Evaluation methodology selection wizard
Methodology finder – Grants and subsidies – Agriculture
Available policy / sector / method combinations described in specific evaluation guides
- Energy indicator sector [GUIDE 18]
Sectoral energy efficiency indicators are used to show the energy efficiency progress on the economic sector level. For energy evaluation in an industrial sector, indicators on process or appliance level are used most often. The relevant indicator in this case is the energy consumption per unit of physical output. This figure, in combination with the output of product per year, gives the final energy use for a specific process or appliance.
Evaluation methodology comparison table
| Evaluation method | Pros & cons | Method characteristics | Required input data | |||||||
| Pro | Con | Savings output | Aggregation level | Application (ex-ante/ex-post) | Energy use before and after actions | Number of energy saving actions | Energy saved per action | Normalisation factors | Gross-to-net adjustments | |
| Billing analysis Fallback methodology: residential / (billing analysis/measurement) [PSMC 8] |
Easy | Too aggregated | Unitary, participant | Bottom-up and top-down | Ex-post only | For each participant | By complementary method | No, follows from method | For behaviour, temperature | E.g. free riders (in case of subsidies) |
| Engineering estimate Fallback methodology: industry specific / engineering [PSMC 16] |
Precise | Expensive | Unitary, complex system | Bottom-up | Ex-ante and ex-post | For each system | By complementary method | No, follows from method | No (method on normalised case) | E.g. non-compliance |
| Energy indicator sector Fallback methodology: industry general / (subsector indicator/unit consumption) [PSMC 17] |
Only statistics | Aggregated (black box) | Total savings | Top-down | Ex-post only | From statistics | No (included in total savings) | No (included in total savings) | For activity level and temperature | E.g. double counting |