacific’. This insightful webinar featured two notable speakers: Jacqueline Lam, Regional Director, Asia, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Dang Quoc Bao, Deputy General Director, Trung Nam Construction […]

🎓On December 3rd, Energy Evaluation Europe hosted its sixth and special “Lunch and Learn” session online. This session aimed to introduce the co-chairs of the Energy Evaluation Europe 2025 Conference. Unfortunately, Barbara Schlomann (Fraunhofer ISI) was unable to attend. The event was moderated by Jean-Sébastien Broc (IEECP, Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy). The […]

On November 12, 2024, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) hosted its 13th webinar focusing on the important topic of ‘AI and Evaluation of Energy Programs and Policies’. This insightful webinar featured three notable speakers: Edward Vine, Affiliate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Steering Committee Member, Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) Haider Khan, Vice […]

🎓November 6th, Energy Evaluation Europe hosted its fifth Lunch and Learn session online. For this intense and interesting discussion Stefan Thomas (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy) welcomed esteemed panelists Veronika Jiříčková (European Commission, DG ENER, Brussels) and Tim Mandel (Fraunhofer Insititute ISI, Germany) to delve into the questions:  What do you see as […]

On October 4, 2024, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) hosted its 12th webinar focusing on the important topic of ‘Evaluation for Policy Making’. This insightful webinar featured three notable speakers: Jarred Metoyer, Senior Vice President, Energy Markets and Risk North America, Energy Systems, DNV Jean-Sébastien Broc, Consultant and Researcher at IEECP (Institute for European […]

📢 Announcing the 7th Issue of EEAP’s Newsletter 🌍 We are pleased to release the latest edition of EEAP’s newsletter, providing valuable insights and updates for energy evaluation professionals.In this issue, we cover:🔹Insightful Article on Measuring the Social Impact of Clean Energy Policies🔹Key Takeaways and essential highlights from recent webinars and events organized by EEAP🔹Valuable […]

EEAP organized a Workshop on Energy Evaluation 101 during Youth-in-Evaluation Week The second annual Youth in Evaluation Week was organized from July 8 – 12, 2024, to unite young and senior evaluation professionals worldwide. This intergenerational event aimed at generating greater commitment and action towards meaningful youth engagement in evaluation, aligning with the UN Summit […]

On June 26th, Energy Evaluation Europe hosted its fourth Lunch and Learn session online. For this intense and interesting discussion Joel Franklin (Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and EEE Planning Committee member) welcomed esteemed panelists Gesche Huebner (University College London, UK) and Carine Sebi (Grenoble Ecole de Management, France) to delve into the question: “How […]

On June 7, 2024, Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific organized its 11th webinar during the gLOCAL2024 evaluation week, focusing on the important topics of Transforming the Way We Measure Clean Energy Transitions.  The webinar featured two speakers; Michael Williamson, Section Chief Energy Division, United Nations ESCAP and Divya Gaur, Program Lead, Council on Energy, Environment and […]

On May 7, 2024, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) hosted its 10th webinar focusing on the crucial topic of ‘Measuring Progress on Energy Wellbeing in New Zealand’. This insightful webinar featured two notable speakers: Dr. Phoebe Taptiklis, Research Fellow, Motu Economic Public Policy Research, New Zealand, and Dr. Caroline Fyfe, Post-doctoral Researcher, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. The webinar served to provide a guided tour of two important evaluations which measured the impact of New Zealand’s recent energy hardship policies.

On April 18, 2024, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) hosted the 4th session of its webinar series, dedicated to the "Evaluation of SDG7 Policies and Programs in Asia Pacific." This enlightening webinar featured two distinguished speakers: Ada Ocampo, President of IDEAS - International Development Evaluation Association, and Henry Adams Co-founder and Director at Common Capital, Australia.

On March 20, 2024, Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) hosted its 3rd webinar session, focusing on "Evaluation of SDG7 Policies and Programs in Asia Pacific." This engaging webinar featured two esteemed speakers from South Asia: Fayyaz Ahmed, MEL Coordinator at Mercy Corps from Pakistan, and Sadeep Acharya, Managing Director of Jalpadevi Auto Repairing Center Pvt. Ltd from Nepal.

Exciting News Alert! We’re thrilled to announce the release of the newest issue of the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) newsletter! Dive into the latest updates, insightful articles, and valuable resources covering a wide range of topics in energy evaluation. From insightful articles on the relevance of energy evaluation, and learnings from EEAP’s webinars to […]

On January 31, 2024, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) hosted the second session of its webinar series, dedicated to the "Evaluation of SDG7 Policies and Programs in Asia Pacific." This enlightening webinar featured two distinguished speakers: Dayyan Shayani, a Statistician at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and Sohini Mookherjee, Lead at Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab,( J-PAL) and CLEAR South Asia.

