The Energy Management Working Group of the Global Superior Energy Performance (GSEP) Partnership, part of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), has launched a guide to help organizations globally in assessing the impacts of energy efficiency projects.
The publication presents a simple and practical guide to performing measurement and verification for a project and quantifying related savings.
10 September 2014: The Energy Management Working Group of the Global Superior Energy Performance (GSEP) Partnership, part of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), has launched a guide to help organizations in assessing the impacts of energy efficiency projects. The publication presents a simple and practical guide to performing measurement and verification (M&V) for a project and quantifying related savings.
The guide, titled ‘Measurement and Verification Process for Calculating and Reporting on Energy and Demand Performance – General Guidance: Existing/Retrofit & Greenfield Projects or Programs,’ follows the publication of a “companion piece” in August 2014 on data quality, titled ‘Energy Performance Measurement and Verification: Guidance on Data Quality.’
The latest guide will enable M&V practitioners to quantify, through a consistent and comparable process, the impact or performance of an implemented measure, thereby ensuring the credibility of reporting. According to GSEP, this, in turn, can support better decision making by industry and policymakers, and investment in energy-saving projects.
Karel Steyn, Energy Performance Verification Specialist at Eskom, South Africa, noted that the South African Government has recently introduced a tax incentive on energy efficiency projects, making the guide “especially relevant.” Two other South African companies are pilot testing the guide in training energy professionals.
Through its six working groups, including on energy management, power, steel and cement, the GSEP Partnership, launched in 2010, seeks to accelerate energy efficiency improvements in industrial facilities and large buildings, and reduce energy use globally. The Energy Management Working Group, which has 11 member countries, focuses on promoting the use of energy management systems in industry and commercial buildings worldwide. [CEM Press Release] [Publication: Measurement & Verification Process for Calculating and Reporting on Energy Demand Performance – General Guidance: Existing/Retrofit & Greenfield Projects or Programs] [Publication: Energy Performance Measurement and Verification: Guidance on Data Quality] [CEM GSEP Webpage]