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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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Can energy projects be over-evaluated? by Sam Hampton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Energy intermediaries for just urban futures, by Stefan Bouzarovski

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 […]

Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific Leaflet Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that our leaflet is available. Make sure to share with your friends and colleagues!

The EEE 2021 Newsletter is now out! Download it here:

The Energy Evaluation Asia Pacific Newsletter is now out! Download it here: We wish you all a safe and well end to 2020. See you in 2021! The Energy Evaluation Team

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.