On January 31, 2024, Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) organized an insightful webinar on the topic of “Evaluation of SDG7 Policies and Programs”. This engaging virtual event featured two keynote speakers: Michael Williamson, Section Chief, Energy Division in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and Navin Kumar Jha, Assistant Professor, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

The EEAP Newsletters are back! You can download the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific Q3 2023 Newsletter here: Best wishes, The Energy Evaluation Team

On October 12, 2023, the Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) organized an insightful webinar on the topic of 'Evaluation of Energy Policies and Programs in Chile.' This engaging virtual event featured two esteemed speakers from the Energy Sustainability Agency of Chile. Raúl Riveros, a seasoned evaluator at AgenciaSE, provided a comprehensive overview of evaluation of energy programs in Chile, shedding light on the agency's impactful work in this field. Javier Rojas, the Project Manager for Sustainable Mobility and Green Hydrogen, contributed valuable insights garnered from the monitoring of electric vehicles within the Mi Taxi Eléctrico Program. The webinar served as an opportunity for sharing knowledge and best practices in the realm of energy evaluation, offering a unique opportunity to examine the effectiveness and impact of Chile's energy initiatives. This document summarizes the key discussion points from the webinar.

Jon Respati’s article on ‘Evaluation Practices in Indonesia’ Current Status and Emerging Developments In this article, EEAP’s Steering Committee member, Jon Respati delves into Indonesia’s evaluation landscape. Indonesia is making strides in adopting energy evaluation practices, driven by the need to transition to clean energy. Key developments include the establishment of the Indonesian Energy Evaluation […]

Residential Retrofit: What Have We Learned and What Should Come Next?” With 14 participants, host experts Jean-Sébastien Broc and Lisa Groves, as well as experts Kate Jenkins and Albane Gaspard, discussed retrofit perspectives from the UK and France. Active participation from attendees, including perspectives from England, France, and Ireland, enriched our discussions and broadened our horizons.

Assessment of energy efficiency of metals, pulp & paper and commerce sectors – the challenge with indicators, by Johanna Kirkinen, Lea Gynther

Accelerating the Energy Transition by building policymakers’ knowledge and skills, by Charles Michaelis, Melanie Slade

Preferences for thermal retrofits in private condominiums: A discrete choice experiment with landlords and owner-occupiers in France, by Valeria Fanghella, Marie-Charlotte Guetlein, Joachim Schleich, Carine Sebi

Municipal climate action managers: How to quantify their impact, byTanja Kenkmann, Benjamin Köhler, Tilman Hesse, Carmen Loschke

Methodological challenges in qualitative energy poverty research, by Ute Dubois, Anca Sinea

Flexibilities: because you’re worth it! Scaling up renewables connection with local flexibilities, by Hubert Dupin

Evaluating the UK’s Energy Company Obligation: revealing public acceptability of the home improvements required to reach Net Zero, by Dr Owen Davis, Victoria Smart, Alex Thornton, Emily Edwards-Hughes

Evaluation of Climate and Energy Programme for Sustainable Development using Text Mining technique: A comparative study across 65 countries, by Haein Cho

Evaluation of the Next Generation programme – testing innovative postsubsidy business models for community energy, by Mary Anderson, Bill Kirkup, Chloe Nelson, Will Walker

Solar Power Projects Cluster Evaluation, by Tomasz Bartos, Theo Sands

Taxes versus Targets: An Empirical Analysis of two Policy Instruments on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in the Industry and Service Sector, by Thomas Leu

Regression Discontinuity Design – A suitable method for evaluating the effect of state aid on renewable energy deployment through auctions? by Vasilios Anatolitis, Fynn Hübner

Best Policy Practices for Supporting Energy Efficiency in SMEs in UK, by Jack Wilkinson-Dix

Fundamental issues for policy evaluations and lessons to be learned, by Arianne J. van der Wal, Casper Tigchelaar

The case for an evaluation requirement in the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, by Samuel THOMAS

Carbon pricing of basic materials: Incentives and risks for the value chain and consumers, by Jan Stede, Stefan Pauliuk, Gilang Hardadi, Karsten Neuhoff

Energy Affordability: Sharing Lessons from the EU and Australia's Low Carbon Transitions, by Viktoria Noka, Johanna Cludius, David Ritter, Sangeetha Chandra-Shekeran, Dylan McConnel

A methodology for considering additionality and sustainability aspects in results monitoring of energy access projects, by Kresten Kjaer Sorensen

Retrofitting obligation - A modelling assessment on French dwellings, by Lucas Vivier and Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet

Socioeconomic evaluation of a retrofitting obligation for rental housing in France, by Lucas Vivier and Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet

The case of KfW 55: could smarter use of evaluation have avoided a public communication desaster? by Christine Wörlen, Oliver Lübker and Guido Ropers

Increasing transparency and completeness of climate and energy policies and measures reporting, by Tom Dauwe and Nele Renders

A transformation-oriented theory of change - The accompanying evaluation of the 7th Energy Research Programme in Germany, by Maximilian Zieser

Assessment of energy efficiency of metals, pulp & paper and commerce sectors - the challenge with indicators, by Johanna Kirkinen and Lea Gynther

How to increase the transparency of ex-ante impact evaluations of energy efficiency and climate policies, by Iska Brunzema, Barbara Schlomann and Andreas Kemmler

Mixing and Matching: A review of EM&V frameworks in North America, by Katherine Johnson

Streamlining savings calculations within Europe: lessons learnt from the Capacity Support Facility in EU MS, by Christos Tourkolias

Can we rank countries according to their energy efficiency policies impacts? The ACEEE & ODYSSEE-MURE Scoreboards, by Didier Bosseboeuf

