Best Practices

Looking for Program Insight? IEPEC has assembled a number of case study resources in one spot for your convenience. Please note, everyone’s situation is different, thus please use these for guidance only. If you know of other resources, please let us know and we will add them.

    • How to Ensure that the Value of Energy Efficiency is Properly Accounted For
      This paper, written by Synapse Energy Economics and commissioned by NHPC, provides a comprehensive review of a wide range of problems and inconsistencies in current cost-effectiveness test practices, and recommends a range of best practices to address them.
    • The California Summary of Best Practices:
      This study is managed by Pacific Gas and Electric Company under the auspices of the California Public Utility Commission in association with the California Energy Commission, San Diego Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and Southern California Gas Company.Executive Summaries of Best Practices Program Area Reports: Want the short version? Here are key findings of the Best Practices Program Area Reports. Individual Program Summary Profiles: These profiles provide information about each program’s basic approach to program management, implementation, marketing, and evaluation. The profile also includes a list of sources and the program contact. http://www.eebestpractices.com/
    • Best Practices Self-Benchmarking Tool:
      Use this easy tool to identify in your own programs their strengths, areas of improvement needed, and strategies for improving them, based on the results of the Best Practices Study.  Just download the Self-Benchmarking Spreadsheet and Instruction Sheet and you’ll have everything you need.

Click Here for the Self-Benchmarking Tool