'Tapping Into' Commercial Energy Savings:Two Non-Traditional Commercial Sector Energy Users

摘要

The paper includes information for two under-examined end uses in the commercial sector – on-premise laundries and. dishwashing / ware washing equipment. The paper covers market'characterization and assessment information; results of interviews with actors along the "chain" (including manufacturers, vendors, service providers, commercial participants / non-participants and "experts"); and. conclusions on decision-makers -and influencer attitudes, behaviors and practices, change-out factors, equipment experience, and other information. In-particular, the project provided key information on intervention points, barriers, program suggestions, and savings potential. Interviews were conducted with the wide range of users of the equipments, including hospitals, hotels, prisons, and others (OPL), and 7 categories of eating establishments, educational facilities, and others (Ware washing). The largest. factor in the decision-making process for both technologies was .reported to be ;financial. However, -the research shows that for many facilities, technical issues, implementation, and not least of all; the facility's desire to "do good" for the environment are beginning to play a larger role: in- installation decisions. The two types of equipment had very different characterizations of initial purchase circumstances (and lifetimes), and the roles Of influencers / vendors] suppliers were quite different. Through in-depth evaluation interviews, barriers and the best marketing techniques to overcome barriers were uncovered. The interviews allowed an assessment of specific marketing and rebate techniques to. speed market penetration of the technologies. The project looked closely .at the current ware-washing and on-premise laundry market saturation and estimated the energy savings (and water savings) potential in the market place.