@proceedings{34552,
  author = {Kara Podkaminer and Valerie Nubbe and Ben King and Ookie Ma and Jared Langevin and Jack Mayernik and Chioke B Harris and Eric Wilson},
  title = {Is every kWh the same? How do energy efficiency measures stack up across regions?},
  abstract = {<p>The U.S. residential building sector is responsible for thirty-eight percent of electricity<br />use, as well as for 49%, 8%, 19% and 2% of U.S. SO2, NOx, CO2 and PM2.5 emissions,<br />respectively. The residential building sector is also a key target of customer funded energy<br />efficiency programs, which have typically been designed to reduce energy consumption (kWh).<br />Today, energy efficiency is also being used to meet air emissions goals. However, not every<br />kWh saved has the same mitigation potential. The goal of this work is to evaluate energy<br />efficiency potential in the U.S. residential building sector and determine how energy<br />conservation measures (ECMs) that reduce electricity consumption correlate to air emissions<br />reductions. To assess energy efficiency potential, this analysis uses Scout, a software program<br />developed by the U.S. Department of Energy that estimates the energy and CO2 impact potential<br />of various ECMs on the U.S. residential and commercial building sectors. Here, Scout is first<br />used to assess the total long term national energy (electricity, gas, and oil), CO2, and cost savings<br />of deploying residential ECM portfolios. Then, electricity savings results from Scout in 2021 are<br />used to assess the regional differences in emissions reductions with the AVoided Emissions and<br />geneRation Tool (AVERT) model from different end uses. Better understanding the relationship<br />between ECMs and cost-effective emission reductions will enable states, municipalities and<br />other interested parties to meet multiple policy objectives through energy efficiency.</p>},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings},
  language = {eng},
}