核心提示：国际能效评估组织（EVO）EVO’s vision is a global marketplace that correctly values the efficient use of natural resources and utilizes end-use efficiency options as a viable alternative to supply options.
Energy efficiency is recognized as one of the cleanest and most cost effective “sources” of energy. However, in order for efficiency to be considered a reliable resource, its energy savings, including the persistence of savings, must be verifiable and project transactions costs must be kept to reasonable levels. If energy efficiency is to realize its full potential, facility owners and operators, service companies, consultants, contractors and financiers must adopt common technical, financial and legal standards that guide the measurement and verification (M&V) of savings and other aspects of energy efficiency business transactions.
EVO’s mission is to develop and promote the use of standardized protocols, methods and tools to quantify and manage the performance risks and benefits associated with end-use energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water efficiency business transactions.
This international non-profit organization offers products and services that are in line with its mission and which aid in:
The measurement and verification of energy and water savings resulting from energy/water efficiency projects - both retrofits and new construction
Financial risk management of energy savings performance contracts
Quantifying emissions reductions from energy efficiency projects
Promoting sustainable and green construction through cost-effective and accurate accounting of energy and water savings
Protocols
Starting in the 1990s, standardized approaches to energy efficiency M&V were developed to assist developers, owners and financiers of projects. Today, the EVO-owned International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) is the leading international standard in M&V protocols. IPMVP has been translated into 10 languages and is used in more than 40 countries. Five thousand copies are ordered or downloaded annually. In 2004, EVO expanded its charter to address a wide range of needs in energy and water use efficiency.
Training, Certification & Compliance
EVO provides national and international training and workshops for M&V professionals in order to raise the standards in M&V, and to improve the practice of those engaged in it. Using its international expertise, the organization develops special workshops and training programs tailored to the needs of specific regions.
Building Community, Promoting Efficiency
EVO strives to support and provide access to the global base of knowledge in the field of resource efficiency measurement and valuation. Energy efficiency projects and programs are different all over the world. EVO recognizes the importance of creating protocols that apply generally, but also take into account local techniques, technologies, materials, methodologies, and expertise. In order to increase international investment in efficiency projects, these differences must be addressed, and appropriate M&V education imparted to fulfill the specific needs of different regions. With the international expertise and experience of the organization, EVO is uniquely positioned to develop and disseminate such M&V education tailored to the needs of different regions.
Building an international community is also critical to the global promotion of the efficient use of natural resources. To this end, EVO’s multi-national Board of Directors and volunteer-supported committees partner with such organizations as the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and the Certified Measurement & Verification Professional program (CMVP). Working with such groups, EVO provides outreach at numerous conferences around the world and via international publications. The organization is currently developing member services to further broaden and strengthen this global community.
EVO Board of Directors
Steve Kromer, Chair
John Armstrong
Henri-Claude Bailly
Paolo Bertoldi
Tom Dreessen
Satish Kumar
Pierre Langlois
Eang Siew Lee
Srinivasan Padmanaban
Steve Schiller
Longhai Shen
For More Information
· Steve Kromer, Chair, EVO Board of Directors: stevek@efficiencyvaluation.org
