Program design to promote industrial energy efficiency requires a combination of vision, practical experience, technical, analytical, and management skills.  Industrial markets tend to be complex and highly specialized. As a result, they are frequently viewed as beyond the influence of public policy makers unless substantial resources are invested to attract their interest.

Berkeley Lab has extensive experience in developing and analyzing data on programs that rely on existing market relationships to cost-effectively deliver energy efficiency services to industry. We believe that industry must “find the value” and be interested in making changes to improve energy efficiency based on sound business practices, rather than one-time incentives.  It is the consistency and market fit of energy efficiency programs, rather than the amount of any incentive, that ultimately determine not just their immediate success, but their sustainability over time. Achieving sustainable industrial energy efficiency is contingent on changes in organizational behavior rather than technical innovation.  Without a receptive organization, the introduction of new technologies and energy efficient improvements is dependent on the continued presence of individual champions and is thus unsustainable. The Industrial Standard Framework diagram below is an example of recent Berkeley Lab program design work

 

 

 

For more information, contact Aimee McKane, Deputy Group Leader, at LBNL atmckane@lbl.gov.

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