The document provides information about AESP's topic committees, which address key issues in the energy efficiency industry. It introduces the leadership and mission of 7 topic committees: Implementation, Tools & Technology, Business Issues & Models, Market Research, Evaluation & GHG, Pricing & Demand Response, and Marketing. Each committee section outlines the chair and vice chairs, membership numbers, hot topics discussed, and contributions like conference reviews, article publications, and brown bag presentations. The document encourages engagement with the topic committees and lists upcoming AESP conference dates.
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Make your next business meeting or conference an event your attendees won’t soon forget by holding it in one of our many flexible meeting spaces. We have the amenities and the talent you need to ensure your event is a success. We specialize in:
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Steering Content Management Projects Away from the RocksJoe Pairman
Talk at the 2015 Tekom Tcworld conference in Stuttgart, based on my experience and research on turning around failing information and content management projects.
Using the T&D Systems View book (free PDF book at www.eppic.biz) framework, this Workshop was developed for a delivery in Russia that didn't happen. It was designed for a 5 day delivery (due to language issues anticipated) but can propbably be done in 2 or 3 days. By Guy W Wallace
For numerous large enterprises, the alignment of hardware and software processes is critical to managing an Agile environment. Agile Hardware implementations can be put in place by using the same framework as our typical Agile Software Development transformations. Start off with assessing the organization’s current state, then move to planning and preparing by and putting together a transition backlog, start execution with training and coaching, spread the cultural shift with change management and maintain and scale the transformation.
Tips and Tricks to be an Effective Data ScientistLisa Cohen
Data Science is an evolving field, that requires a diverse skill set. From Analytical Techniques to Career Advice, this talk is full of practical tips that you can apply immediately to your job.
Slides from a workshop at the 2019 Service Design in Government conference, Edinburgh, March 2019.
The workshop challenged participants to consider:
what happens after you've done some user research for your service? Decisions made, do you move on and forget it? Or do you preserve that research for re-use and future team members? The session was an opportunity for user researchers in government to describe, compare and improve ResearchOps activities.
Steering Content Management Projects Away from the RocksJoe Pairman
Talk at the 2015 Tekom Tcworld conference in Stuttgart, based on my experience and research on turning around failing information and content management projects.
Using the T&D Systems View book (free PDF book at www.eppic.biz) framework, this Workshop was developed for a delivery in Russia that didn't happen. It was designed for a 5 day delivery (due to language issues anticipated) but can propbably be done in 2 or 3 days. By Guy W Wallace
For numerous large enterprises, the alignment of hardware and software processes is critical to managing an Agile environment. Agile Hardware implementations can be put in place by using the same framework as our typical Agile Software Development transformations. Start off with assessing the organization’s current state, then move to planning and preparing by and putting together a transition backlog, start execution with training and coaching, spread the cultural shift with change management and maintain and scale the transformation.
Tips and Tricks to be an Effective Data ScientistLisa Cohen
Data Science is an evolving field, that requires a diverse skill set. From Analytical Techniques to Career Advice, this talk is full of practical tips that you can apply immediately to your job.
Slides from a workshop at the 2019 Service Design in Government conference, Edinburgh, March 2019.
The workshop challenged participants to consider:
what happens after you've done some user research for your service? Decisions made, do you move on and forget it? Or do you preserve that research for re-use and future team members? The session was an opportunity for user researchers in government to describe, compare and improve ResearchOps activities.
Faster is Better. High-performing organizations deploy both substantially faster and substantially more reliably, and thus are 2.5x more likely to achieve business goals. This keynote covers how to move fast at large scale:
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* What to Build and What NOT to Build
* When to Build
* How to Build
* Delivering and Operating
Keynote at Reversim Summit 2017 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Value stream mapping and kaizen in agile retrospectivesAngela Dugan
This was delivered as a half-day workshop at the QAI Quest conference in 2016.
Continuous self-improvement in agile teams is traditionally done through agile retrospectives, a form of post-mortem after the completion of an iteration. More often than not, retrospectives begin to fade and the list of action items keeps growing until teams simply succumb to business-as-usual practices.
Learning Objectives:
Determining if your current agile retrospectives are being effective
Learn Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen Burst lean techniques
Using VSM and Kaizen in agile retrospectives
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Stop Meeting Like This (SMLT) shares its success maximizing the impact of client survey responses (SurveyMonkey, Zoho, Google Forms) using the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, data preparation, and the creation of Tableau visualizations. The solution prepares complex data such as survey data for use in Tableau and allows users to get the power of an industrial strength database on a budget.
