Energizing the Energy Policy Process: The Impact of Evaluation

Author:   John G. Heilman ,  Roberta W. Walsh
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9780899308302


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   29 September 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   John G. Heilman ,  Roberta W. Walsh
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.551kg
ISBN:  

9780899308302


ISBN 10:   0899308309
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   29 September 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Tables and Figures Introduction: Evaluation and Energy Policy by John G. Heilman and Roberta W. Walsh The Use of Financial Incentives to Promote Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Costs and Benefits by Barbara C. Farhar, Rebecca Vories, and Catriona C. MacKirnan Promoting Energy-Efficient Home Construction: The Impacts of Alternative Policy Instruments by Marilyn A. Brown, Pamela Brandis, Bruce Cody, and Philipp Degens Cost-Effectiveness Enlightenment: Which Is the Right Test? by Patricia Herman and John H. Chamberlin A Welfare Analysis Framework for Assessing DSM Cost Effectiveness by Steven D. Braithwait and Douglas W. Caves Alternative Roles of Evaluation by Risk Management: Development of an Evaluation Plan for a Nonresidential Demand-Side Resource Acquisition Program by Rick Kunkle and Vince Schueler Use of Simple Performance Indices to Help Guide Review of DSM Program Performance by Steven Nadel The Implications of Integrated Resource Planning for Evaluators by Cynthia A. Melendy Demand-Side Management Program Evaluation and Public Utility Commissions by Robert M. Wirtshafter The Need for Objective Program Evaluation for Long-Term, Demand-Side Management Success by John W. Hartnett and Michael J. Kelleher Evaluation and Implementation: How Long an Arm Is Needed in the ""Arms-Length"" Relationship? by John H. Reed, Nick Hall, and Robin Calhoun Evaluation and the Design and Implementation of Programs for Limited-Income Elderly by Nancy L. Markee, Colleen I. Murray, and Elaine L. Pedersen Evaluation of DOE's Resource-Leveraging Partnerships for Low-Income Weatherization by Allen Lee and Jennifer Callaway Evaluating Market Transformation by Ralph Prahl and Jeff Schlegel The Design and Structure of a Statewide Sales Tracking System for Residential Appliances by Kent D. Van Liere, Rick Winch, Kathleen Standen, Shel Feldman, and Dale Brugger Bibliographic Essay by Roberta W. Walsh References Index"

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Program evaluation can--and should--play a critical role in formulating, refining, and energizing energy policy. This book points the way, showing the growth and success of evaluation in the energy field within the context of the growth and success of the more general field of professional program evaluation. -Michael Q. Patton, Ph.D. Professor, Union Institute Graduate School Former President, American Evaluation Association


"""Good evaluation is critical to the success of energy efficiency programs. This book contains some outstanding examples of energy efficiency program evaluation and how it can improve program design as well as energy policy more generally.""- Howard Geller, Executive Director American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ""Program evaluation can--and should--play a critical role in formulating, refining, and energizing energy policy. This book points the way, showing the growth and success of evaluation in the energy field within the context of the growth and success of the more general field of professional program evaluation.""-Michael Q. Patton, Ph.D. Professor, Union Institute Graduate School Former President, American Evaluation Association"


Author Information

ROBERTA W. WALSH is Associate Professor in the Division of Public Administration at Florida Gulf Coast University. She received a doctorate from the Heller School, Brandeis University, held positions in federal government (including the U.S. Department of Energy), and served as an energy program evaluation consultant. JOHN G. HEILMAN is Associate Dean of Liberal Arts and Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. A founder of the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference and a member of the editorial boards of two journals in his field, he has also published numerous articles and authored several books, among them The Politics of Redistributing Urban Aid (with Douglas Watson and Robert Montjoy, Praeger Publishers, 1994).

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