Energy Efficiency

✍ Scribed by Leslie A. Solmes (auth.), Leslie A. Solmes (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 208
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

ENERGY EFFICIENCY uses an applied scientific methodology and case studies to demonstrate and support:

• The need for the U.S. and the world to commit to energy and resource efficiency as the central goal in investing in electric, heat, and cooling infrastructure.
• The huge economic opportunity for using the inefficiency built into 20^th century energy supply systems, especially, electric, to pay for the upgrades, replacements, and new production and distribution systems of the 21^st century.
• The importance of adopting a standard, web-based energy infrastructure investment decision-making and risk management tool that will serve as a communication medium for all stakeholders to evaluate and compare energy infrastructure investment options and manage investment risks.
• Expansions of the U.S. ‘smart’ grid investment to include evaluation and risk management of energy systems infrastructure investments not just electricity operations.
• The need to adopt a ‘framework’ for utilities, energy service companies, and customers to work together to close business deals, communicate and manage risks, and realize profits.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-4
The Most Reliable Energy at the Lowest Unit Cost....Pages 7-12
The Opportunity....Pages 13-17
Energy Supply Systems....Pages 19-29
Funding Problems....Pages 31-34
Energy Supply Investment Planning Methodology....Pages 37-57
The Real Investment Opportunity....Pages 59-80
A “Living” Business Plan....Pages 81-91
Profits from Value-Added....Pages 93-106
Risk Assessment....Pages 109-119
Energy Service Companies....Pages 121-131
Performance-Based Investment Financing....Pages 133-143
The Advancement of Energy Efficiency....Pages 145-162
Leadership....Pages 163-168
Commitment to Resource Efficiency....Pages 169-184
A Framework for Working Together....Pages 185-189
Plan of Work: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009....Pages 193-198
Back Matter....Pages 199-212

✦ Subjects

Economics/Management Science, general; Engineering, general; Environment, general; Computer Science, general; Architecture, general; Mathematics, general