Success factors of energy performance contracting (EPC) for sustainable building energy efficiency retrofit (BEER) of hotel buildings in China

Xu, Pengpeng; Chan, Edwin H.W.; Qian, Queena K.

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.001

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“…Vine 2005;Goldman et al 2005;Bertoldi et al 2006Bertoldi et al , 2014Marino et al 2010;Hansen 2011;Xu et al 2011;Guerra-Santin and Itard 2012). Industry and government sources also focus on the supply side, and they tend to highlight the win-win nature of such contracts where both customer and contractor are considered as beneficiaries.…”

Section: Main Focus On the Supply Sidementioning

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Energy performance contracting (EPC): a suitable mechanism for achieving energy savings in housing cooperatives? Results from a Norwegian pilot project

Winther¹,

Gurigard²

2016

Energy Efficiency

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The barriers to energy savings in institutions and private homes are well known and include people's lack of interest, awareness, knowledge and human and financial capacity. Experiences made in several countries show that EPC-energy performance contracting-may be used for overcoming many of these barriers. A typical EPC project is delivered by an energy service company (ESCO) and the contract is accompanied with a guarantee for energy savings. EPC is increasingly taken in use in the professional market (firms and the public sector), but is less common in the residential sector market. It has been suggested that there are several barriers for using EPC in the domestic sector such as the uncertainty involved in estimating forthcoming reductions in private consumption. In this paper, we present the results from a pilot project on the use of EPC in a housing cooperative in Oslo. The project was initiated and observed by the researchers. The research followed a transdisciplinary methodology in that it was conducted by both researcher and practitioner (co-authors) in close collaboration with members of the housing cooperative and the ESCOs, who also contributed to the interpretation of results. We document the process in terms of why the Board decided to join the EPC pilot, the call for offers from ESCOs who guaranteed that purchased annual energy would be reduced by one third, the responses to and negotiations of the offer from the ESCO who became contracted in the initial phase and up to the moment when the General Assembly finally decided to not invest in the proposed energy saving measures. We find that the residents not only had limited interest in energy savings but also lacked confidence in the EPC process. This contributed to the outcome. We discuss the findings in relation to the barriers to using EPC among housing cooperatives. We highlight the need for more knowledge about the client side for understanding how barriers may be overcome. Three specific recommendations for how EPC may successfully be employed among housing cooperatives are suggested as follows: (i) include refurbishment and not only energy savings in the EPC, (ii) identify the residents' needs in an early phase and (iii) communicate the EPC principle to the residents throughout the process.

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Section: Main Focus On the Supply Sidementioning

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Energy performance contracting (EPC): a suitable mechanism for achieving energy savings in housing cooperatives? Results from a Norwegian pilot project

Winther¹,

Gurigard²

2016

Energy Efficiency

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“…Earlier empirical researches on critical success factors (CSFs), for instance Baccarini and Collins (2003), Ika et al (2012), Standish (1994), Xu et al (2011) and Zhao et al (2010) are considered.…”

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“…The study was based on empirical findings of 147 different project fields, identified five clusters of critical success factors including; monitoring, coordination, design, training and institutional environment. Xu et al (2011) have developed a set of critical success factors (CSFs) of energy performance contracting (EPC) for sustainable building energy efficiency retrofit (BEER) of hotel buildings in China. They have used semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire survey with practitioners and other professionals working on construction projects.…”

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Identifying the Critical Success Factors and Their Relevant Aspects for Renewable Energy Projects; An Empirical Perspective

Maqbool

Rashid

Sultana

et al. 2018

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Abstract. Owed to their enormous impact on the sustainable development of energy security, climate change, and the economy, multiple renewable-energy projects are carried out around the world, both in developed and in developing countries. Since the construction of renewable energy project is an entrepreneurial activity, there is a big concern about the success of such projects. Although pertinent literature suggests several methodologies to enhance the success of various projects, renewable-energy projects are still overlooked. This study identifies multiple critical success factors (CSFs), required for renewable-energy projects. Using a sample of 272 firms working on renewable energy projects in Pakistan, a quantitative and causal study was undertaken to identify the critical success factors (CSFs). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied to test and verify hypothesis. The results show that there is a strong direct dependency of project success over the proposed factors, however environmental factors are found to be the only predominant CSFs which show the significant indirect effect on project success. The study expected to contribute towards and widen up the existing knowledge base for the project performance of renewable energy projects by adding on the findings regarding critical success factors.

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“…EPC, or energy service performance contracting, is a mechanism to deliver energy efficiency products. It is a financing mechanism that includes energy savings guarantees and associated design and installation services provided by the Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) [16]. EPC can be broadly defined as a contract between ESCO and a client involving an energy efficiency investment in the client's facility, the performance of which is guaranteed by the ESCO, with financial consequences for the ESCO [17].…”

Section: Energy Performance Contractingmentioning

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Past and Present Green Economy Initiatives and Capacity Building and Financial Mechanisms for the Future Development of the Barbados Energy Sector

Rogers

Chmutina

2013

Climate Change Management

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Abstract:As with most Small Island Developing States (SIDS), imported fossil fuels make up the majority of Barbados's primary energy requirements, including electricity generation. As well as using up valuable foreign exchange, this import bill makes the island highly vulnerable to the ever more volatile international energy market. Sustainable development has long been present in the islands ideological mind-set and in 2010 the Government of Barbados signalled its commitment towards becoming "the most environmentally advanced green country in Latin America and the Caribbean". This paper first describes the island's present fossil fuel dominated energy sector, as well as past and present green economy related initiatives. It then discusses two key areas of energy sector reform necessary to promote sustainable development: capacity building and finance, highlighting the role that innovative financing mechanisms could play in decreasing the countries reliance on fossil fuel imports.

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Success factors of energy performance contracting (EPC) for sustainable building energy efficiency retrofit (BEER) of hotel buildings in China

Cited by 157 publications

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Energy performance contracting (EPC): a suitable mechanism for achieving energy savings in housing cooperatives? Results from a Norwegian pilot project

Energy performance contracting (EPC): a suitable mechanism for achieving energy savings in housing cooperatives? Results from a Norwegian pilot project

Identifying the Critical Success Factors and Their Relevant Aspects for Renewable Energy Projects; An Empirical Perspective

Past and Present Green Economy Initiatives and Capacity Building and Financial Mechanisms for the Future Development of the Barbados Energy Sector

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