Can we rank countries according to their energy efficiency policies impacts? The ACEEE & ODYSSEE-MURE Scoreboards (part 2), by Didier Bosseboeuf

Industry lobbying for transition policy - Stakeholders in the Dutch Climate Agreement, by Douwe Truijens

Evaluating Efficiency for Access programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the evaluation of a pioneering Solar Water Pump (SWP) awareness campaign in Machakos County, Kenya, by David Kenington, Yasemin Erboy Ruff, Sheree Conibear and Gordon Achola

Addressing untapped opportunities through early equipment replacement, by Rita Werle

Introduction to the Panel: Addressing untapped opportunities through early equipment replacement, by Diedert Debusscher

Building the Evaluation Capacity Among Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) for the SDGs Era in Asia Pacific Region, by Madhuka Liyanagamage, Ana Erika Lareza, Yatin Diwakar and Randika De Mel

Evaluation of Washing Machines Efficiency POlicy and its impacts in India, by Kishore Kumar

Promoting the accelerated replacement of old electric motors in the European Union, by Anibal T. de Almeida and João Fong

Evaluation of UNDP support to energy access and transition, by Ben Murphy, Smail Khennas, Gil Yaron, Christine Woerlen, Jens Altevogt, Lucia Soberkova and Max Schmidt

ADEME's Long term scenarios to influence decision makers, by Valérie Quiniou

Evaluation of the German Funding Scheme for Energy Efficiency in the Economy: Classical versus Competitive Financial Measures, by Simon Hirzel, Lisa Neusel, Karsten Weinert, Stephan Heinrich, Barbara Schlomann

Evaluation of the Next Generation Programme - Testing innovative post-subsidy business models for community energy, by Mary Anderson

Exploring the challenges in developing a multi-criteria assessment for smart local energy systems, by Bjarnhedinn Gudlaugsson, Christina Francis, R. Camilla Thomson and David Ingram

Are we really future-proofing our high energy performance buildings? by Charlotte Verhaeghe and Stiijn Verbeke

Flexibilities: because you're worth it, by Hubert Dupin

The Dutch methodological approach for national energy savings and related GHG emission reduction for sectors and policies, by Bonny van Rooijen, Martijn Verdonk and Harry Vreuls

Overview of Energy Efficiency Policies and Programmes for SMEs in Italy, by Claudia Toro, Enrico Biele, Carlos Herce, Chiara Martini, Marcello Salvio, Adrianna Threpsiadi and Jack Wilkinson-Dix

The case for an evaluation requirement in the Energy Efficiency Directive, by Samuel Thomas

Implementing an energy efficiency policy database in Latin America: methodology, lessons and findings, by Laura Sudries, Bruno Lapillonne and Didier Bosseboeuf

EnDev Results factors - A methodology for considering additionality and sustainability aspects in results monitoring of energy access projects, by Kresten Kjaer Soerensen

Taxes versus Targets: an empirical analysis of two policy instruments on greenhouse gas mitigation in the industry and service sector, by Thomas Leu

LEIA Contribution Case Study: Pakistan weak- and off-grid fan market, by E Feng Tan Loh

Enhancing evaluations of future energy-related product policies with the Digital Product Passport, by Antoine Durand, Thomas Goetz, Tim Hettesheimer, Lena Tholen, Simon Hirzel and Thomas Adisorn

Evaluation of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), by Owen Davis and Alex Thornton

Energy Efficiency First and Multiple Impacts: integrating two concepts for decision-making in the EU energy system, by Tim Mandel, Ivana Rogulj, Benigna Boza-Kiss, Lukas Kranzl et al.

Evaluating the impact of advice and appliances replacements on power demand and energy consumption: feedback from a field study on the Réunion Island, by Guillaume Binet and Delphine Bousarout

Cluster Evaluation: Solar Power Operations of EBRD, by Tomasz Bartos and Theo Sands

Regression discontinuity design - a suitable methodology for evaluating the direct incentive effect of State aid on the deployment of renewable energy? by Vasilios Anatolitis and Fynn Hübner

Ten years of price evaluation in a renovation market with volatile financial incentives: The effect of Energy Efficiency Obligation on residential market prices, by Dominique Osso, Nadège Chatagnon and Eric Gasparotto

Ex-post evaluation of Europe's 2020 energy savings target: providing lessons for the fit-for-55 package, by Robert Harmsen

Preferences for thermal retrofit measures in multi-owner buildings: A discrete choice experiment with landlords and owner-occupiers in France, by Marie-Charlotte Guetlein, Valeria Fanghella, Joachim Schleich and Carine Sebi

High-quality energy performance assessment and certification in Europe: accelerating deep energy renovation, by Sriraj Gokarakonda, Stefan Thomas, Maike Venjakob and Gatis Žogla

Tracking building energy codes for the Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction, by Harry Kennard and Ian Hamilton

Industry lobbying for transition policy. Evaluation of stakeholder involvement in the Dutch Climate Agreement policymaking process. by Douwe G. Truijens

Energy Affordability: Sharing Lessons from the EU and Australia's Low Carbon Transitions, by Viktoria Noka

Evaluating the impact of advice and appliances replacements on power demand and energy consumption: feedback from a field study on the Réunion Island, by Guillaume BINET, Delphine BOUSAROUT

