For those of you who know who Joseph Oldham is you likely are on his email distribution list and receive this update each week. We are grateful that Joseph has agreed to allow our little blog to re-post his weekly update. If you have an interest in the happenings of energy efficiency and local government throughout California this is the update for you! If you love the information here, but want more in depth features be sure to check out Joseph's quarterly newsletter, CURRENTS.
1. 5 Critical Factors
to Reduce the Energy Intensity of Operations
Good article that focuses on factors to improve the efficiency
of producing products. This is a very important consideration as
California develops plans to improve the efficiency of existing
buildings. To read the full article, go here: http://www.energymanagertoday.com/5-critical-factors-to-reduce-the-energy-intensity-of-operations-0110858/
2. SoCalREN's Workforce Development Program - Local Worker Training and Hiring for
Clean Energy Projects
LA County wants to get the work out about an upcoming workforce
development workshop. Information about the program is listed below:
SoCalREN's Workforce Development Program - Local Worker Training
and Hiring for Clean Energy Projects
When: Thursday, April
16th from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Pacific Club at the Pacific Center -- 523 W. 6th St, Los
Angeles, CA 90014
3.
ARB
Research Seminar: Future for Energy Storage
“Future for Energy
Storage”.
Venkat Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory
Wednesday, April 22,
2015 1:30 pm, PDT (WEBCAST)
Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd
Floor, Cal/EPA Building
1001
I Street, Sacramento, California
For more information go
to the announcement at:
4. Marin Clean Energy
Job Opening
Marin Clean
Energy has an immediate opening for a Power Supply Contracts Manager Tier
II. The recruitment is open until filled, so candidates are encouraged to
apply with a cover letter and a resume as soon as possible at jobs@mcecleanenrgy.org.
The
announcement is also posted at: www.mcecleanenergy.org/about-us/staff/
5. Sub-meters Installed Directly on
Circuit Breaker
I normally
do not send out links to articles that promote a specific product or
company. However, this article contains information about a new
technology that could really help promote energy efficiency upgrades in large
commercial buildings and I think EE program implementers need to know it is
available. To read the full article, go here: http://www.energymanagertoday.com/submeter-installed-circuit-breaker-0110928/
6. LA
Sets Building Energy Efficiency Goal
For those who have not read about the City of Los Angeles
sustainability plan, this article outlines the energy efficiency goals and
provides a link to the full plan. The read more, go here: http://www.energymanagertoday.com/la-sets-building-energy-efficiency-goal-0111029/
And that is all for this week!