Demystifying Renewable Power Generation CostsMichael Taylor
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A regulatory framework that that better aligns how utilities earn revenue with customer demands and public policy goals.
Given at National Symposium on Market Transformation on April 21st, 2015.
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Presentation at Behavior Energy and Climate Change conference 2018 on the roles of chambers of commerce in promoting energy efficiency among small businesses. Chambers can be effective partners with gas and electric utility energy efficiency programs in successfully communicating the benefits of energy efficiency to their small business members.
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Based on actual energy analysis of tens of thousands of real buildings, Retroficiency presented insights about efficiency opportunities that exist across utility portfolios in the commercial sector, and provided specific best-practice strategies utilities and program administrators are employing to address these opportunities.
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This presentation was delivered at the conference organized by Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL), in association with the Society of Energy Engineers and Managers (SEEM).
Intelligent Buildings can use the skills of the control experts in the process field like the ISA Chapter members. Recent IEC Standard on cybersecurity is applicable to the building automation field.
A regulatory framework that that better aligns how utilities earn revenue with customer demands and public policy goals.
Given at National Symposium on Market Transformation on April 21st, 2015.
Power Generation Costs and Support for RenewablesMichael Taylor
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Presentation at Behavior Energy and Climate Change conference 2018 on the roles of chambers of commerce in promoting energy efficiency among small businesses. Chambers can be effective partners with gas and electric utility energy efficiency programs in successfully communicating the benefits of energy efficiency to their small business members.
As commercial energy efficiency programs mature and savings goals increase, utilities must go beyond easy-to-identify measures like lighting and attract hard-to-reach customer segments. How can utilities and program administrators realize deeper energy savings at scale within the Midwest, given these challenges?
Based on actual energy analysis of tens of thousands of real buildings, Retroficiency presented insights about efficiency opportunities that exist across utility portfolios in the commercial sector, and provided specific best-practice strategies utilities and program administrators are employing to address these opportunities.
SPLC 2019 Summit: Buying Renewables: How Leaders are Shifting Energy from a C...SPLCouncil
Slides from David Phillips, Associate Vice President, Energy and Sustainability, University of California, Office of the President; Hans Royal, Director, Schneider Electric; Chip Wood, Director of Strategic Partnerships, CRS; presented at the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council’s 2019 Summit in Portland, OR.
Energy efficiency project financing in indiaJayant Sinha
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This presentation was delivered at the conference organized by Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd (KREDL), in association with the Society of Energy Engineers and Managers (SEEM).
Intelligent Buildings can use the skills of the control experts in the process field like the ISA Chapter members. Recent IEC Standard on cybersecurity is applicable to the building automation field.
This is the presentation slide deck for my 45 minute talk at TriAgile; it discusses how anyone can lead change and gives some techniques that can be used.
Given the significant role of NIH in supporting health research in US universities, the Trump Administration’s proposed 20% cuts in NIH funding may result in :
1) Less support for developing life-saving disease treatments.
2) Reduced funding options for emerging companies.
3) Fewer bioscience jobs
IoF2020 project overview for BDE/eRosa/GODANSjaak Wolfert
Presentation of the IoF2020 project at the 2nd Joint workshop of Big Data Europe, eRosa & GODAN on European Policy Perspectives on Data-intensive Agriculture & Food.
Better Building Challenge - Webinar with the U.S. Department of Energybusinessforward
Through the Better Buildings Challenge, the U.S. Department of Energy works with leading commercial, industrial and multifamily building owners to make their portfolio of buildings 20% more energy efficient over the next 10 years. Partners commit to share energy data and innovative solutions. DOE provides technical assistance and recognition for this leadership.
Maria Vargas, Director of the Department's Better Buildings Challenge, U.S. Department of Energy, and Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, U.S. Department of Energy, discuss the DOE's Better Buildings program.
