Energy Efficiency Toards the End of Demand Groth [Hardcover]

Energy Efficiency: Towards the End of Demand Growth is a detailed guide to new energy efficiency technologies and policy frameworks affecting the profitability of efficiency projects. The contributions drawn together by F.P. Sioshansi feature insights from recognized thought leaders, detailed examinations of evolving technologies, and practical case studies yielding best practices for project planners, implementers and financiers. This volume challenges the more is better paradigm in energy production, examining efficiency technologies and measurement across the supply chain.

• Comparative financial analysis of efficiency vs. increased generation
• Case studies from four continents highlight the examples of successful technologies and projects
• Explains how existing and developing regulatory frameworks? impact cost and implementation

Foreword ? Preface

Introduction

Part I: End of demand growth is within reach

Chapter 1 Will energy efficiency make a difference?

Chapter 2 Utility energy efficiency programs: Lessons from the past, opportunities for the future

Chapter 3 A global perspective on the long-term impact of increased energy efficiency

Chapter 4 Carpe Diem - Why retail electricity pricing must change now Allan Schurr, Global Energy & Utilities, IBM and Steven Hauser, New West Technologies

Chapter 5 Is there an energy efficiency gap?

Part II: The - frustratingly slow - evolution of energy efficiency

Chapter 6 Making cost-effective energy efficiency fit utility business models: Why has it taken so long?

Chapter 7 The evolution of demand side management in the US

Chapter 8 China: Energy effilC4