Energy Savings from Services Sold (PD4927)

This metric is intended to capture the total consumer energy savings of organizations that provide services to help conserve or reduce their client's energy use. For example, an organization that helps identify products/methods that conserve energy (e.g. lighting retrofits, boiler systems optimization, weatherization) might use this metric to report on the total energy savings to its clients based on services provided.

Organizations should use the same reporting period when using the number of clients and the average energy savings per client in this calculation.

In some contexts, this metric can serve as an indicator of whether the outcome being sought by an investor or organization is occurring (the WHAT dimension of impact). For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see specific guidance document. No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.