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TRC's Juliann Summerford and Mark Lorentzen discussed multifamily energy efficiency programs at the 2014 AESP Conference.They addressed expanding upon existing multifamily program channels to encourage deeper and ongoing energy savings by incrementally expanding post-construction program offerings.
In the latest in MEEA's Marketing Energy Efficiency webinar series, Drew McCartt, Senior Vice-President at Event Marketing Strategies talks about how face-to-face marketing through events is impacting the growth of energy efficiency in the Midwest. Experiential marketing, utilizing interactive and mobile staffed displays, combined with traditional marketing, is helping utility companies educate consumers and market their lighting, appliance recycling, and enrollment programs.
Kevin Duffy with ICF International discusses the impact and marketing strategies used for We Energies’ community-based education and outreach program, “Way to Save, Burlington!” The pilot is designed to engage all segments of the community by encouraging behavioral changes and connecting customers to existing programs and incentives.
Webinar: Reduce Your Building Operating Costs with Energy DataUrjanet
It takes timely, high quality data to achieve the insights needed to identify cost reduction opportunities for your buildings. But where do you start? How do you collect utility data then use it to benchmark for sustainability reporting and reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions?
In Urjanet's webinar “Reduce Building Operating Costs With Energy Data” we discuss how to cut operating costs at the building level and across all the facilities within your organization. This session features Chris Happ, CEO of Goby LLC. Goby’s SaaS-based SeaSuite™ platform allows its users to track sustainability in a single cloud-based interface. SeaSuite™ customers average 5-10% cost reductions just by tracking energy consumption.
“Goby’s SeaSuite™ customers can fight climate change through greater energy efficiency,” Happ said. “In order to achieve insights to cut carbon emissions, it takes accurate data from a facility’s monthly energy bills.”
Now, by partnering with Urjanet, Goby is enabling its SeaSuite™ users with access to near real-time, big data services that automate the collection, normalization and delivery of data from a rapidly growing list of more than 900 utility providers. Instead of relying on data entry clerks to manually input data, Urjanet’s proprietary platform aggregates data from thousands of sources to deliver it directly into applications such as SeaSuite™.
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For more information, visit www.urjanet.com and keep up with Urjanet on Twitter @urjanet
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This webinar includes slides featuring NetApp, Powerhouse Dynamics, Cox Enterprises, Verdantix, and Urjanet will discuss how the industry has seen the need for energy data span across multiple departments within the enterprise, and how these end users are applying the data to achieve their departmental and organizational goals.
Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries - Session...Leonardo ENERGY
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It deals with the way to fund energy efficiency programmes via tax and social levies or carbon finance. This session gives an overview of white certificates schemes notably with the examples of India and Uruguay, and introduces different support energy efficiency schemes (grants, tax incentives, soft loan,other).
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The webinar was recorded and can be viewed on the Environmental Sustainability Center website at:
http://esrconline.org/webinars/funding-project-development-strategies-energy-improvement/
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
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By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
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Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
Successful Small Business Energy Efficiency Program Practices
1. Big Opportunities for Small Business:
Successful Practices of Utility Small
Commercial Energy Efficiency Programs
MadCity BECCsters
SeventhWave
Madison, Wisconsin
January 5, 2017
2. 2
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501(c)(3) founded in 1980. We act as a catalyst to advance energy
efficiency policies, programs, technologies, investments, & behaviors.
Our research explores economic impacts, financing options, behavior
changes, program design, utility work, international needs as well as US
national, state, & local policy.
Our work is made possible by foundation funding, contracts, government
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3. Key points --
• Small business diversity hard to reach
• Programs now: prescriptive lighting
• Many great opportunities remain to expand
participation, service, demand and energy
savings
• Successful practices are customer-centered
and customized
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4. Small business program
design is like the video
game Tetris:
getting multiple, moving,
differently-shaped puzzle
pieces to fit into varying
arrangements. . . which
keep changing as the game
proceeds.
