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India M & V Training Seminar, 24 April, 2008 Evaluation ReportA one-day Measurement and Verification (M&V) awareness training Seminar was conducted by EVO in New Delhi on April 24 th, 2008. The event was organized by Conzerv Systems and sponsored in part by USAID (through ECO-III program), participants number about Fifty-two, included energy consultants and energy auditors, financial institutions, and several Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project implementers. Mark Stetz, EVO Training Director, worked with Alliance to Save Energy (India) in developing the training modules and case studies relevant to the Indian audience. ECO-III project leaders International Resources Group (IRG) along with ASE, and Conzerv publicized the programme and identified suitable participants from among the key EE stakeholders in India. A total of 52 persons participated in this training programme. 35 of these were paid participants and 17 were sponsored participants. 42 participants returned the feedback forms. The professional background of the participants was as per the table below. Engineering Management Marketing OtherUSAID Contractor Financing 3 Building Energy Analysis Energy Consultant - 2 Auditing / CDM Validation 2 Energy Efficiency Projects Audit and LEED Consultant Simulation and LEED Facilitation Consulting Support To SMEs

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Note: Total number of responses is more than number of evaluation forms received (42) as some participants have checked more than one area of responsibility.

As may be seen from the feedback form enclosed with this report, feedback from participants was sought on four key aspects of the programme, namely, information covered, instructor presentations, organisation and coordination and handout materials.

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The rating of these aspects by the participants was as per the table below. Questions A. Information covered in this seminar was B. Overall, the instructors presentations were C. Organisation and coordination of the seminar was Percentage (Question C) D. Hand-out materials were Total Percentage (All aspects) Cumulative percentage (All aspects) 1 10 11 7 17.1 2 30 18.4 18.4 2 14 19 14 34.1 16 63 38.6 57.0 3 14 7 14 34.1 14 49 30.1 87.1 4 2 4 3 7.3 6 15 9.2 96.3 3 7.3 2 06 3.7 100 5 1 Total 41 41 41 100 40 163 100 100

Scale: 1 = Excellent, 2 = Very Good, 3 = Good, 4 = Satisfactory, 5 = Needs Improvement Note: A total of 42 feedback forms have been received. One form did not mention any ratings.

Besides this quantitative rating, the participants were requested for feedback on four different aspects of the programme, namely: 1. Your expectation from this programme in brief: 2. How could this seminar be improved? 3. What did you like best? 4. Your overall comments impression / evaluation / additional

The detailed list of responses of the participants to these questions are listed as an annexure to this report, as these statements indicate the range of responses in the most accurate manner. However, we mention below the most important points and suggestions made by the participants. Participants expectations from the programme were to know about IPMVP and M&V in a way so as to be able to apply these concepts and tools to their specific work situations. Thus the most important feedback received from the participants is to discuss case studies, practical examples and specific situations, preferably drawn from the Indian environment, so that participants could relate to these situations and learn in a more contextual way how they could apply the tools of IPMVP to their work situations. A large number of suggestions for improvement emphasised these aspects. A few specific suggestions in this regard were to understand baseline preparation, focus on GHG mitigation projects, and so on.

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The second set of suggestions was to increase the duration of the programme to 2 or 3 days. A number of participants who benefited from the programme felt that one day was not enough to get adequately into the subject, to discuss more practical examples, etc. Although some participants felt that the composition of the participants was varied, which led to problems, this was not an issue for many others. Quite a few participants noted that one of the best aspects of the programme was the discussion and interaction which took place during the sessions. Because the programme tried to cover a lot of ground within one day, participants felt that besides increasing the duration of the programme, the inaugural session should have been very brief. Another suggestion made by many participants was to improve the quantity and quality of handouts given to the participants, and a greater correspondence between the training sessions and the materials provided. Feedback from organising partners: As this was one of the first M&V Training Seminars in India to be attempted on a commercial basis, there was room for improvement in the areas of Seminar organization and course content. These limitations were discussed and identified by the organising partners. The most significant ones and suggestions to remedy them in future programmes, are listed below: (1) Though it was designed as a basic programme for M&V and IPMVP awareness creation, the standard EVO curriculum for a 2.5 to 3-day programme had to be compressed into a one day programme, highlighting the need for much sharper time management and scheduling. (2) The background of participants were far too varied in terms of their technical and empirical background, skills and experience, it was not possible to satisfy all expectations. The programme has to be targeted to the right audience in terms of experience and expertise, and future courses could be sector specific. (3) Though efforts were made to include Indian case study examples, it was felt that these were insufficient, and discussion time was found to be very inadequate. Larger number of Indian case studies should be included, and there should be adequate allocation of time for interactive discussions. (4) Due to insufficient notice period, several interested participants could not respond in time to participate. Better planning and scheduling of the training event and adequate notice period, to ensure that interested participants do not miss out. (5) There was some mismatch between the actual presentations and distributed material, due to EV Os stipulation and restriction concerning copyright of training material. EVO training materials could not be distributed in soft copy or electronic form.

