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THE ENERGY SERVICES MARKET We collect data on both the target and achieved savings for each project. Target energy savings per annum for 2019 increased by 31% from the previous year, with 212GWh coming from new projects, totaling 620GWh. In addition, target water savings grew from 292MIG in 2018, to 486MIG in 2019, an increase of 66%. Retrofit projects achieved 321GWh in energy savings, up from 256GWh in 2018 (a rise of 25%), and 257MIG in water savings compared to the previous year’s 161MIG (up 60%). That target savings are higher than achieved savings should come as no surprise, given the rapid growth in the number of projects and that projects take some time to be fully implemented and realise their full saving potential. 4 10 12 64 86 121 194 329 256 473 321 620 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 GWh 2014 2015 2016 Achieved Energy Savings 2017 2018 2019 Target Energy Savings Figure 5 a previous report and was mainly due to the challenge of maintaining savings from certain efficiency measures that are highly influenced by human behavior. Figure 5 illustrates rapid increase in energy savings, both targeted and achieved, from 2014 to 2019. Figure 6 shows a modest increase in targeted water savings from 2015 to 2018, followed by a spike in 2019. The drop in achieved water savings from 2016 to 2017 was explained in 2 1 201 246 218 292 486 2 132 263 161 258 500 400 300 200 100 0 MIG 2014 2015 2016 Achieved Water Savings 2017 2018 2019 Target Water Savings Figure 6 24 RSB 700