MEEA, in partnership with US EPA, hosted the first Midwest Home Performance call- a series aimed at creating a dialogue to discuss issues relevant to Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (HPwES) or whole-home programs in the Midwest. The target audience for these periodic calls will be staff from organizations that are currently running HPwES/whole-home programs in the Midwest or sponsors considering programs. This is intended to be an active home performance discussion. The idea is to highlight specific issues, and discuss Midwestern Solutions. Andrew Isaacs, from Kentucky Home Performance, Ken Slattery from Conservation Services Group, and Adrian Rand, from PSD, presented on data handling and systems interaction for whole home programs.

1. First Quarterly
Midwest Home
Performance Call
April 27, 2011

2. Welcome!
Call goals:
– better facilitate communications across state
lines and amongst programs in our region
– Share lessons learned & best practices
– Help HP programs take off in the Midwest!

3. Midwest Energy Efficiency
Alliance
MEEA is a collaborative
network whose purpose is
to advance energy
efficiency to support
sustainable economic
development and
environmental preservation.

4. Today’s Call
• Welcome from US EPA and overview of national
program changes
• Introductions from each call participant w/
update on their local program (2-3 min each)
• Kentucky Home Performance presentation
• Discussion around software, data collection and
reporting best practices & challenges

5. Call Logistics
• Please mute your lines during the KHP
presentation
• Press *6
• Don’t put the line on hold!

6. Midwest Home Performance Calls Contact
Info
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Jamie Peters, Program Manager
312-784-7261 / jpeters@mwalliance.org
Will Baker, Program Associate
312-673-2489/ wbaker@mwalliance.org

7. SAVING ENERGY AND IMPROVING
COMFORT THROUGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
APRIL 27TH 2011 WWW.KYHOMEPERFORMANCE.ORG

8. Kentucky Homes and Energy
 Kentucky’s 1,747,512 occupied-housing units make up the residential sector
of the state’s energy consumption.
 The residential sector represents 17% of Kentucky’s 2006 energy end-use
consumption and the Btu amount ranks 25th in the nation (344.6 trillion Btu).
 Total energy consumption per capita is among the highest in the nation
(ranked 6th in 2006). East South Central - Household Energy
Expenditures By End Use
 1,122,143 (59%) of homes were
Space Heating
built before 1980. Other
Appliances
26%
and Lighting
 The Kentucky average residential 34%
electricity price of electricity has
steadily climbed since 2000,
increasing 25% from 2000 to 2007.
Air-
 Carbon legislation on the horizon. Refrigerators
Conditioning
16%
7%
Water Heating
17%

9. KY Home Performance
+36.78%
(136 Trillion BTU)

10. What is KY Home Performance
 $6.1 million in funding
 Estimated leverage $17.5 million
 1-4 leverage ratio for subsidy
 Will provide rebates or below-market rate loans
 Can be used with utility or manufacturer rebates
 State and federal tax credits may apply
 Other rebates and subsidy may apply

11. What is KY Home Performance
 Designed to generate energy efficiencies
 Designed to create jobs
 Provides training
 Provides quality assurance
 Provides detailed program tracking
 Provides statewide measurable outcomes

13. Minimum Requirements
• Air tightness of envelope -- .40 nACH or
prescriptive list must be followed
• Duct tightness – 10% rated fan flow or
prescriptive list must be followed
• Insulation levels – attics, floors, rim joists
• BPI combustion safety protocol, including
CO monitors
• See Best Practices webinar for further
details

14. Eligible Measures for KHP
incentives
• Any work toward Minimum Requirements
• Additional air-sealing and insulation work
• Energy Star rated HVAC equipment,
windows, doors
• Energy Star can lights (insulated)
• 15% possible for related or “precursor”
items

15. Quality Assurance
QA Criteria
 Quality of measures installed
 Data collection adherence to KHP and BPI requirements
 Installations comply with KHP and BPI requirements
 Appropriate testing and diagnostic procedures
 No health and safety concerns

16. Vendor Partners & Roles
 Performance Systems Development (PSD)
 AFC First
 Conservation Services Group (CSG)

17. Utility Partners
 Atmos Energy
 Blue Grass Energy
 Bowling Green Municipals Utilities
 Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc.
 Duke Energy
 Clark Energy
 Columbia Gas
 East Kentucky Power Cooperative
 Hopkinsville Electric System

18. Utility Partners
 Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation
 Kenergy Corporation
 Kentucky Utilities
 Louisville Gas and Electric - LG&E
 Meade County Rural Electric
 Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative
 Tennessee Valley Authority
 Warren Rural Electric
 Utility partners to be added – Cooperatives and Municipals

19. Program Results To Date
Pipeline Numbers
 Leads - 124
 Evaluations Submitted - 184
 Evaluations Approved - 165
 Jobs Submitted - 70
 Jobs Approved - 54
 Evaluations Completed 372
Website Visits
 Sept - 3,278
 Oct - 1,976
 Nov -12, 608
 Dec - 300,531
 Jan - 539,123
 Feb - 290,333
 March -148,239

20. Financial Incentives
Contractors Homeowners
 90% of training and  $150 Rebate for Home Energy
certification costs for BPI Evaluation
Training through KCTCS – KY
Wins  Free Quality Assurance
Inspection of home energy
 KHP Sponsored Trainings improvements by Independent
 KHP 101 & Best Practices Third Party.
 Financing / Rebate
Training  Rebates up to $2,000 1-4
 Software Training match required.
- OR -
 Marketing Support  6.99% loan up to $20,000 max
for up to10 years.

21. Program Results To Date
• 85 Contractors/Firms Signed up to Date
• Serving 120 KY Counties
• Training to Contractors
• Best Practices = 117 Contractors
• KHP 101 = 121 Contractors
• Software Training = 55 Contractors
• Rebate and Loan Training = 40 Contractors
• Equipment Rebates - 50 Paid
• BPI Training Rebates Processed - 73 paid
• Completed Jobs - 51 Rebates Funded, 50 additional in process
• Loans 3 Funded, 3 in Process

22. What Happens Next
 Market and Work with Utilities
 Continue Training and Contractor Recruitment
 Quality Assurance
 Identify and Bring Delivery Channels on Line
 Market to Consumers
 Track Program Results
 Long Term Program Sustainability Planning

23. for Programs
Kentucky Home Performance Software
AA

24. Roles
PROGRAM MANAGER SERVICE PROVIDERS
HOME OWNER QA

26. Web Portal

27. Portal
• Interactive & informative Web
portal
• Designed to educate & engage
homeowner
• Steps homeowner through
process
• Supports questionnaire & web
form
• Access to reports &
recommendations

29. • Cloud based datahub
• Houses and Manages Data
• Job Tracking & Lead Management
• Accurate savings predictions &
verification
• Supports workflow

31. • Field audit tool
• Internet-Aware
• Native automatic sync with
Compass
• Designed for residential in-home
audits
• Powerful model simulation &
calculation engine
• In-home customer report

32. Summary
 Strong Customer interactive & integrated Web portal
 Smooth workflow management for process automation
 Tools for contractor to interact with homeowner
 Tools to increase homeowner participation
 Integrated Residential audit tool
 Industry leading saving predictions & verification
 Program tracking and reporting
 PSD credentials, experience & industry position