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One of the values of the Agile manifesto is working software over comprehensive documentation. However many agile teams think that now we are Agile we don’t need to document. Come to this session to learn about lightweight documentation and how to strike a sensible balance between working software and documentation. Learn which documents are necessary and which documents you can do without as well. Learn about JIT lightweight alternatives to our tradition documentation set. Leave with specific techniques to evaluate the value of each document along with recommended alternatives.
3. Implementationp
• Leadership:
– Art Olson, Chair: SmartWatt Energy, 518.406.0329, aolson@smartwattinc.com
– Dan Tarrence, Vice Chair: Franklin Energy Services, 262.284.3838
dantarrence@franklinenergy.comdantarrence@franklinenergy.com
– Dave Backen, Vice Chair: Evergreen Consulting Group,
503.984.5720 dave.backen@evergreen‐efficiency.com
• 28 “Hot Topics" used to generate ideas for Strategies Articles, Brown Bags, etc.
• Current Topic Committees include:
– Residential; C&I; Tracking & Systems; Community Initiatives; and Behavior Change
• ITC Member Contributions:
– Reviewers for AESP Program Award Nominations
– Reviewers for Conference Presentation Abstracts: National, Spring, and Summer
– Brown Bag Presentations: Small Business Behavior Change & Deep Energy Retrofits;
ENERGY STAR Certified Pool Pumps
– AESP Strategies articles: Engaging Low‐Income Households; DSM Trade Ally Engagement;
Implementation of Continuous Improvement Systems
Implementation Topic Committee
Where program design, marketing, implementation, tracking systems, EE
technologies, energy savings and EM&V all come together…
4. Tools and TechnologyTools and Technology
• Leadership:
– Amanda Townsend, Oncor, Chair: 214.486.4589, atown@oncor.com
– Fred Dreher, Franklin Energy Services , Vice Chair: 262.786.1287,
fdreher@franklineenergy.com
– Approximately 30 members
Di l h l d d i f h d AESP• Discuss latest technology trends and improve awareness of these trends to AESP
members :
– Sponsored recent Brown Bags discussing Data Centers and Whole Building Analytics
– Published a Strategies article on Tips to Bringing New Technologies to Utility Markets
R i f AESP P A d N i ti– Reviewers for AESP Program Award Nominations
– Reviewers for Conference Presentation Abstracts
• Look for two technology‐focused sessions at the February national conference
– rapid fire session presenting new technologies being deployed across various
programsprograms
– how utilities are collecting and leveraging data collected from smart meters.
Look for members wearing Technology Topic Committee t‐shirts or buttons in February
t th ti l f b i t h t d ith th h i i h iat the national conference or be in touch today with the chair or vice‐chair
5. Business Issues and Models
• Leadership:
– Frank Stern, Navigant , Chair:, 303.728. 5213 , frank.stern@navigant.com
– Caty Lamadrid, Innova Energy Group, Vice Chair: , 312.714.6223,
clamadrid@inovaenergygroup comclamadrid@inovaenergygroup.com
– Approximately 68 members
• Mission:
This Committee will serve as a resource for discussion sharing information and providing thought– This Committee will serve as a resource for discussion, sharing information, and providing thought
leadership on the changing business environment for energy services (demand response,
renewables, distributed generation, pricing, smart grid and energy efficiency) and its implications
for energy services providers. Included in this effort will be work on issues, concepts and tools
that are focused on making energy services a viable business activity for utilities and other
providers. The committee will not be an advocacy entity, but will collect information and develop
l b d l d f d bissues papers on topics relevant to energy service business and regulatory issues as identified by
members of the committee.
• Hot Topics: The Utility of the Future, Clean Power Plan, DR and renewable
integration, Pilot programsg p g
• In addition to Brown Bags, Strategies Articles and Conference Reviewers:
• Quarterly meetings
• LinkedIn Group serves as a platform for sharing resources, thoughts and articles
• Commitment by members to spend 30 min per month on topic committee activities.
