Evaluation of Phase 2 of the Modern Energy Partners programme
Final evaluation findings from Phase 2 of the Modern Energy Partners (MEP) programme.
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The Modern Energy Partners (MEP) programme, which ran from 2018 to 2021, aimed to accelerate deployment of integrated energy efficiency solutions on large campus-style public estate sites. Phase 2 of MEP, which this report evaluates, was focused on identifying credible decarbonisation pathways for sites to deliver their carbon reduction targets, whilst supporting implementation of the initial phases of their preferred pathway.
The evaluation commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) aimed to address the following high-level questions:
- to what extent, and how, has the programme created sustainable processes, tools and templates to support sites to design, implement and prove integrated energy system business models at adequate scale in the real world?
- to what extent, and how, is the programme on track to deliver intended future impacts, considering the assumptions, current situation, market barriers and failures as set out in the theory of change?
- to what extent, and how, have the programme’s governance and processes enabled it to deliver its objectives?
- how effectively has telemetry and data (T&D) been deployed and how are sites and users engaging with the data?
- what were the barriers to delivery of the programme, what has been learned about how these might be overcome going forward, and/or what could have been done better throughout the programme to deliver benefits?
- what are the wider learnings for effective investments, policies and regulations to enhance integrated energy solutions and carbon reduction across the public sector?
The final independent evaluation collected evidence using a theory-based approach, centred around developing, testing and refining the programme theory of change, using a mix of process evaluation, action research, case studies and economic value for money assessment.
The study has drawn on evidence from the following sources:
- review of existing programme documentation
- depth interviews with BEIS and other stakeholders
- interviews and interactive workshops as part of action research.