Energy efficiency standards for equipment: Additional opportunities in the residential and commercial sectors

Rosenquist, Greg; McNeil, Michael A.; Iyer, Maithili; Meyers, Stephen; McMahon, James E.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2005.06.026

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“…We rely on a single source (Fraunhofer ISI 2001), which estimated that commercial ventilation systems in Western Europe could be improved, on average, between ten and 20%. We not that this range agrees well with a source focusing on the United States (Rosenquist, McNeil et al 2006), which found a minimum life-cycle cost improvement, weighted over equipment types, of 16%. …”

Section: Space Coolingsupporting

confidence: 75%

“…For North America, baseline estimates and efficiency targets are based on (Rosenquist, McNeil et al 2006). Finally, estimates for the CPA region are based on a recent study considering the potential for standards for instantaneous gas water heaters in China.…”

Section: Uec = Uec Max / (1+exp (1715) * Exp (-00855 * Year))mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For this reason, there is not a great wealth of international data with descriptive ratings systems and baseline estimates of equipment efficiency. We model space heating efficiency generally according to efficiencies prevailing in the United States, and estimates of cost effective improvement potential found in (Rosenquist, McNeil et al 2006) with the important difference being that we assume that condensing (90% efficiency) furnaces will become cost effective in North America by 2020, and will therefore be the target of a standard. Water heating energy intensity was available for only a handful of countries.…”

Section: Space Heatingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Estimates for the total European consumption range from 70 to 100 TWh per year , representing about 8.5 % of the total non-domestic electricity consumption. Commercial refrigeration covers a wide-range of products, including supermarket refrigerators, reach-in freezers, reach-in refrigerators, ice machines, vending machines, walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers (Rosenquist, McNeil et al 2006). All of these are likely present in industrialized countries, where supermarkets are common, but most of them exist in developing countries as well, especially in urban areas.…”

Section: Refrigerationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Global Potential of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling Programs

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Section: Space Coolingsupporting

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“…Experience is already incorporated into the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) National Energy Modeling System (NEMS; Newell, 2000), a model that is utilized for energy policy analysis. Some previous studies of energy-saving potentials achievable through standards have included modest experience parameters (e.g., Rosenquist et al, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

Incorporating experience curves in appliance standards analysis

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There exists considerable evidence that manufacturing costs and consumer prices of residential appliances have decreased in real terms over the last several decades. This phenomenon is generally attributable to manufacturing efficiency gained with cumulative experience producing a certain good, and is modeled by an empirical experience curve. The technical analyses conducted in support of U.S. energy conservation standards for residential appliances and commercial equipment have, until recently, assumed that manufacturing costs and retail prices remain constant during the projected 30-year analysis period. This assumption does not reflect real market price dynamics. Using price data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we present U.S. experience curves for room air conditioners, clothes dryers, central air conditioners, furnaces, and refrigerators and freezers. These experience curves were incorporated into recent energy conservation standards analyses for these products. Including experience curves increases the national consumer net present value of potential standard levels. In some cases a potential standard level exhibits a net benefit when considering experience, whereas without experience it exhibits a net cost. These results imply that past energy conservation standards analyses without experience curves may have undervalued the economic benefits of potential standard levels, possibly resulting in less stringent standards and reduced energy savings than was economically justified.

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