Review of Methods Used by the U.S. Department of Energy in Setting Appliance and Equipment Standards (2021) / Chapter Skim
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6 Addressing the Needs of a Changing World
6 Addressing the Needs of a Changing World
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While the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program addresses energy and water consumption, the Program might find an ideal target in economizing value-weighted or price-weighted energy resources in the overall economy. This approach deviates from DOE's traditional target in several ways.
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3 International Energy Agency, "Global EV Outlook 2016: Beyond One Million Electric Cars," Clean Energy Ministerial, http://www.iea.org/publications. 4 Energy Information Administration, "How Many Smart Meters Are Installed in the United States, and Who Has Them?
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This additional embedded equipment will have an indirect role in delivering the energy service currently ascribed solely to the end-use appliance. THE INTEGRATED GRID Increasing use of Distributed Energy Resources A further trend that may affect the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program is the change in the electric power generation and delivery.
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In these cases, efficiency is still of prime importance. FUEL SWITCHING The next trend of relevance to the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program is the move to change between energy carriers -- natural gas, electricity, hydrogen and so forth -- that are used in providing a given energy service.
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CHANGES IN ELECTRICTY REGULATION AND BUSINESS MODELS The final trend that will affect the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program is one that began in the 1990's in which governments worldwide have restructured, privatized, and deregulated the electricity industry. With restructuring has come a reexamination of the role that energy efficiency plays in the energy market and a fostering of increased energy efficiency.
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These could prescribe the need for electrical connections that facilitate real-time operation, enable remote control for participation in demand control programs, and allow prescribed sensors for data collection. FINDING: The actual energy consumption of consumer products and industrial equipment is a function of several elements beyond the device's efficiency.
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Directly metered, whole-house energy consumption data are increasingly available, facilitated by smart meters, which have been deployed in more than half of U.S. buildings for revenue metering purposes.
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FURTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION The sources of data on energy consumption were discussed above in the section "Pattern and Amount of Consumption." There are in addition data contributing to the understanding of consumer behavior in purchasing appliances and equipment, which are summarized below. The phenomenon of big data is discussed as it applies to energy consumption.
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The electric and gas utility industry is increasingly exploring using analytics to mine value from customer data. These data, combined with EIA's data from RECS and CBECS, and other publicly available data sets could form the basis for analytics focused on customer demanded services, including actual energy consumption, load shape, tariff selections, program participation, information, and special 119
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Big data analytics are being used today as a means by which utilities, consultants and others can leverage the inherent value in all of the data they already have or can easily obtain. Applying big data analytic techniques to appliance and equipment standard monitoring and development could fundamentally change the standard setting process and provide valuable information to manufacturers, consumers, and energy suppliers to further reduce overall energy consumption.
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In addition to DOE's own data from RECS, BECS, and other activities, there are relevant data available from other entities. Several organizations have attempted to establish data repositories or data libraries where energy planners and policy makers can store and access consumer energy consumption data collected at the building or appliance level.
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2010. San Jose Moves to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings in New Residential Buildings.
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