Date of Award
4-2014
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Evaluation
First Advisor
Dr. Chris L. S. Coryn
Second Advisor
Dr. Daniela Schroeter
Third Advisor
Dr. David Hartmann
Keywords
Energy efficiency, metaevaluation, evaluation
Abstract
This study systematically reviews the methodological characteristics of energy efficiency evaluations and uses metaevaluation to assess its quality. Metaevaluation is used to systematically assess the quality of evaluation products, confirm that evaluations deliver sound findings and conclusions, are useful to the client, are credible, are ethically conducted, and are done as cost-effective as possible. The results of this study show that the ability to accurately assess evaluation for methodological quality using evaluations reports as a primary data source depends on the presence of detailed descriptions of evaluation methods. Furthermore, the study suggests that methodological variations of energy efficiency evaluations coalesce along energy efficiency evaluation types. The study concludes that energy efficiency evaluation practitioners can augment efforts to improve the industries evaluation methods, policies and processes by integrating metaevaluation into its practice.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Brown, Brandy, "A Metaevaluation of Energy Efficiency Evaluations" (2014). Dissertations. 238.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/238