Implementing an energy efficiency policies database in Latin American countries: methodology, lessons, and findings, by Laura Sudries, Didier Bosseboeuf, Bruno Lapillonne

How to increase the transparency of ex-ante impact evaluations of energy efficiency and climate policies. Illustrated by the example of a funding program for energy and resource efficiency in industry in Germany, by Iska Brunzema, Barbara Schlomann, Andreas Kemmler

Enhancing evaluations of future energy-related product policies with the Digital Product Passport, by Antoine Durand, Thomas Goetz, Tim Hettesheimer, Lena Tholen, Simon Hirzel, Thomas Adisorn

A transformation-oriented theory of change: the accompanying evaluation of the 7th Energy Research Programme in Germany, by Michael Dinges, Anna Wang, Maximilian Zieser, Christiane Kerlen, Kathleen Toepel, Stefan Meyer, Peter Kaufmann, Jakob Kofler, Harald Wieser

Best Policy Practices for Supporting Energy Efficiency in SMEs in UK, by Adrianna Threpsiadi, Jack Wilkinson-Dix, Enrico Biele, Carlos Herce, Chiara Martini, Marcello Salvio, Claudia Toro

Are we really future-proofing our high energy performance buildings? Energy renovations in a context of techno-economic, political and social uncertainty, by Charlotte Verhaeghe, Stijn Verbeke, Amaryllis Audenaert

The Dutch methodological approach for national energy savings and related greenhouse gas emissions reduction for sectors and policies, by Bonny van Rooijen, Martijn Verdonk, Harry Vreuls

Streamlining savings calculations within Europe: lessons learnt from the Capacity Support Facility in EU Member States, by Christos Tourkolias, Paula Fonseca, Nele Renders

Overview of Energy Efficiency Policies and Programmes for SMEs in Italy, by Claudia Toro, Enrico Biele, Carlos Herce, Chiara Martini, Marcello Salvio, Adrianna Threpsiadi, Jack Wilkinson-Dix

Ten years of price evaluation in a renovation market with volatile financial incentives: The effect of Energy Efficiency Obligation on residential market prices, by D. Osso, N. Chatagnon, E. Gasparotto

Energy Efficiency First and Multiple Impacts: integrating two concepts for decision-making in the EU energy system, by Tim Mandel, Ivana Rogulj, Benigna Boza-Kiss, Lukas Kranzl, Ece Özer, Andreas Müller

Tailor-Made DSM: What vulnerable customers need from energy efficiency programs, by Katherine Johnson, Nicola Tran, Sarah Castor, Natalie Gray, Sarah Vernon

Evaluation of the German Funding Scheme for Energy Efficiency in the Economy: Classical versus Competitive Financial Measures, by Simon Hirzel, Lisa Neusel, Stephan Heinrich, Karsten Weinert, Barbara Schlomann

The vital role of the target definition in the evaluation of a target, by Robert Harmsen

Exploring the challenges in developing a multi-criteria assessment for smart local energy systems, by Christina Francis, Bjarnhéðinn Guðlaugsson, R. Camilla Thomson, David Ingram

Identifying the potential for EU-wide convergence of EPC schemes through a comparison of the existing and experimental enhanced EPC schemes, by Sriraj Gokarakonda, Stefan Thomas, Maike Venjakob, Gatis Žogla

Reducing Air Pollution through Smart Energy Management in Industrial Clusters of India, by Sanjay Dube

Building the Evaluation Capacity Among Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) for the SDGs Era in Asia Pacific Region, by Asela Kalugampitiya

Increasing Transparency and Completeness of Climate and Energy Policies and Measures Reporting, by Tom Dauwe, Nele Renders

Challenges for evaluation stemming from auditing energy and climate policies, by Lorenzo Pirelli

IPPC AR6 on climate mitigation: why a change in energy evaluation is needed? by Yamina Saheb

Grand Paris Express - Benefits-Costs Analysis and Environmental Issues, by Dominique Bureau

The Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific Q2 2021 Newsletter is now out! Download it here: Best wishes, The Energy Evaluation Team

The Energy Evaluation Europe Q2 2021 Newsletter is now out! Download it here: Best wishes, The Energy Evaluation Team

On Wednesday 28th April, Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) held its first webinar of our 2021 series. It was titled ‘Energy Efficiency for Developing Countries: Pivoting the Focus from Savings to Increased Outputs’ and featured a presentation from Philippe Benoit from Global infrastructure Advisory Services 2050 and Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, and Joeri De Wit, an Energy Economist at the World Bank. A rich presentation of an innovative impact assessment approach was followed by reflections and reactions from a panel of experts including Amandine Gal from Econoler, Melanie Slade from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Shingle Sebastien from SELCO foundation.

Tracking energy end-use trends and policy impacts during the Covid-19 crisis. Webinar #18 of the Energy Evaluation Academy

On Wednesday 28th April, Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific (EEAP) held its first webinar of our 2021 series. It was titled ‘Energy Efficiency for Developing Countries: Pivoting the Focus from Savings to Increased Outputs’ and featured a presentation from Philippe Benoit from Global infrastructure Advisory Services 2050 and Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, and Joeri De Wit, an Energy Economist at the World Bank. A rich presentation of an innovative impact assessment approach was followed by reflections and reactions from a panel of experts including Amandine Gal from Econoler, Melanie Slade from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Shingle Sebastien from SELCO foundation.