6. Market Research, Evaluation and GHG
• Leadership:
– Laura Schauer, Tetra Tech, Chair:, 608.316.3700, laura.schauer@tetratech.com
– Vice‐chairs lead five different subcommittees:
• Jeanette LeZaks, Energy Center of Wisconsin
• Pete Cleff, PPL Electric Utilitiesff,
• Wendy Todd, DNV GL
• Katherine Johnson, Johnson Consulting Group
• Laura Hicks, Pulse Energy
– Approximately 145 members
• Mission: To advance market research, evaluation and greenhouse gas in support of energy services activities
in competitive and regulated markets and to rapidly disseminate related information to AESP International’sin competitive and regulated markets and to rapidly disseminate related information to AESP International s
membership
• Hot Topics:
– Big data/technologies
– Market research techniques and issues
TRM t d d d b li– TRMs, standards, and baselines
– Reporting, feedback, planning, communication, and evaluation rigor
– Policy and governance
• In addition to Brown Bags, Strategies Articles, Awards and Conference Reviewers, 2015
plans include:p
• Review and revise mission statement
• Actively engage members through LinkedIn
• Share information on policy decisions, methodological issues, research of interest, etc.
• Create a resource for topic committee group members to connect with each other, ask
questions etcquestions, etc.
• Seek out participation for AESP sponsored activities
• Understand how the topic committee can be sued to meet their needs
• Broaden our reach in engaging members in thought leadership opportunities
7. Pricing & Demand Response
Leadership
• Greg Ekrem, Navigant, Chair
• Steve Lawrence Georgia Power Vice Chair
Additional Activity
• Quarterly Member Meetings
• Strategies Articles
h l f b d id d C i C ( )
Steve Lawrence, Georgia Power, Vice Chair
• Steve Montgomery, Safeplug, Vice Chair
• Sharon Mullen, Independent Consultant, V. Chair
• Approximately 56 members
‐ The Value of DR beyond Avoided Capacity Costs (June)
‐ Plug‐Load Issues for Demand Response and HEMS (Aug)
• Brown Bags
‐ Residential Demand Response (July)
21%, Testing Inter‐ 18%, Communication
Summer 2014 Member Poll to Set Direction & Resulting Forward Activity
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connectivity of HAN Devices
,
Issues in DR
13%, Intro to DR17%, Political Impact
on DR: What’s Next
Strategies Article,
3‐parts, Nov ‐ JanOn hold, pending litigation
& other TCs’ activity
19%, How to Approach
RTP with Customers
13%, Lessons Learned:
Variable Pricing in SGIG Pilots
2015 Focus on Dynamic Pricing
And a Comment Requesting a Survey of DR
Survey will commence in Q1, 2015
8. MarketingMarketing
Leadership
• Kelsey Cummings Chair:
• 2014 Achievements:
• 7 Strategies Articles• Kelsey Cummings, Chair:
kcummings@smartwattinc.com
• Dan Zasloff, Vice Chair:
Zasloff@energysavvy com
• 7 Strategies Articles
• 3 Brown Bags
• Award Review (23 Volunteers)
Zasloff@energysavvy.com
• Kate Ringe‐Welch, Vice Chair:
Katherine.ringe@nationalgrid.com
• Approximately 114 members
• Abstract Review (17 Volunteers)
• New Professionals Prezi
• Approximately 114 members
Our Motto: “We have a
strategic plan. It’s called
doing things” –Herb Kelleher
9. Upcoming 2015 TC LogisticsUpcoming 2015 TC Logistics
‐Topic Committee Meetings at the
National Conference
Wednesday, 2/11, 3:30 pm
AESP exploring setting up conferenceNational Conference AESP exploring setting up conference
lines for those who can’t attend in‐
person
‐Run for a TC chair position or volunteer
to serve as a vice‐chair
Email the Board of Directors TC Vice‐
Chairs, Laura Orfanedes
(laura@fiveworx com) and Lark Lee(laura@fiveworx.com) and Lark Lee
(lark.lee@tetratech.com)
Additional follow‐ups:
Email 2014 chairs to join a TC today
Check out AESP TC pages or connect through LinkedIn
11. Save The Dates
AESP’ N ti l C fF b 9 12 2015 AESP’s National Conference
Orlando, FL
February 9‐12, 2015
AESP’s Spring Conference
Portland, OR
May 19‐21, 2015
AESP’s Summer Conference
Niagara Falls, ON
August 25‐27, 2015
For more information ‐ www.aesp.org