Topic:"Business Energy Rebates" in M06733

Efficient Product Rebates The Efficient Product Rebates (BNI) program, marketed as the Business Energy Rebates (BER) service, includes both mail-in and point-of-purchase incentives. The service achieved total energy savings of 24.6 GWh in...

AI summary The Efficient Product Rebates (BNI) program, marketed as Business Energy Rebates (BER), achieved 24.6 GWh energy savings in 2014 (below its 27.0 GWh target). Mail-in rebates contributed 11.1 GWh, while Instant Rebates provided 13.5 GWh. Custom Incentive lighting projects were transferred to BER in 2014 to enhance service delivery and cost-effectiveness by standardizing processes for retrofits.

Custom Incentives The Custom Incentives program consists of the Custom Retrofit, Custom New Construction, Custom Existing Building Commissioning, and Energy Management Information Systems (EMIS) program components. Overall, Custom achieved...

AI summary The Custom Incentives program, including Retrofit, New Construction, and Commissioning components, achieved 33.6 GWh in 2014, exceeding its 23.9 GWh target. Custom Retrofit led savings with 20.3 GWh, while new initiatives like compressed air retrofits and SEM pilot (60% complete) were introduced. EMIS and Custom Existing Building Commissioning also contributed significantly through low-cost measures and energy management systems.

ency Action Network, Energy Efficiency Program Impact Evaluation Guide, 2012. Prepared by Steven R. Schiller, Schiller Consulting, Inc., [www.seeaction.energy.gov.](http://www.seeaction.energy.gov/) conserved kWh had the same value. The va...

AI summary The text discusses the importance of evaluating energy efficiency programs using life cycle savings metrics to distinguish long-term from short-term savings. It highlights that four programs (Codes & Standards, Custom Retrofit, Business Energy Rebates, Residential Direct Install) have sustained savings due to technical improvements, while the Home Energy Report, a behavioral program, lacks long-term impact.

M. Business Energy Rebates (Full-Scale) This program provides prescriptive rebates to business, non-profit and institutional organizations (abbreviated "BNI"). Originally, Business Energy Rebates (BER) was a mail-in rebate program. It now...

AI summary The Business Energy Rebates (BER) program offers prescriptive rebates for BNI organizations via mail-in and instant rebates through distributors. The evaluation involved interviews, surveys, and site visits, leading to 17 recommendations for the DSM Administrator to address impact accounting issues and include free ridership considerations. The evaluation is praised for its thoroughness and reasonableness.