The Energy Evaluation Europe Q1 2021 Newsletter is now out! Download it here: Best wishes, The Energy Evaluation Team

A Comparative Analysis of the Trading Behavior of the Participants in the first three Phases of the EU Emissions Trading System, by Thomas Leu

The Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific Q1 2021 Newsletter is now out! Download it here: Best wishes, The Energy Evaluation Team

Much of the analysis of energy efficiency investments has focused on energy savings. But for developing countries, the value of energy efficiency arguably lies more in the additional goods and services that energy efficiency can generate to raise standards of living. This webinar will discuss how to adapt economic analysis to capture this different perspective.

Evaluation of the Public Sector Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme (Salix) in the UK, by Paolo Agnolucci, Chrysanthi Rapti, Alberto Caron, Steve Evans and Paul Ruyssevelt

Agile Evaluation for SEM and Performance-Based Programs: Increasing Certainty and Program Uptake and Decreasing Risk, by Holly Farah, Erin Rowe and Andrew Bernath

Ed’s evaluation blog and podcast A. For those interested in Ed Vine’s work, he has a new blog (first one for Ed) on Earth-Eval: “Strengthening the Value of Evaluation in Energy Programs and Policies” –https://www.eartheval.org/blog/strengthening-value-evaluation-energy-programs-and-policies B. For those interested in his career, he was interviewed on MyEnergy2050 podcast (first one for Ed) on “The Ecology […]

Ensuring statistics have power - Sample sizes, effect sizes and confidence intervals (and how to use them), by Ben Anderson

Energy balances in useful energy in Latin America: Lessons learnt from 6 countries, by Didier Bosseboeuf

Evaluation of user engagement in smart local energy system projects in the UK, by Rajat Gupta

Can energy projects be over-evaluated? by Sam Hampton

How to learn fast? A case study of challenges in evaluating a programme designed to bring about systems transformation, by Michelle Hollier

Evaluating a large energy innovation portfolio, by Nico Jabin and Robert Rutherfoord,

Shifting governance roles to reach long-term energy transition goals, by Andreas Ligtvoet, Jasper van Dijk and Chiel Scholten

Energy savings calculation methods in practice – analysis of regional utility-driven energy efficiency programme data, by Thomas Mendes de Matos Guibentif,

New methods to assess the impact of energy efficiency policies on energy consumption and energy savings in the EU Member States, by Paolo Bertoldi

Gamified energy saving behaviour change in European buildings: Initial impacts from a webbased app developed with its pilot users, by Andrew Reeves and Richard Bull

Promoting the renewable energy generation in rural areas – The role of the Rural Community Energy Fund, by David Birchby

Recent energy efficiency trends in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, by Marie Rousselot

Ex-post verification and cost-effective delivery of energy-efficiency programs -- How to produce value without breaking the bank on verification, by Daniel Violette,

Experiences from supporting the self-evaluation of the French innovation programme “City of Tomorrow”, by Gaëtan Coatanroch

Developing the framework for multi-criteria assessment of smart local energy systems, by Christina Francis

Tracking energy end-use trends and policy impacts during the Covid-19 crisis. Webinar #18 of the Energy Evaluation Academy

Weaving a contribution story from multiple workstreams and imperfect counterfactuals – evaluation of the UK Climate Change Agreements scheme, by Mary Anderson and Laura Edwards

Werewolf in London: Minding the Gap with User-Friendly Energy Optimization Tools Informing Policy Makers through the Energy Transition, by Josh Arnold, Adam Christensen and Michael Ferris

Energy intermediaries for just urban futures, by Stefan Bouzarovski

The multidimensional co-benefits and injustices of low carbon transitions in Europe, by Benjamin Sovacool

Werewolf in London: Bridging the gap between data and policy with user-friendly optimization energy model tools, by Michael Ferris

Adapting impact evaluation frameworks for energy codes and standards in emerging countries, by Amandine Gal

Evaluating the net effect of the ISDE Subsidy Scheme in the Netherlands – comparison of evaluation methods to estimate additionality, by Robin Niessink

Multiple Impacts of Energy Efficiency - A comprehensive indicator approach, by Matthias Reuter

Why transaction costs do not decrease over time? Case study of energy efficiency programmes in Czechia, by Michaela Valentová, Martin Horák, and Lukáš Dvořáček

Energy poverty in Bulgaria - Analysis and policy recommendations, by Dragomir Tzanev

Attributing savings of utility midstream energy efficiency programs: Standardizing a protocol to estimate free ridership, by Laura Agapay-Read

The dilemma of evaluating impacts of informational measures, by Katja Schumacher, Martin Steinestel , Reinhard Loch, Dominik Jessing

Success and Limitations of EU and US Evaluated Energy Efficiency, Robert Neumann

Neighbourhood consultancy centres for the adoption of low-carbon technologies by homeowners: Experiences from Dutch initiatives, by Erwin Mlecnik

Energy management for our better future: Sustainable communities in the cities for supporting Low Carbon Development Program 2020-2024 in North Sulawesi - Indonesia, by Glanny Mangindaan

The Federal Programme for Heating Systems Optimisation in Germany – Evaluation methods and intermediate results, by Florin Vondung

The South African S&L appliance programme – Time to strengthen MEPS, by Theodore Covary and Stephane de la Rue du Can

