Impacts modeling helps policy makers determine what products to regulate or label within energy efficiency S&L programs, while impacts assessments evaluate the effectiveness of established S&L policies.
Impacts modeling helps policy makers determine what products to regulate or label within energy efficiency S&L programs, while impacts assessments evaluate the effectiveness of established S&L policies.
S&L impacts modeling and assessments help policy makers visualize the money-savings impacts for consumers and the electricity-consumption savings impacts for society. Policy makers use this information to help focus regional attention and resources on establishing, enhancing, and expanding S&L.
CLASP develops impacts modeling resources for the global S&L community and provides support to governments and policy makers performing domestic product prioritizations or conducting impact assessments for domestic or regional S&L initiatives. Each of these types of analyses calculates expected or actual impacts of S&L programs on energy and economic indicators.
Impacts Modeling
Governments and policy makers use impacts modeling to assess the benefit of standards and labeling programs as well as identify the most attractive targets for appliances and efficiency levels. Impacts modeling, used before developing or revising energy efficiency S&L policies, can forecast policy impacts on local, national and regional economies and energy use.
Product Prioritization
Governments and policy makers create country-specific product prioritization tools to help determine what products to select for S&L development or revision. Countries and regions customize product prioritization analyses to reflect their economic reality, energy goals and cultural priorities. Product prioritization variables include life cycle costs, energy savings potentials, greenhouse gas abatement potential, market share, number of manufacturers, or the existence of test procedures for each product.
Impact Assessment of Standards
Governments and policy makers determine the estimated energy and economic impacts of established standards programs, including collecting data and evaluating effects on consumer energy bills, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, equipment cost effectiveness, manufacturer costs, retail sales, and national or regional energy consumption. Impacts assessment data can be used for forecasting energy use and resource planning. When impacts assessments reveal weaknesses in programs through comparisons between the predicted and actual effectiveness of S&L programs, CLASP assists with S&L revision.
Impacts Assessment of Labels
Governments and policy makers perform impacts assessments of labels. This effort involves tracking market indicators and performing interviews to better understand the attitudes and decision-making processes of consumers and retailers. Impacts assessments of labels provides information about when to adjust efficiency grades upwards to maintain the success of a labeling program as well as increased understanding of the impact of the label on retailer and consumer decision making.
To estimate the energy savings and monetary costs of implementing local minimum energy performance standards, use the Policy Analysis Modeling System (PAMS), developed in collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and other key stakeholders.