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EVO Trainers Feedback: A brief Note was prepared by EVO Training Committee Chair and the IPMVP Trainer Mr Mark Stetz with inputs from Mr Pradeep Kumar of ASE and Dr Koshy Cherail, on the M&V Seminar of April 24th. This is attached at ANNEXURE 5. The key points of the Note are given below. Discussion at the Seminar, as well as active participation from a wide range of organizations clearly established that there was sufficient interest in EE and M&V systems and that people were willing to pay to attend to learn how to estimate and report project savings in a way that will help them close deals. Decision makers and Financiers want to understand more about the estimated energy and cost savings and how project risks can be allocated and managed. Based on the large turnout and interest expressed by the participants, EVO may examine the feasibility of organising additional multi-day advanced M&V training programs in various geographical regions, and develop local M&V training expertise, and conduct courses and tests for CMVP certification to qualified trainers and practitioners. The conclusion that emerged from the Seminar was that, the time was right for introducing M&V systems and IPMVP in India. A start could made in the buildings, and municipal energy efficiency projects in street-lighting and water pumping applications, and eventually move on to a variety of industrial energy efficiency projects, of which rich and varied experiences and case studies were available in India.

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ANNEXURE 1

India M&V and IPMVP TrainingNew Delhi - 24th April 2008

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE09:30-10:00 AM 10:00-10:30 AM Registration Inaugural Session Introduction: Koshy Cherail, Conzerv Systems Welcome Address: Abraham V. Conzerv Systems Inaugural Address: S Padmanaban, USAID Special Address: Dr GC Datta Roy, DSCL ESCO Ltd Setting the Context: Dr Satish Kumar, ECO-III Project Tea Break Morning Session Mark Stetz, EVO Pradeep Kumar, ASE Afternoon Session I Mark Stetz, EVO Lunch Ashok Hattangady, Technical Director, Conzerv Systems Afternoon Session II Mark Stetz, EVO Tea Break Pradeep Kumar, ASE Interactive Session Vote of Thanks - Koshy Cherail, Conzerv Systems High Tea Launch of Building Energy Assessment Manual Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power

10:30-10:45 AM 10:45-11:00 AM 11:00-12:00 PM 12:00- 1215 PM 12:15 -01:15 PM

01:15-02:00 PM 02:00-02:45 PM 02:45-03:45 PM

03:45-04:00 PM 04:00-04:15 PM 04:15-05:25 PM 05:25-05:30 PM 05:30-06:00 PM 06:00-07:00 PM

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ANNEXURE 2

List of ParticipantsPAID PARTICIPANTSSl.No

Name, Designation, OrganisationMr S K Nayak, Sr. Manager, IF&FS Ecosmart Limited, Ahmedabad Mr Bhupal Singh, Vensum Services, New Delhi Mr Sandeep Tambe, General Manager, Asian Electronics Ltd. Pune Mr Devender Kumar, AGM Projects, Asian Electronics Ltd. Delhi Mr Manu Maudgal, TUV India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi Mr Srikanth Meesa, Analyst, TUV India Pvt Ltd India, New Delhi Mr Archak Pattanaik, Quality System Auditor, TUV India Pvt Ltd, Mr Sanjeev Sharma, Malwa Industries Ltd. Ludhiana Mr SMH Adil, Envmtal Design Solutions, New Delhi Mr Hisham Ahmad, EE Specialist, EDS Ms Shubhra Kothari, Architect, EDS Wg Cdr Pramod Mehta, CEO, SCOPE Mr Y. Sivakumar, Astt. Manager, State Bank Training Academy, Gurgaon Mr Kishor Patil, Chief Manager, Reliance Energy Ltd, Mumbai Mr I Rajkumar, Sr. Manager, TNUDF, Chennai Mr Ashok Kumar, Asst GM, Reserve Bank Of India, Mumbai Mr S K Dhal, Asst. GM, Secure Meters, Udaipur Mr Pankaj Kasture, Deputy Manager, Blue Star Ltd. Mr Goverdhan Borkar, Deputy Manager, Blue Star Ltd. Mr Ganesh R., Energy Management Cell, Blue Star Ltd. Mr T. Padmanaban, Technical Officer, IREDA, New Delhi Mr Anshuman Hazarika, Nature First Consulting, Mumbai Mr Himraj Dang, Advisor, Olympus Capital Holdings Asia, Gurgaon Mr V S Kothari, Director, Innotem Services, New Delhi Mr Syed Parweez Ahmad, Env. Engineer, Karnataka UIDFC, Bangalore Mr Abraham Easo, Asst. General Manager, SBI-Corp Centre, Mumbai Mr Pradip Banerjee, Asst. General Manager, SBI-LHO, Bangalore Mr Amit Khare, Associate, ICF International, New Delhi Mr Lakshman K Bogahapitiya, ASE-India, Bglore Mr Mridul Anand, EDS Global, New Delhi