Know the grounds: evaluating investment in climate and energy transition in Czechia, Latvia, and Germany, by Michaela Valentová, Aleksandra Novikova and Agris Kamenders

Know the grounds: Evaluating investment into climate and energy transition in Europe, by Aleksandra Novikova, Michaela Valentová, Agris Kamenders, Jaroslav Knápek, Alexander Klinge, Kateryna Stelmakh

The effects of LED light bulb installation on electricity demand in UK households: Results of a large-n randomised control trial, by Ben Anderson

Analysing conflicting energy and climate targets between municipalities, energy utilities and housing companies in Sweden, by Stefan Blomqvist

The ups and downs of the French EEO scheme: Positive and negative impacts on the building renovation market, by Dominique Osso, A. Roland and N. Chatagnon

Understanding EV Owners’ Preferences Towards Enrolling in Smart Charging, by William A. Rodriguez Jimenez and Ian Schneider

Reducing transport’s impact on climate change and energy consumption: The role of the EU’s vehicle CO2 emissions Regulations, by Achilleas Tsamis

Lessons and open issues from the first period of the Energy Efficiency Obligation schemes and Alternative Measures in the EU? by Vlasis Oikonomou

Comparative analysis of the trading behaviour of the participants in the first and the third phase of the EU ETS, by Thomas Leu

Is there still time for evaluation? A review of good practices to integrate evaluation into the policy cycle, by Jean-Sébastien Broc

Europe's energy transition: Embracing a new paradigm towards carbon neutrality, by Hans Bruyninckx

Testing the strength of impact evidence - applying contribution tracing within a realist evaluation of Transitional Arrangements for demand-side response, by Mary Anderson, Tajbee Ahmed, Barbara Befani and Charles Michaelis

Delivering learning and accountability: Experience from UK Government energy evaluations, by Laura Edwards and Tajbee Ahmed,

One size fits all? Emerging challenges to harmonising energy efficiency evaluations in a changing policy arena, by Fabian Voswinkel

Energy related emissions reduction through life style change, by Joost Gerdes

The potential power of different levels of energy access to reduce poverty, improve health, education and gender equality, by Mirjam Harmelink and Milou Beerepoot

Mind the gap: Tracking recommendations to improve program effectiveness Katherine Johnson, Scott Reeves, and Nicola Tran

Financing and delivering UK public sector energy efficiency: Insights from the Public Sector Energy Efficiency Loans Scheme evaluation, by David Kenington,

Evaluation of energy efficiency measures using top-down and bottom-up indicators – methodological implications and practical experience in Slovakia, by Katarina Korytarova,

Evaluating instruments stimulating sustainability transitions: promoting biomass boilers in Germany and the UK, by Alexander Morgan

Life-cycle assessment of US biomass supply and the role of biomass electricity for meeting UK emission objectives, by Paul Meier and Andreas Van Giezen

Municipalities in focus: Evaluating the Local Authorities Guideline (LAG) within the National Climate Initiative (NCI) of Germany: Challenges and findings, by Tanja Kenkmann

Aggregators as digital intermediaries to local electricity markets, by Liz Varga

Challenges in Energy Transition UK approach and Role of Evaluation, by Chris Thompson

Energy related emissions reduction through life style change, by Joost Gerdes

Gamified energy saving behaviour change in European buildings: initial impacts from a web-based app developed with its pilot users, by Andrew Reeves, Ashley Morton and Richard Bull

Experiences from supporting the self-evaluation of the French innovation programme "City of Tomorrow", by Gaëtan Coatanroch

Evaluating the impact of an emerging sector: Efficiency for Access Research and Development Fund, by E Feng Tan Loh and Gillian Davies

Is there still time for evaluation? A review of good practices to integrate evaluation into the policy cycle, by Jean-Sébastien Broc, Vlasis Oikonomou and Mia Dragovic

Shifting governance roles to reach long-term energy transition goals, by Andreas Ligtvoet, Jasper van Dijk, and Chiel Scholten

Does learning reduce transaction costs in energy efficiency programmes? by Michaela Valentová, Martin Horák, and Lukáš Dvořáček

Energy savings calculation methods in practice – analysis of regional utility-driven energy efficiency programme data, by Thomas MM Guibentif, and Martin Patel

Towards Increasing the Building Energy Performance Estimation Accuracy: BIM-to-BEPs and Occupant Profiling Methods, by Giorgos Giannakis and Antonis Papanikolaou

Weaving a contribution story from multiple workstreams and imperfect counterfactuals – evaluation of UK Climate Change Agreements scheme, by Mary Anderson, Laura Edwards, Laura Bell, Charles Michaelis, and Fiona Brocklehurst

Evaluating a large energy innovation portfolio, by Nico Jabin and Robert Rutherfoord

The South African S&L appliance programme - Time to strengthen MEPS, by Theo Covary and Stephane de la Rue du Can

The effects of LED light bulb installation on electricity demand in UK households: results of a large n randomised control trial, by Ben Anderson, Tom Rushby, Abubakr Bahaj, and Patrick James

Multiple impacts of energy efficiency – A comprehensive indicator approach, by Matthias Reuter, Wolfgang Eichhammer and Katharina Wohlfarth

