Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential and Commercial Equipment: Additional Opportunities
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The main goal of this study is to estimate key national impacts of new and upgraded energy efficiency standards for residential and commercial equipment. These impacts approximate the opportunity for national benefits that may be lost if standards are not upgraded and expanded from current levels. This study also identifies the end uses where the largest opportunities exist.
This analysis was prepared for the National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP). It uses an analytical approach that is similar in concept to that used by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to set standard levels. It relies on much less data and uses more simplified assumptions than the detailed and complex formulations used in DOE’s standard-setting process. The results of this analysis should thus be viewed as a first approximation of the impacts that would actually be achieved by new standards.
Authors: Greg Rosenquist, Michael McNeil, Maithili Iyer, Steve Meyers, and Jim McMahon
Information from: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)