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evaluation of EEDSM programs from all the engineering, environmental, social and economic
aspects.
3 The South African Context
South Africa, like other countries in the world, struggles to provide enough energy to sustain the
growing economy, leading to increasing costs, and increased damage to the natural environment. It
is necessary to face not only the direct consequences of any project, but also the broader impacts on
the economic, social and natural environment. The evaluation of EEDSM from all these aspects are
realized by the South African government, and in many energy related projects, such evaluation
criteria as emission reduction, job creation, human capacity building, etc, have become important
factors in the determination of funding support and achievement recognition. [7] and [11] are also
developed to evaluate the engineering and emission reduction indicators of EEDSM projects. The
development of a comprehensive evaluation scheme and the corresponding implementation need
the participation and help of all stakeholders.
4 EEDSM Program Evaluation Guideline
This program evaluation guideline will provide guidance on the evaluation of EEDSM programs from
the viewpoint of a broad classification of energy efficiency, and thus provide the stakeholders of the
programs a broad scope of evaluation from the engineering, environmental, social, and economic
aspects. The key tool applied in this guideline is the classification of energy efficiency in terms of
performance, operation, equipment, and technology (POET). The POET model will be explained in the
next section. With the help of this POET classification, all the expected factors including energy and
power saving, energy cost saving, carbon emission, job creation, and economic growth can be
evaluated.
This guideline will aid program managers, program evaluation panel, and the M&V practitioners to
understand the wealth of factors affecting the EEDSM program and to prioritise important energy
efficiency factors in the design or evaluation of the program. For example, this guideline will help
program managers to design EEDSM programs and prepare program reports in terms of the
evaluation criteria; provide a flexible evaluation framework for program evaluators; and cast a new
light on the evaluation of social, economic, and environmental issues for M&V professionals.
4.1 Contents of Program Evaluation
The content of a program evaluation can cover many aspects, for instance, market needs
assessments, process evaluations, retrospective outcome/impact assessments, and cost‐benefit
evaluations. These types of evaluation studies help managers determine if timely adjustments are
needed in program design or implementation to improve the rate, or quality of achievements
relative to the committed resources. Program evaluations are in‐depth studies of program
performance and customer needs. They can be used to produce information about the linkage
between program performance and resources and about how to improve performance. The benefits
of conducting an evaluation are numerous. For example,
1) They can help to estimate how well the program is achieving its intended objectives
2) They help to improve the program development and implementation
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