Energy Efficiency Best Practices Website

Over the past twenty-five years, energy efficiency programs have evolved and improved by taking advantage of both formal and informal communication of program features and lessons learned. Now California's investor-owned utilities and energy commissions have sponsored an effort to systematically benchmark and draw lessons learned from recent programs implemented throughout the United States. The Energy Efficiency Best Practices Project provides a structure for analyzing and communicating best practices to help meets today's complex energy challenges. This wealth of information is consolidated on the Energy Efficiency Best Practices Website (www.eebestpractices.com) which was launched February 1, 2005.

The Energy Efficiency Best Practices Website was developed to communicate excellent practices nationwide in order to enhance the design, implementation, and evaluation of energy efficiency programs. The project used a benchmarking methodology to identify best practices across a wide variety of program types. The website provides Best Practices Reports for the following 11 different program areas: Residential Lighting, Residential Air Conditioning, Single-Family Comprehensive/Weatherization, Multi-Family Comprehensive, Residential Audit, Residential New Construction, Non-Residential Lighting, Non-Residential HVAC, Non-Residential Large Comprehensive Incentive, Non-Residential New-Construction, and Mass Market Advertising. Additional program area reports are planned.

Each report presents a detailed analysis comparing benchmarked programs within a particular area. The reports identify best practice approaches to program management, implementation, marketing, and evaluation; analyze key program area-specific challenges and issues; and summarize lessons learned.

The website also contains profiles of ninety energy efficiency programs from around the country. These Program Profiles provide information about each program's basic approach to program management, implementation, marketing, and evaluation. The profiles also include a list of sources and key program contacts. The site provides a simple query mechanism that allows users to search for programs based on a variety of program features.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company managed the project under the auspices of the California Public Utility Commission in association with the California Energy Commission, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, and Southern California Gas Company. The project was conducted by Quantum Consulting, Inc., with the assistance of Research Into Action, Inc.; Frontier Associates, LLC; and Megdal & Associates.

For further information contact:

Michael Rufo
Quantum Consulting, Inc.
(510) 540-7200

Kenneth James
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
(415) 973-0246

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