by Jessica Wagner | Dec 22, 2021 | The Big Why
A major theme of the Big Why of Evaluation is that evaluations always involve balancing accuracy and costs due to time and budget constraints as well as the pesky issue of dealing with counterfactuals. The eternal question of “how good is good enough” drives one of...
by Jessica Wagner | Nov 23, 2021 | The Big Why
Every now and then, we are asked to evaluate an energy efficiency project completed at a business that has since closed. This poses some tricky questions: how much savings should a program claim for these measures and how much savings will actually occur? As the...
by Jeff Ihnen | Nov 2, 2021 | Energy Rant
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by Jessica Wagner | Oct 27, 2021 | The Big Why
Last month’s post discussed the need for proper accounting of energy sources to accurately quantify carbon[1] emissions. With that as a background, we can now dive into the importance of the timing of energy use and savings. The carbon content of electricity is both...
by Jeff Ihnen | Oct 26, 2021 | Energy Rant
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