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Energy Efficiency in Vermont Vermont has a number of energy programs that make important contributions to reductions in electricity usage in all sectors and reductions of fossil fuel usage among low-income households. However, Vermont is missing important opportunities for energy savings because there is a program gap with respect to fossil fuel usage by households that are not low income and fossil fuel usage in the commercial and industrial end use sectors. This 2006 memo presents the status of energy usage in Vermont, describes existing programs, and discusses opportunities for future programs. |
New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program: Residential New Construction Program Impact Evaluation Report The New Jersey Clean Energy Program (NJ CEP) promotes energy efficiency and the use of clean, renewable sources of energy. The Residential Construction Program, known as the New Jersey ENERGY STAR Homes Program, furnishes technical assistance and financial incentives to builders who commit to construct new homes to the standards established by the ENERGY STAR Homes Program. APPRISE conducted an impact evaluation of the New Jersey ENERGY STAR Homes Program as a subcontractor to KEMA. The evaluation found that ENERGY STAR Homes achieved the gas energy savings that were projected by the REM/RateTM model and achieved about three fourths of the air conditioning electric savings that were projected by the REM/RateTM model. However, the net program impacts for the 2005 and 2006 ENERGY STAR Homes were considerably smaller than the gross program impacts. While ENERGY STAR Homes used considerably less gas and electricity than the REM/RateTM Reference Homes, the differences between ENERGY STAR Homes and Comparison Homes that are built without ENERGY STAR incentives were considerably smaller than the differences projected by the REM/RateTM model. |