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Title Public procurement of energy efficiency services : lessons from international experience / Jas Singh [and others]
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank : ESMAP/Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 234 pages) : illustrations
Series Directions in development. Energy and mining
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Energy and mining.
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Overview; Tables; Figures; PART I International Experience in Public Procurement of Energy Efficiency Services; Boxes; PART II Select Country Case Studies; Appendix 1 World Bank Group Projects with Public Sector Energy Efficiency Components (2000-09); Appendix 2 Sample of Non-World Bank Projects with Public Sector Energy Efficiency Components (2000-09); Index
Summary This book looks at a largely untapped energy efficiency market, the public sector. Efficiency potential in this sector is substantial, but implementing energy savings programs have been complicated by a number of factors, including limited incentives to lower energy costs, rigid budgeting and procurement procedures, and limited access to financing. This book looks at energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) as a means of overcoming some of these barriers in public facilities, since they can outsource the full project cycle to a commercial service provider. ESPCs allow public agencies to sol
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Public contracts -- Case studies
Performance contracts -- Case studies
Energy conservation -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
Energy conservation
Performance contracts
Public contracts
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Singh, Jas, 1966-
LC no. 2009027970
ISBN 9780821381021
0821381024
0821380621
9780821380628
1282461249
9781282461246
9786612461248
6612461241