OpenEAC Alliance

Welcome to the OpenEAC Alliance Methodology Repository

This is the homepage for the current versions of the methodologies that allow WattCarbon to create EACs for clean energy resources. Each methodology category is contained in a separate folder.

The OpenEAC Alliance is a volunteer organization comprised of individuals and organizations with experience developing measurement and verification techniques. Each methodology is reviewed by members of the OpenEAC Alliance and each change to an approved methodology will require notification of all reviewers.

For meeting updates and up-to-date communication, see our substack.

For a list of our methodologies and their statuses, go to this page.

For a link to the github page storing this work, go to this page.

Submission

Individual methodologies are added by Request. New methodologies should be in a google doc that allows for public comment. The link should then be shared with one of the OpenEAC Alliance maintainers (such as mcgee@wattcarbon.com) so that it can be added to the list of methodologies.

Approval Process

The approval process proceeds in several steps:

  1. A Request is submitted to the OpenEAC Alliance with a new methodology.
  2. The Request is reviewed by the maintainers and added to the queue for presentation at an OpenEAC Alliance meeting.
  3. The authors present the methodology to the OpenEAC Alliance.
  4. A 30-day public comment period is opened.
  5. After the comment period is closed, the authors update the methodology based on feedback.
  6. If the OpenEAC Alliance approves the methodology, a copy is added to the approved_documents section of the repository along with that document’s public comment history. Otherwise, the methodology is returned to the authors with feedback for revision.

Methodologies

Published Methodologies

Category Methodology Approval Status URL
Basic Decarbonization Accounting Decarbonization Accounting Approved link
Whole-Building Weather Normalized Metered Savings Approved link
Electrification Heat Pump and HPWH Modeled+Metered Savings Approved link
Solar Self-Consumed solar PV generation Approved link
Energy Efficiency Whole-building Metered Lighting Approved link
Demand Response Demand Response Pending link

Maintainers

Open EAC Alliance Steering Committee

Contributors (alphabetical)

We express great thanks to all contributors to the Open EAC Alliance. This is an incomplete list of those who have contributed code, documentation, or technical artifacts to the project.

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