Emailsk.nayak@ilfsecosmart.com vensum@gmail.com stambe@aelgroup.com devender.kumar@aelgroup.com mmaudgal@tuv-nord.com Srikanth_iitd@rediffmail.com; delhi@tuv-nord.com archak@tuv-india.com sanjeevsharma@malwagroup.com adil@geedindia.org hisham@edsglobal.com shubhra@edsglobal.com Manas_ranja@yahoo.co.in sivakumar.y@sbi.co.in kishor.r.patil@relianceadag.com irajkumar@tnudf.com a_kumar@rbi.org.in Sanjeev.dhal@securemeters.com pankajkasture@bluestarindia.comgoverdhansborkar@bluestarindia.com

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

rganesh@bluestarindia.com t.padmanaban@ireda.inanshuman.hazarika@gmsworldnet.com

hdang@olympuscap.com Vskothari.innotem@gmail.com syedahmed@kuidfc.com, parveez15@yahoo.co.uk a.easo@sbi.co.in pradip.banerjee@sbi.co.in amitkhare@icfi.com lbogahapitiya@ase.org mridul@edsglobal.com

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Name, Designation, OrganisationMr S. Baskaran, Sr. Manager, PFC, New Delhi Mr E Balasubramanian, GM-Market Devt. Conzerv Systems, Mumbai Mr Abraham Varughese, GM-National Sales, Conzerv Systems, Bangalore Mr Ramesh Bhatia, GM-Corp. Sales Conzerv Systems, Gurgaon Mr U P Singh, Conzerv Systems, Gurgaon

Emailsbaskaran72@yahoo.com balasubramanian.es@conzerv.com Abraham.V@conzerv.com Ramesh.Bhatia@conzerv.com Upendrapratap.singh@conzerv.com

31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

USAID ECO-III PROJECT PARTNERSSl.No 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Name, Designation, OrganisationMr K C Mahajan, Deputy Chief of Party, ECO-III/ USAID Mr Rajeev Gupta, Technical Associate, ECO-III/ USAID Dr Bhaskar Natarajan, Country Manager, Environmental Cooperation-Asia Clean, IRG Ms Sudha Setty, Senior Programme Manager, ASE-India Mr Uresh I Mehta, SE-Elec(R&B Dept), Govt.of Gujarat Mr R N Bhatt, Programme Manager, Gujarat Energy Development Agency, Vadodara Mr Prakash Vankani, Business Head (West Zn) DSCL Mr P K Bansal, Director, PSEB Mr Balkar Singh, Senior Manager, PEDA Paramjit Singh, System Engineer, PEDA Mr Praveen Gupta, Deputy Director, CEA Mr Rajesh Kumar, Astt. Director CEA Mr L P Srivastava, Chief Engineer, CPWD Mr Uttam Kumar, Executive Engineer, Delhi Jal Board A K Jain, Delhi Jal Board Ms Priya Barua, The World Bank Mr Saurabh Yadav, Energy Specialist, The World Bank

Emailkcmahajan@irgssa.com rgupta@irgssa.com bhaskar@cleanenergyasia.net ssetty@ase.org Umehta54@yahoo.com ravindra_bhatt2001@yahoo.co.in prakashvankani@dscl.com decpseb@yahoo.com Balkar_22@yahoo.co.in peda@glydenet.in pranika30@hotmail.com rajesh1962@hotmail.com Lp_srivastava@yahoo.com uttam_djb@rediffmail.com akjain@rediffmail.com priyabarua@worldbank.org syadav1@worldbank.org

TRAINERSSl No 1. 2. 3. 4.

