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1. Job Posting: Manager of Business and Community Development
Marin Clean Energy is announcing a recruitment for the position of Manager of Business and Community Development. The announcement can also be found at www.mcecleanenergy.org under About us/Staff. Resumes should be sent to jobs@mcecleanenergy.org by April 10.
1. Job Posting: Manager of Business and Community Development
Marin Clean Energy is announcing a recruitment for the position of Manager of Business and Community Development. The announcement can also be found at www.mcecleanenergy.org under About us/Staff. Resumes should be sent to jobs@mcecleanenergy.org by April 10.
2. Notice of Request for Public Input on the Implementation of 2013
Building Energy Efficiency Standards
California Energy Commission staff will
conduct a public meeting to solicit additional information as a result of
stakeholder inquiries on the implementation of the 2013 Building Energy
Efficiency Standards. Staff will provide an overview of the process to collect
and consider stakeholder comments as part of the ongoing implementation of the
2013 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (California Code of Regulations,
Title 24, Part 6 and associated administrative regulations in Part 1, Chapter
10).
Friday, April 10, 2015
10 a.m.
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
1516 Ninth Street
Charles Imbrecht Hearing Room
Sacramento, California
Wheelchair Accessible
The meeting notice is available at:
Remote Attendance
You may participate in this meeting through
WebEx, the Energy Commission's online meeting service. Presentations will
appear on your computer screen, and you may listen to audio via your computer
or telephone. Please be aware that the meeting may be recorded.
To join a meeting:
VIA COMPUTER: Go to https://energy.webex.com
and enter the unique meeting number: 926 456 978
When prompted, enter your name and the
following meeting password: meeting @1
The "Join Conference" menu will
offer you a choice of audio connections:
1. To call into the
meeting: Select "I will call in" and follow the on-screen directions.
2. International
Attendees: Click on the "Global call-in number" link.
3. To have WebEx call
you: Enter your phone number and click "Call Me."
4. To listen over the
computer: If you have a broadband connection, and a headset or a computer
microphone and speakers, you may use VolP (Internet audio) by going to the
Audio menu, clicking on "Use Computer Headset," then "Call Using
Computer."
VIA TELEPHONE ONLY (no visual presentation):
Call 1-866-469-3239
(toll-free in the U.S. and Canada). When prompted, enter the unique
meeting number: 926 456 978. International callers may select their number from
https://energy.webex.com/energy/globalcallin.php.
If you have difficulty joining the meeting,
please call the WebEx Technical
Support number at 1-866-229-3239.
For more information:
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3. Request for Qualifications - Business Plan Consultant
Marin Clean Energy will
be engaging a consultant to write a business plan for the MCE’s 2016 Energy
Efficiency Programs. The RFI may be found at www.mcecleanenergy.org/about-us/staff/
4. CO2 Emissions Flat-line in 2014
Here is an encouraging article from
Forbes Magazine this week about global CO2 emissions. To read the full
story, go here:
5. EnergyPro Nonresidential V6.2 Announcement
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL
EXPIRES ON MARCH 31, 2015
The conditional approval of EnergyPro V6.2 for nonresidential
buildings will expire at 5 p.m. on March 31, 2015. After that date, building
departments will not be able to accept new permit applications for projects
modeled with the performance module of EnergyPro V6.2. The conditional approval
expiration does not affect building department permit applicants using
compliance documentation generated by V6.2's prescriptive modules.
CBECC-Com and IES Virtual Environment compliance software are
currently approved for nonresidential building permit purposes. Download links,
status and technical assistance information about all approved modeling
software may be found on the Energy Commission's "2013 Building Energy
Efficiency Standards Approved Computer Compliance Programs" webpage at: http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2013standards/2013_computer_prog_list.html
HELP WITH THE 2013
BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
For assistance with understanding or locating information in the
2013 Energy Standards, contact the Energy Standards Hotline at: (800) 772-3300 (toll-free in California); (916) 654-5106 (outside California); or via email at title24@energy.ca.gov.
For more information:
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And that is all for this week!