How Volume Equipment Purchases Can Build Markets For Energy-Efficient Technologies

Authors

  • Dr. Michael J. Scott StajJ Scientist and Senior Economist
  • Graham Parker Progm in Manager
  • Dr. J. William Currie Senior Program Manager Pacific Northwest Laboratory

Abstract

Ever since the Energy Crisis of 1973-1974, the United States and
other countries have tried to bring more energy-efficient appliances,
equipment, and practices into the market place at a more rapid pace
than unmodified market forces would permit. The process of over-
coming market barriers, also known as market transformation, re-
quires: 1) the potential for manufacturing better equipment at accept-
able costs; 2) informed buyers and sellers; 3) appropriate catalystts) to
spur market forces; and 4) financing. Governments can provide sev-
eral of these preconditions by organizing early volume purchases of
new technology. Two recent examples of volume purchase programs
organized by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory illustrate both
the potential of such programs to transform markets and the types of
issues that must be addressed in developing a successful program.

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Author Biographies

Dr. Michael J. Scott, StajJ Scientist and Senior Economist

Dr. Michael J. Scott is staff scien tist and senior economist at Pacific Northwest Nationa l Laboratory at Richland, Washington. He is a widelypublished author on the practical problems and solutions of en ergy an d en viro nme n tal sys tems . Dr. Scott's 25 years' experience in econ omics, public finance, and applied economic analysis has been uti lized in a variet y of proj

He has directed and particip ated in dozens of ben efi t-cost studies and evaluations of the regional impacts of economic development and conducted some of the earliest work on the consequences of global climate change for the commercial building sector. He directed the development of an econ ometric/ end-use electric load forecasting model that inv olved pioneering work in the evaluation of energy-efficient technologies. Dr. Scott is currently involved in research on the technological respo nse to global environmental change, especially the economic impacts of adopting efficient end-use technologies as a substitute for energy production and distribution.

Graham Parker, Progm in Manager

Graham Parker is a program manager in the Energy Division at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington. During his 25 years at the laboratory, he has undertaken government and private sector programs focused on energy production, distribution, and efficiency. His formal training is in engineering and his exp ertise is in metering, monitoring, assessing and evaluating the performance of new and emerging building equipment and technologies . He is currently engaged in new technology procurement programs for the Department of Energy, and the Ll.S. Army and a pri vat e util ity.

Dr. J. William Currie, Senior Program Manager Pacific Northwest Laboratory

Dr. J. William Currie is a senior program manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He is responsible for identifying, de veloping, and managing research p rojects that address the interface of technology, the environment, and the economy. He is engaged in market transformation research related to new and emerging high performance building equipment and appliances with near-term emphasis on the private multifamily sec tor . His near-term goal is to "pull" shorter, brighter, and less costly subcompac t (sub-CFLs) into the market place.

He has recently managed a multi-year, Russian government/World Bank program to determine the most cost-effective energy and water efficien cy measures to install in multi-family housing in 6 Russian cities. This effor t ha s resulted in a $500 million energy efficiency program targeted at 3500 multi-family buildings; the largest project of this kind ever undertaken.

For several years, Dr. Currie directed PNNL's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) acti vities that involved energy efficienc y tech nol ogy development, demonstration, and deployment throughout the fed er al sector. These efforts included the development of fuel -neutral software for integrated resource planning and whole building energy analyses. The software is being deployed through workshop s and FEMP Univer sity. Dr. Currie' s team also design ed and implemented a technology test bed program to demonstrate American made energ y technolog y that will reduce federal energy cost and use, and provide environmental benefits.

Dr. Currie is a member of several professional organizations, has serve d as a reviewer for several journals, NSF, NAS, is listed in Who's Who in the West, and is the author of over 60 published research rep ort s and papers.

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Published

2023-09-30

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Scott, D. M. J. ., Parker, G. ., & Currie, D. J. W. . (2023). How Volume Equipment Purchases Can Build Markets For Energy-Efficient Technologies . Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, 18(4), 58–79. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/SPEE/article/view/20601

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