NameMr Mark Stetz Dr Satish Kumar Mr Pradeep Kumar Mr Ashok Hattangady

OrganisationEVO ECO-III ASE (India) Conzerv Systems

E-mailmlstetz@gamil.com skumar@irgltd.com plumar@ase.org ashok@conzerv.com

COORDINATORS1. 2. Koshy Cherail Rakesh Kapoor Conzerv Systems Alternative Futures Koshy.Cherail@conzerv.com MailboxRK@gmail.com

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ANNEXURE 3

New DelhiEVO Level 2 Training April 24, 2008 Instructor: Mark Stetz Scale: 1 = Excellent 2 = Very Good 3 = Good 4 = Satisfactory Improvement Please write in appropriate number in the spaces provided. Information covered in this seminar was were [ ] [ ] 5 = Needs

Overall, the Instructors presentations [ ] Hand-out materials were

Organization and coordination of the seminar was [ ] Your expectations from this programme in brief:

How could this seminar be improved? _ _ What did you like best? _ _ Your Overall Impression / Evaluation / Additional Comments (use back of sheet for additional space): _ _ _ Optional Information: NAME: TITLE:_ COMPANY: _ _ _

ADDRESS:

E-MAIL:_

TEL: [ ] Management [ ] Other [ ] Marketing

What is your primary area of responsibility? [ ] Engineering

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ANNEXURE 4 Participants responses to the four specific questions are mentioned below. Where exactly the same response has been mentioned by more than one participant, this has been indicated (in brackets). Similar responses have clubbed together. The order in which responses appear, however, is arbitrary and not of any significance. Your expectation from this programme in brief: Know more about IPMVP / How to apply IPMVP. IPMVP and its application in energy management. Importance of M & V in energy efficiency improvement. Design of M & V protocol for various energy efficiency projects initiated by consumers / distribution utility. The programme covers all the topics for which it was organised. Development of M & V protocols / To prepare a M & V protocol for our project. Knowledge of M & V and IPMVP. To enhance knowledge about M & V and energy efficiency activities. Understanding of M&V issues / Information about innovations and advancements in M&V. Implementation of M & V in projects funded by PFC, knowledge on M & V protocol. More technical information from the trainers. Application of M & V in CDM and GHG emission reduction projects. Application of M & V in practice / Fundamental and critical aspects of M&V. To get an overview of how to apply M&V in practice. To know about M&V in EE projects, various models / protocol used for M&V. EE & CDM related queries. Awareness on measurement of energy efficiency measures. How to enable SMEs & take benefit of CDM projects bundling of projects. To get new business idea for a certification body like TUV; and to understand use and applications of IPMVP to CDM projects. Exposure to M&V protocol and its importance in Indian context. To enhance knowledge and skills. Case study and discussion based on that. Few industry specific cases. Indian perspective - where 80% are sceptics. To provide an introduction to M&V and help in its implementation of energy efficiency projects on which I am currently working. Enhancing knowledge of implementation of M&V options / protocols in EE & CDM projects. In-depth understanding of baseline preparation and M&V protocol to fit with different applications. Education in energy efficiency projects in water utility (2 responses). Understand how IPMVP as a protocol helps over an unstructured approach, metering as per IPMVP. IPMVP as a process rather than buzzword. Understanding of M&V protocol of IPMVP and few case studies. What we can do as an auditing firm in the field of energy efficiency. The inputs obtained from the programme would find direct applicability in our situation. Some concrete solutions for near absence of ESCO activity as means of energy conservation would emerge.

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Capacity building for convincing clients on verification of savings by implementing energy efficiency projects. How could this seminar be improved? By increasing time frame / It should have been two days programme (3 responses). Organise this at two levels: one for beginners, second for advanced learners. More focus can be given to IPMVP rather than ESCO process & climate change. Better time management. Planning for more time it was too packed. The seminar may be for two days so that detailed discussions are made and group discussions and interactions are made successfully. May be spread over 2-3 days with more case studies. Increase the duration of the training to 2-3 days so that you can learn about M&V in detail. By increasing participation and probably the duration of the programme breaking into a two day seminar. Increase the duration. The programme may be for three days. Conduct such seminar at the class rooms which can accommodate participants comfortably. By providing some success stories related to energy efficiency measures. By taking more practical examples and discussion on real (existing) M & V protocol Include practical programme / aspects. By providing specific examples. Got a basic idea. One more topic about CDM for getting carbon credit advantage w. r. to energy saving would be better. By enhancing the duration and making more detailed case study presentations more interactive sessions a case studies Extended days of training is required, specially for Marks presentation and M & V Cut out the inaugural session or at least make it minimal. Quality of presentation may be improved to make it more interactive Improving knowledge in the field and responsibility of conserving energy in our organisation. If the seminar can be planned consider targeted audience e.g. ESCO, industries, etc. (i) Explanation of concepts should be accompanied with examples to understand how to apply the concepts. (2) Stick to M&V, cut out other presentations. By organising a 3 day training programme covering all aspects of EE and M&V, covering all areas of application and quality work exercises along with computer models. Live case study - all varieties including industry. More live examples and case studies could have made the seminar more comprehensive. Need to take into account Indian scenario and suggest / determine a practical solution for our use. By incorporating more case studies on projects implemented for various types of equipments and processes. M&V addressed in the context of our country. Narration / deliberation of Indian P.C. projects and learnings.