4
5. Why hard to reach?
1. Barriers to customer participation
• Small organization size (no energy staff)
• Time and money constraints
• Lack of awareness
• Split incentives. “landlord-tenant problem”
• Relatively small energy bills, and relatively
small dollar saving potential
• Perceived business disruption potential
5
6. Why hard to reach?
2. Utility-side challenges to design
programs to address diversity
• Diverse customer segment. Not only
small commercial, but better labelled
“small non-residential” – includes small
industrial, non-profits, schools, churches
• Diverse energy demand, use patterns
• Geographically dispersed premises
6
7. Less than 10% of small businesses participate
Small business
1 DNV-GL. 2012 C&I Customer Profile Final Report. Sept 23 2014.
http://ma-eeac.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/CI-Year-2012-Customer-Profile-Final-Report.pdf
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8. How have utilities responded?
Efficient lighting
measures.
• Some small biz
programs ONLY
lighting.
• Even among programs
with other measures,
90% savings from
lighting
Streamlined
programs.
• Fast, simple,
convenient, with set
incentives or free
installation
• Often “direct install”
(energy assessment
and measure
installation in one visit.)
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9. Successful practices for broader
participation and deeper savings
1.Segment the market.
2.Offer a wide set of eligible measures.
3.Tailor and target marketing and
communications to customer needs.
4.Provide dedicated project process managers.
5.Establish partnerships
6.Offer zero-interest or low-interest financing
.
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10. Segment the market.
Consumers Energy Michigan 2014 Thermostat initiative
• Segmented by fuel and geography (gas-only and combination gas-
electric service areas).
• Programmable thermostats and other measures installed by
implementation contractor teams along specified routes.
Installed 16,181 lighting measures and 10,728 non-
lighting measures. Cost effective both gas and electric.
Image from Franklin Energy http://expert.franklinenergy.com/smallbusiensssegmentation10
11. Offer a wide set of eligible
measures.
Refrigeration
• LED display case lights
• evaporator fan controls
• anti-sweat controls
• night covers
• strip curtains
• door gaskets
• door closers
11
12. Tailor and target marketing and
communications to customer needs.
“Neighborhood blitz” approaches have succeeded using
door-to-door and word-of-mouth efforts.
Example: Puget Sound Energy
677 businesses surveyed
622 projects completed
84% conversion rate
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13. Provide dedicated project process
managers.
Small business usually do not have facility managers with energy
expertise on staff – don’t know what efficiency they’re missing
Example: Your Energy Manager (YEM) program, an initiative of East
Bay Energy Watch, a partnership between Pacific Gas and Electric
and Alameda and Contra Costa Counties in the San Francisco Bay
Area
• Provided energy end use analysis with benchmarking using
Energy Star Portfolio Manager
• Trained energy champions at the business to ensure continued
improvement in energy savings
13
14. Establish partnerships.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, Downtown Energy Saving
Grant Program, Ann Arbor Downtown
Development Authority (DDA).
• Free energy audits and rebates for energy
efficiency upgrades.
• 100% of participants participated in DTE
Energy rebate programs
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15. Offer financing to encourage comprehensive
retrofits and deeper savings.
Address the up-front
cost barrier and provide
needed project funds
by offering loans to
program participants.
15
16. Structural Challenges
Natural gas savings
• Higher first cost barrier
• Multiple utilities
• Multiple trade allies, contractors
Tenant-landlord problem/split incentives
• How can utility EE programs encourage green
leases, energy efficiency leases?
• Should they?
17. Resources
For more information, examples, and references, see the report that
this presentation was from on the ACEEE website:
Big Opportunities for Small Business: Successful
Practices of Utility Small Commercial Energy
Efficiency Programs
http://aceee.org/research-report/u1607
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18. The top convener in energy efficiency. aceee.org/conferences
Upcoming ACEEE Conferences
Hot Water Forum February 26 Portland, OR
National Symposium on Market Transformation April 2 Arlington, VA
Energy Efficiency Finance Forum May 21 Chicago
Seth Nowak: snowak@aceee.org
608-354-1329
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