TY - JOUR
TI - Making the results of bottom-up energy savings comparable
AU - Moser Simon
AU - Leutgöb Klemens
AU - Reichl Johannes
AU - Kollmann Andrea
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2012
VL - 16
IS - 3
SP - 687
EP - 702
PT - Article
AB - The Energy Service Directive (ESD) has pushed forward the issue of energy  savings calculations without clarifying the methodological basis. Savings  achieved in the Member States are calculated with rather non-transparent and  hardly comparable Bottom-up (BU) methods. This paper develops the idea of  parallel evaluation tracks separating the Member States’ issue of ESD  verification and comparable savings calculations. Comparability is ensured by  developing a standardised BU calculation kernel for different energy  efficiency improvement (EEI) actions which simultaneously depicts the  different calculation options in a structured way (e.g. baseline definition,  system boundaries, double counting). Due to the heterogeneity of BU  calculations the approach requires a central database where Member States  feed in input data on BU actions according to a predefined structure. The  paper demonstrates the proposed approach including a concrete example of  application.