WORKSHOP
ON VALUATION OF NON-ENERGY BENEFITS:
Weighing Non-Energy Impacts in Cost-Effectiveness Tests
Sponsored
by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Objectives
This workshop
was designed to bring together individuals from the energy efficiency
and regulatory communities to confront the concern that non-energy
impacts are not adequately accounted for in cost-effectiveness tests.
The key objective of the workshop was to develop a strategy and
work plan for engaging the regulatory community in an effort to
develop new or revised methodologies for assessing program cost-effectiveness
to account for non-energy impacts.
Agenda,
Presentations and Reference Materials
| 8:30 |
Continental
breakfast |
| 9:00 |
Welcome
and Introduction |
| 9:15
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Recent
Experiences in NEI Valuation for Home Performance with ENERGY
STAR
Presenters will discuss recent efforts to establish the value
of non-energy impacts for program participants using the Home
Performance with ENERGY STAR Program as an example.
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| 10:00 |
NEI
Valuation Results for Other Programs
In this session, participants will learn about efforts to
value non-energy impacts for other programs using the methodologies
discussed above as well as new approaches.
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| 10:45 |
BREAK
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| 11:00 |
Considering
Non-Energy Benefits in Cost-Effectiveness Tests
This session will explore how cost-effectiveness tests deal
with non-energy impacts with an emphasis on participant benefits.
Are tests that incorporate non-energy impacts widely used?
How can common tests be modified to account for the value
of non-energy impacts? What new approaches are being tried?
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| 12:00
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LUNCH |
| 1:00
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Broadening
the Scope: Looking at Non-Energy Impacts from the Societal
Perspective
Efficiency programs yield non-energy impacts far beyond those
realized by program participants. In this session, presenters
will discuss the broader economic and environmental impacts
of efficiency programs and how the value of these impacts
can be assessed and incorporated into regulatory and policy
decisions.
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| 2:15
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BREAK |
| 2:30 |
Strategy
Session: Working to Change Cost-Effectiveness Metrics
In this interactive session, participants will work together
to develop a strategy and plan of action for engaging the
regulatory community on the issue of non-energy impacts. How
can we best make the case for greater consideration of non-energy
impacts in program evaluation? What, if any, additional research
needs to be conducted? What are the primary concerns of regulatory
decision makers? Who should we approach and through what venues?
ACEEE will write up a work plan based on the results of the
discussion.
Initial
Questions
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| 3:45 |
Summary
and Wrap-up |
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