Accurately measuring and verifying energy efficiency not only ensures a job was done correctly, but it also shows customers they’re getting exactly what they paid for. According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), providing evidence of real and reliable savings is essential to assuring funding and public support for energy-efficiency programs. Evaluation, measurement, and verification demonstrate the value of energy efficiency by providing accurate, transparent, and consistent assessments of methods and performance, the organization stated on its website.
“It’s actually one of the biggest ways the industry has gotten itself into the predicament that it’s in now — assuming savings instead of actually measuring, quantifying, and verifying,” said David Richardson, curriculum developer and instructor, National Comfort Institute (NCI). “There’s a big difference between what the reality in the field is and what’s assumed.”