Raising the Bar to Capture More Energy Savings Marc Hoffman Executive Director Consortium for Energy Efficiency
Defining the highly efficient
Classic Demand Pull of Programs
Efficiency programs have invested millions to build the ENERGY STAR brand Northeast NYSERDA: $61.6 million Massachusetts electric utilities: $ 3.7 million Connecticut electric utilities: $ 1.1 million Pacific Northwest NW Alliance (excluding rebates): $ 3.8 million
Increasing Brand Awareness
Dividends of increased sales
New York’s Energy$mart Program ENERGY STAR 2003 Results
SUCCESS !
A victim of our own success?
How Do We Raise the Bar? ENERGY STAR & CEE Tier 2 CEE Tier 3
Raising the Bar Increases Savings Former ENERGY STAR & CEE Tier 1 New CEE Tier 1 New CEE Tier 2 New CEE Tier 3 New ENERGY STAR Tier 1
Washers: CEE Tiers Raise the Bar What will 2007 bring? Level [per 2002 spec] 2002 2004 2007 MEF WF Tier 1 1.26 11.0 Tier 2 1.42 9.5 Tier 3 1.6 8.5 Tier 4A 1.8 7.5 1.8? 7.5? Tier 4B 5.5 2.0 6.0 2.2 4.5 ENERGY STAR levels Current Proposal MEF: 1.72 WF: 8.0
Raising Bar - Clothes Washers Minimum Standard ENERGY STAR Tier 1 & Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2002 2004 2007 Modified Energy Factor
US Pacific Northwest Plan projects important role for clothes washers
Let’s keep raising the bar Former ENERGY STAR & CEE Tier 1 New CEE Tier 1 New CEE Tier 2 New CEE Tier 3 New ENERGY STAR Tier 1