EETD’s energy efficiency program and market trends research includes technical, economic and policy analysis to inform public and private decision-making on public-interest issues related to utility-sector energy efficiency programs and regulation, and government-funded energy efficiency initiatives.

LBNL’s research in this area is focused on:

1. Energy efficiency portfolio planning and market assessment,
2. Design and implementation of a portfolio of energy efficiency programs that achieve various policy objectives
3. Utility sector energy efficiency business models,
4. Options for administering energy efficiency programs,
5. Evaluation, measurement and verification of energy efficiency impacts and
6. ESCO industry and market trends and performance.