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Due to time constraints, the seminar focused on the issues at a very superficial level. In future the emphasis should be on a more intensive knowledge based seminar. By incorporating more case studies. Actual case studies for open discussion should be given adequate time. Coming form water utility, more thrust on water pumping related aspects would have been more beneficial. More focused to water sewage utilities / municipality. Having people with too varied interests, I think diluted the content. The exercise we missed out on would have helped. There was more focus on how to choose right option than the methodology, judgment you have to use once right option is chosen. Hands on use of EVO guideline. What did you like best? Marks presentation (3 responses). Marks presentation on M & V in practice. Overview given by Mr Mark on the IPMVP. Structure of the program was well done examples were good. Key concept presentation was very good. Addresses during inaugural session; presentation of Mr Mark Stetz. The examples detailing the concepts of IPMVP. Learning the details of options listed in the IPMVP. Every speaker / presentations are best as per the topic. Lecture delivered and answered, explained by the speakers, All presentations. Presentation by M/S Conzerv and class exercise. Presentation by Mr Pradeep Kumar / M/S Conzerv / Mr Mark Stetz, PE, CMVP All were good. Instructors energy level (2 responses). M & V protocol / Various options discussed for M&V protocol. Case study. It was interactive and gave an opportunity to understand IPMVP practically. Presentation by Conzerv in the afternoon interactive session. How to prepare M & V protocol before stepping into the central context for ESCO programme. The extent of detailing gone into the presentations and the interest generated by the presentations. Marks pre-lunch session street light example. Exercises / case study at one end of the programme. Practical examples. Cases / case studies (3 responses) Discussion on case study of M&V. Case studies and M&V methodology. Case studies and participants interactions. The way of presentation and covering topics etc.

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Training material and presentation. Sincere effort. Interactions from amongst participants, representing different sectors. The best part of the seminar was the relatively small number of audience which made the endeavour very interactive. The way the information has been delivered sequentially. Interaction with various participants and their feed back / queries on M&V issues in India. Your overall impression / evaluation / additional comments Fine. Need to have examples from India to make discussion more relevant. Good (3 responses). Excellent (3 responses). Very good (2 responses). Excellent and needs to be arranged in future frequently as M & V is a very vast subject. It was an excellent training programme. Good subject. Subject and topics covered in the programme are very useful for energy managers, auditors and programme implementing institutions. Expectation met in totality, useful, provided a good insight. Expected some specifics. Good for understanding basics of M & V and IPMVP. This was a very good attempt to arrange for such a nice programme. Thanks to organisers. Please communicate details of all participants. Very good, can be improved by increasing the duration and case studies. The programme was very interactive and gave a good insight into IPMVP and its application. Water bottles could have kept at the tables. Need good arrangement of the seminar. Especially for whole day programme like this. The programme has been quite informative and definitely useful for practicing consultants. It is a great initiative but needs lot of improvement in order to make it more interactive and understanding. The overall programme performance is very interesting and well organised. Case study would have been [useful] incorporating the Indian conditions. Needs to be more application oriented. Learnt a lot about M and V, therefore a useful programme. Overall a great workshop. My overall impression is the training needs lots of improvement and should be made worth for Rs 6500/ - a day. I learnt a lot about the M&V protocols and it will be helpful for future government projects. It is a knowledge and information which can be implemented in real practice. Inauguration may be done away with. Case study. If only the seminar provided a more intensive and mathematical (statistically modelled case studies) knowledge into the methodologies involved with M&V programme.