Ensuring statistics have power: sample sizes, effect sizes and confidence intervals (and how to use them), by Ben Anderson, Tom Rushby, Abubakr Bahaj, and Patrick James

Testing the strength of impact evidence - applying contribution tracing within a realist evaluation of Transitional Arrangements for demand-side response, by Mary Anderson, Tajbee Ahmed, Barbara Befani, and Charles Michaelis

The multidimensional co-benefits and injustices of low carbon transitions in Europe, by Benjamin K. Sovacool

Energy balances in useful energy in Latin America : lessons learnt from 6 countries, by Didier Bosseboeuf and Bruno Lapillonne

Delivering learning and accountability: experience from UK Government energy evaluations, by Laura Edwards, Tajbee Ahmed and Marianne Law

Neighbourhood consultancy centres for the adoption of low-carbon technologies by homeowners: experiences from Dutch initiatives, by Erwin Mlecnik, Oubbol Oung, Ariane Lelieveld, Marianne de Snoo, and Coen Vos

Kathleen Gaffney The whole Energy Evaluation community has been saddened by the loss of Kathleen who passed away in Paris on 21 January 2021. Kathleen was a leader in the evaluation field with a career which included roles at DNV GLand Navigant in the US, Australia and the UK. In 2018 Kathleen joined the International […]

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Recent energy efficiency trends in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, by Marie Rousselot, Nicolas Mairet, Frédéric Pinto da Rocha, and Didier Bosseboeuf

Ex-Post Verification and Cost-Effective Delivery of Energy-Efficiency Programs -- How to Produce Value without Breaking the Bank on Verification, by Daniel M. Violette

The potential power of different levels of energy access to reduce poverty, improve health, education and gender equality, by Mirjam Harmelink and Milou Beerepoot

Watch our newest video here: https://youtu.be/Dwz1ft3dgy8 Today for the newest instalment in our video series, our Chair of the Trustees Charles Michaelis takes us through what Energy Evaluation is, what kinds of activities we do and how you can get involved.   Sign up to our mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/hfATXX Or if you would like […]

The ups and downs of the French EEO scheme: positive and negative impacts on the building renovation market, by Dominique Osso, Arthur Rolland and Nadège Chatagnon

One size fits all? Emerging challenges to harmonising energy efficiency evaluations in a changing policy arena, by Fabian Voswinkel

Watch it here! https://youtu.be/jpGOe3fUngU Energy Evaluation Org are pleased to present an exclusive presentation on Integrated Evaluation for the Energy Transition featuring Kevin Cooney. Kevin owns Buka Energy Strategies and is a key member of Energy Evaluation, sitting on our Board of Trustees. Today Kevin takes us through the Energy Transition needed to reduce greenhouse […]

Evaluation of Energy Policies and Programs in the Asia Pacific Region: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities Ahead On October 20th 2020, Ed Vine of EEAP gave a Keynote Talk at the International Conference on Utilities and Exhibition (ICUE 2020) on Energy, Environment and Climate Change in Thailand. View the recording of the presentation here The […]

This webinar presented the role of the European Court of Auditors in the EU policy process, how it relates to evaluation, and the main conclusions from the recent reports on EU energy efficiency policies.

Evaluation of energy efficiency measures using top down and bottom up indicators methodological implications and practical experience in Slovakia, by Katarína Korytárová

Reflections on the effect of COVID-19 on Energy Evaluation in the Asia Pacific Region In a recent meeting, our Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific Group took some time to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on them personally, at work, nationally, and more widely on Energy Evaluation in the region. Here is a short summary of the […]

The dilemma of evaluating impacts of informational measures, by Katja Schumacher, Martin Steinestel, Reinhard Loch, Dominik Jessing

Success and Limitations of EU & US Evaluated Energy Efficiency, by Robert Neumann, Randy Gunn and Karen Maoz

Aggregators as digital intermediaries to local electricity markets, by Andrey Postnikov, Calum Edmunds, Jesus Nieto-Martin, Timoleon Kipouros, Yukun Hu, Ian Elders, Stuart Galloway, and Liz Varga

Mind the gap: Tracking recommendations to improve program effectiveness, by Katherine Johnson, Scott Reeves, and Nicola Tran

Evaluation of user engagement in smart local energy system projects in the UK, by Rajat Gupta and Sahar Zahiri

Evaluating the Net Effect of the ISDE Subsidy Scheme in the Netherlands – Comparison of Evaluation Methods to Estimate Additionality, by Robin Niessink

EV Charging You Can’t Refuse: Unlimited, by Julie Black, Jonathan Taffel, Dan Feng, and Chelsea Liddell

Integrating evaluation to expand an innovative water and energy savings program in the United States, by Mary Sutter, Jenn Mitchell-Jackson, Chris Cone, and Chris Bradt

Understanding EV Owners’ Preferences Towards Enrolling in Smart Charging Programs, by William Rodriguez Jimenez, and Ian Schneider

The Federal Programme for Heating Systems Optimisation in Germany – evaluation methods and intermediate results, by Christina Reineck, Felix Suerkemper, Florin Vondung, Stefan Thomas, and Christine Wörlen

Reducing transport’s impact on climate change and energy consumption - the role of the EU’s vehicle CO2 emissions regulations, by Sujith Kollamthodi, Gena Gibson, Achilleas Tsamis, and Ella Andrew

