Energy Efficiency Programs in Agriculture: Design, Success, and Lessons Learned

Elizabeth Brown, R. Neal Elliott, and Steven Nadel

January 2005

Summary

The purpose of this report is to review extant programs promoting energy efficiency in the agriculture sector. We identified and reviewed a total of 52 programs nationwide (see Table ES-1). Our review consisted of determining the motivation for the program, obtaining a program description, and evaluating program impact and success (based on informal and formal evaluations). From this information, we were not only able to summarize, to a certain extent, the impact of programs promoting energy efficiency in the agriculture sector, but also cull lessons learned from these programs and provide recommendations for future programs in this sector.

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