The Big Why of Evaluation
Dig into the purpose, process, and impact of energy program evaluation. The Big Why of Evaluation explores how measurement, verification, and evaluation drive smarter program design, better outcomes, and accountability across the energy landscape.
Cascading Effects and Market Transformation
Like many, I was transfixed in late March by the huge container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. And also, like many, ...
Why Evaluators Need Whiteboards: Avoiding Double-Counting in Evaluation
I love explaining things with diagrams. One thing I have really missed working from home over the past year is not ...
Pies, Nice Dinners, and Broken Windows – Attribution, Causality, and NTG
Welcome back to the Challenges of Estimating NTG, where we explore the challenges of assigning a numeric ...
Program Goals and Evaluation
It’s January and after a somewhat eventful 2020, flipping the calendar to a new year seems extra meaningful. ...
Brad Stevens, Sampling Error, and Cost Effectiveness
I am a big fan of the Boston Celtics and their coach, Brad Stevens. How does this relate to sampling error in ...
The Perils of Deemed Savings
In addition to understanding energy efficiency, evaluators also search for efficiencies in cost and time. Due to ...
The Challenges of Estimating NTG, Part 1 – Baselines
One of the most difficult jobs that evaluators have is estimating attribution of savings to energy efficiency ...
Data Gaps
Welcome to the reboot of the Big Why of Evaluation. In these posts, I hope to explore new ideas and different ...
Baselines!
“Baseline” is an incredibly important term in energy efficiency evaluation. It is thrown around often in many ...
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