Attributing Savings of Utility Midstream Energy Efficiency Programs: Standardizing a Protocol to Estimate Free Ridership, by Laura Agapay-Read and Jan Harris

Municipalities in focus: Evaluating the Local Authorities Guideline (LAG) within the National Climate Initiative (NCI) of Germany: challenges and findings, by Tanja Kenkmann, Katja Schumacher, Lothar Eisenmann, and Lisa Muckenfuss

Life-cycle assessment of U.S. biomass supply and the role of biomass electricity for meeting UK emission objectives, by Paul J Meier, Fernanda Availa Swinburn, and Andreas Vincent van Giezen

Analysing Conflicting Energy and Climate Targets between Municipalities, Energy Utilities and Housing Companies in Sweden, by Stefan Blomqvist, Arvid Andersson, Oscar Spinos, Johannes Tonelid, Patrik Rohdin, and Louise Ödlund

Urban density and energy efficiency in the London Building Stock Model, by Stephen Evans, Daniel Godoy-Shimizu, Dominic Humphrey, Philip Steadman, Paul Ruyssevelt, Rob Liddiard

Developing the framework for multi-criteria assessment of smart local energy systems, by Christina Francis, Alessa Sierra Costa, R. Camilla Thomson, and David M. Ingram

Adapting Impact Evaluation Frameworks for Energy Codes and Standards in Emerging Countries, by Amandine Gal, Marie-Claude Hamelin, and Stéphanie Nour

Can energy projects be over evaluated? by Sam Hampton and Tina Fawcett

How to learn fast? A case study of challenges in evaluating a programme designed to bring about systems transformation, by Michelle Hollier, and Emma Harrison

Financing and delivering UK public sector energy efficiency: Insights from the Public Sector Energy Efficiency Loans Scheme evaluation, by David Kenington, Michelle Hollier, Laura Edwards, and Laura Bell

Evaluating instruments stimulating sustainability transitions: promoting biomass boilers in Germany and the UK, by Alexander Morgan, William Zappa, Robert Harmsen and Paul Lehmann

Promoting the renewable energy generation in rural areas – The role of the Rural Community Energy Fund, by David Birchby, Lisa Groves, Alec Davies, Serena Churchill, Paul Courtney, and John Powell

Methodology and findings from the evaluation of UK's Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) dealing with energy audits and energy efficiency in businesses.

Overview of the US DOE’s Uniform Methods Project that develops protocols for determining energy savings from energy efficiency programmes

This webinar presented the resources and lessons learnt from the EPATEE project dealing with experience sharing on evaluation practices for energy efficiency policies in Europe.

The success of an evaluation and the impact of its findings hinges on the way policymakers and practitioners are involved in and perceive the evaluation process. This webinar presents on how to do this for complex systems.

New report launched on Australia’s progress towards the UN #SDGs shows gains in #health, #education & #employment but less success in reducing household #debt, housing affordability & action on #ClimateChange.

Overview of evaluation capacity building in EE in the Asia Pacific region, and key topics of EEAP’s Second Evaluation Conference (held in Bangkok in October 2019)

The EU-funded Horizon 2020 project “Valuing and Communicating the Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency” today launched its new web site. The site will serve as a platform for collaboration between project partners and businesses to make energy efficiency investments a lasting competitive advantage

The IEc team applied a mixed-methods design to evaluate the US DOE’s Building America (BA) program, a residential large-scale technology demonstration, peer-to-peer information exchange and market diffusion program for residential energy efficiency (EE) technologies and practices...

This webinar provided lessons learnt from studies using large databases of metered energy consumption to compare with data from Energy Performance Certificates or building stock modelling (experience from the Netherlands and UK).

This webinar aimed at providing a practical feedback from two ex-post evaluations that compared energy savings from engineering calculations with energy savings from metered energy consumption, in the Czech Republic and in UK.

Presents an evaluation of BEE’s monitoring, verification and enforcement framework for India’s labeling program.

Provides a summary of findings from recent energy performance and retrofit programme health impact evaluations in the UK

Presents a first look at multiple impacts from energy efficiency at European level based on the COMBI project

Articulates a new approach to energy poverty policy, based on bringing insights from a multi-disciplinary understanding of the lived experience of energy poverty into policy design.

Presents new online resources developed by the European project EPATEE to make knowledge and experience on evaluation practices for energy efficiency policies more easily available.

Webinar sharing experience from Denmark and Finland about the added value of evaluation

Webinar sharing experience from Ireland and Sweden about the added value of evaluation

Overview of the De-risking Energy Efficiency Platform (DEEP), which improved sharing and transparent analysis of existing projects in buildings and industry.

Two countries share their experiences of how to set up effective systems to ensure that energy efficiency improvements are being delivered effectively.

Focuses on a few best practices examples of EM&V on the EED

Findings of a study on implementation of Article 8 of the EU Energy Directive across Member States.

Can Europe deliver on energy efficiency? Investigating the effectiveness of Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive. Webinar #3 of the Energy Evaluation Academy.

Guidance regarding the evaluation process of multiple benefits/impacts within the scope of an energy efficiency programme or policy.

Introduction to Evaluation and the role of IEPPEC. Webinar #1 of the Energy Evaluation Academy.