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Title:
Business models for renewable energy in the built environment
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013
Physical Description:
xvii, 178p. : ill. (col.) ; 23cm.
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9780415638685

9780203083178
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Includes index
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Summary

Business Models for Renewable Energy in the Built Environment provides insight to policy makers and market actors as to the ways that new and innovative business models (and/or policy measures) can stimulate the deployment of renewable energy technologies (RET) and energy efficiency (EE) measures in this field.

This project was initiated and funded by the IEA Implementing Agreement for Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD). It analyses ten business models in three categories, covering different types of energy service companies (ESCO's).

Included:

developing properties certified with a 'green' building label building owners profiting from rent increases after EE measures property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing on-bill financing leasing of RET equipment.

Coverage extends to the organisational and financial structure of the models and the existing market and policy context, plus analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT).

The book concludes with recommendations for policy makers and other market actors on how to encourage and accelerate built environment renewable energy technologies.


Table of Contents

List of illustrationsp. vii
Acknowledgementsp. xi
Summaryp. xiii
1 Introduction: RET in the built environmentp. 1
Backgroundp. 1
Scope of the reportp. 2
Reading guide and methodologyp. 7
Notesp. 10
2 Overcoming barriers for the deployment of renewable energy technologies (RET) in the built environmentp. 11
Current barriersp. 11
Barriers from a business case perspectivep. 15
Notesp. 19
3 Business models for an increased deployment of RET in the built environmentp. 20
Categorising business modelsp. 20
Product service system business modelsp. 22
Business models based on new revenue modelsp. 22
Business models based on new financing schemesp. 24
4 Analysis of business modelsp. 25
Product service systems: energy contracting (ESCO or energy efficiency services)p. 25
Business models based on new revenue modelsp. 47
Business models based on new financing schemesp. 71
Notesp. 100
5 Synthesis: business models, barriers, market segments and actorsp. 103
Which barriers are addressed by business models?p. 103
In which market segments can the business models be applied?p. 108
Who are the actors involved in the business models?p. 111
Conclusion and further considerationsp. 113
Notesp. 122
6 Recommendations for policy makers and market actorsp. 123
Recommendations for policy makersp. 123
Recommendations for building ownersp. 129
Recommendations for other market actorsp. 130
Appendix A Case studiesp. 131
A.1 LIG, Austria - integrated energy contracting pilotsp. 131
A.2 Berkeley FIRST - the first PACE financing programmep. 134
A.3 Financing commercial building retrofits with the help of an environmental upgrade charge in Melbournep. 135
A.4 PROSOL: supporting market growth of solar water heating in Tunisiap. 136
A.5 Greenchoice: solar supply contracting in the Netherlandsp. 139
A.6 Adaptation of the rental price evaluation system in the Netherlandsp. 140
A.7 Market introduction of small and micro-OTP systemsp. 142
A.8 Leasing of a heat pump systemp. 144
A.9 Energy supplier obligations in the UKp. 145
A.10 Power Smart Residential Loan programme of Manitoba Hydro, Canadap. 149
A.11 LEED certificationp. 150
A.12 Berlin Energy Saving Partnershipp. 153
Notesp. 155
Referencesp. 157
Indexp. 167