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The programme is really needed to educate and appreciate the activities. It was useful to devote a days time in the programme. It was useful in energy savings. Hands-on use of EVO guideline. This training would be conducive in enhancing the knowledge about M&V. The programme was a good beginning ad involved participants of different areas of application. More detailed training should be conducted, which can focus on specific equipments and processes. Although the expectations are always high the time allotted for presentations was very short. Expectations are always high, but it was a good programme. This programme may be provided one more day with case study related to energy audit and M&V plan.

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Indian M&V Awareness Training Seminar: An Emerging Interface Between EE and CDM Project DevelopersTo illustrate the interest in energy efficiency (EE) projects in India, a one-day Measurement and Verification (M&V) awareness training Seminar was conducted by EVO in New Delhi on April 24th, 2008. The event attracted over fifty paying participants. Organized by Conzerv Systems and sponsored in part by USAID (through ECO-III program), participants included energy consultants and energy auditors, financial institutions, and several Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project implementers. Mark Stetz, EVO Training Director, worked with Alliance to Save Energy (India) in developing the training modules and case studies relevant to the Indian audience. ECO-III project leaders International Resources Group (IRG) along with ASE, played a key role in identifying suitable participants from among the key EE stakeholders in India. It was noticed that most of the participants were aware about the importance of M&V and either they have implemented or financed EE projects. However, convince their customers that the project savings are real and verifiable is a major barrier to close the deals. By introducing the IPMVP and its various M&V options to the energy services sector, it is expected that energy consultants can adopt a more standard approach in order to calculate and report savings of their projects. With an internationally developed and acceptable methodology and transparent M&V plan and reporting system, customers and financiers can more confidently determine that the estimated project savings would materialize and can be sustained. Says Pradeep Kumar of Allinace to Save Energy (India) Most of the past ESCO projects have failed or not performed as per the expectation because of the lack of appropriate M&V plan and understanding. The proper use of IPMVP and experts from EVO can make a huge difference in order to have a transparent and sustainable approach in view of the success of any performance based EE projects in India Discussion at the Seminar, as well as active participation from a wide range of organizations clearly established that there was sufficient interest in EE and M&V systems and that people were willing to pay to attend to learn how to estimate and report project savings in a way that will help them close deals. Decision makers and Financiers want to understand more about the estimated energy and cost savings and how project risks can be allocated and managed. While banks and financial institutions are keen to have a widely accepted protocol to monitor the success of projects, at present there is no uniformity in their approaches or requirements. This workshop sets the basis for developing a standard approach to benchmarking EE projects through IPMVP, according to Koshy Cherail of Conzerv Systems who coordinating the programme. During the interactive session, the participants were asked to visualize as a Client and ESCO prospective who needed to develop and design an M&V plan that would establish that projected savings were real. Even with a very simple Street-lighting EE Upgrade project, divergent opinions emerged favoring either retrofit isolation (both Option A or B) or a whole-system analysis (Option C) using the main meters. Option C was favored despite many obstacles including additional non-lighting loads, seasonal festival lighting loads, significant electricity theft, and inoperative utility meters. However, many felt that the only way to convince the customer that their energy use had decreased was to show that their total utility consumption had in fact, gone down. This shows that experiences are different in various countries and that IPMVP methods are flexible enough to be customized to a wide range of conditions and project requirements

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Based on the large turnout and interest expressed by the participants, Conzerv would like to propose to EVO that in future we may offer additional multi-day advanced M&V training programs in various geographical regions, and develop local M&V training expertise, and engage the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) in providing the CMVP certification to qualified trainers and practitioners. The interest of the CDM community in M&V also emphasized the fact that energy efficiency projects are now gaining attention in evolving CDM methodologies. The conclusion that emerged from the Seminar was that, the time was right for introducing M&V systems and IPMVP in India. A start could made in the buildings, and municipal energy efficiency projects in street-lighting and water pumping applications, and eventually move on to a variety of industrial energy efficiency projects, of which rich and varied experiences and case studies were available in India. Conzerv Systems by its extensive metering and energy auditing experience is willing to work with EVO to develop industry and sector specific case studies and M&V models. The partner organizations who collaborated to organise the programme are ready to face the challenge of applying and adopting IMPVP to these varied situations, and put the M&V movement on a strong foundation in India. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), also played a supporting role in launching the Building Energy Assessment Manual at a side event along with the EVO Training Seminar. The Bureau has expressed strong support to strengthen the institutional systems and market forces that would put energy efficiency on the centre stage of economic development as well as climate change mitigation in India. Mark Stetz & Koshy Cherail New Delhi, 25 May 08

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