CUSTOMER RESPONSE TO BESTPRACTICES TRAINING AND SOFTWARE TOOLS PROVIDED BY DOE'S INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM

Schweitzer, Martin¹  Martin, Michaela A¹  Schmoyer, Richard L¹ 

[1] ORNL

关键词: COMPUTER CODES;    TRAINING;    ENERGY CONSERVATION;    US DOE;    INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;    INDUSTRY;   

DOI  :  10.2172/931122
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM-2007/234
PID  :  OSTI ID: 931122
Others  :  Other: ED1907042
Others  :  CEED027
Others  :  ORNL/CON-502
Others  :  TRN: US200813%%294

学科分类：能源（综合）

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The BestPractices program area, which has evolved into the Save Energy Now (SEN) Initiative, is a component of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) that provides technical assistance and disseminates information on energy-efficient technologies and practices to U.S. industrial firms. The BestPractices approach to information dissemination includes conducting training sessions which address energy-intensive systems (compressed air, steam, process heat, pumps, motors, and fans) and distributing DOE software tools on those same topics. The current report documents a recent Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) study undertaken to determine the implementation rate, attribution rate, and reduction factor for industrial end-users who received BestPractices training and registered software in FY 2006. The implementation rate is the proportion of service recipients taking energy-saving actions as a result of the service received. The attribution rate applies to those individuals taking energy-saving actions as a result of the services received and represents the portion of the savings achieved through those actions that is due to the service. The reduction factor is the saving that is realized from program-induced measures as a proportion of the potential savings that could be achieved if all service recipients took action. In addition to examining those factors, the ORNL study collected information on selected characteristics of service recipients, the perceived value of the services provided, and the potential energy savings that can be achieved through implementation of measures identified from the training or software. Because the provision of training is distinctly different from the provision of software tools, the two efforts were examined independently and the findings for each are reported separately.