Here
are your wEEkly updates:
1. EE Coordinating Committee Update: Interested in how agricultural energy efficiency
programs will provide funding in coming years? The Agricultural Subcommittee
meeting is going on today – click here to
learn how to join in person or by phone/web.
2. For a weekly round up from the Coordinating Committee,
click here.
3. More on EE Program Planning: as the business plans for future EE programming
develop, the CPUC shares additional guidance on what those business plans
should look like. To learn more, click here.
4. Save the Date: Weatherization Program Development: The Department of Community Services and Development
(CSD) is hosting a public comment opportunity on the design of the Low Income
Weatherization Program (LIWP) June 2nd. More information is
available here.
5. Save the Date: Upcoming Codes and Standards: BayREN will be holding a Forum on June 22nd covering
what’s new in the 2016 codes and standards (which become
effective January 1st). To learn more, click here.
6. Evaluating EE Programs: The U.S. EPA is holding a webinar on May 23rd to
share best practices in planning and budgeting for EE program evaluation. For
more click here.
7. EE and Clean Energy Results and Best Practices: The U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Better Buildings
Challenge partners are showing powerful results, and the Challenge released a
Progress Update this week to show it. The Better Buildings Challenge is also
kicking off three new Accelerator programs, focusing on low-income, CHP,
and wastewater. See more on the Partners, and the results, here.
8. New Low-Income EE/Renewable Resources: PG&E is joining the Better Buildings Challenge’s
new Low Income Communities Accelerator, bringing more resources to
disadvantaged communities – learn more here.
9. ESA Program Boost to Mitigate Blackout Risks: SCE and SoCal Gas will be offering more through a $250
million add to the Energy Savings Assistance program – learn more here.
11. Water and Climate:
A new
report from the UN states that water is the climate
challenge. For information on big opportunities for water savings in
California shared by an engineering firm in the recent public sector
subcommittee meeting, new resources from San Diego County Water Authority, and
more on what local governments are doing to reduce water consumption,
click here.
12. Roadmap for Microgrid Commercialization: Interested in microgrids? The CEC, CPUC, and CAISO are
holding a workshop May 24th to kick off development of a
roadmap for microgrid commercialization in California. Learn more here.
13. Deep Retrofits for Small Businesses: Congratulations to the Association of Bay Area
Governments for being awarded funding under the U.S. DOE’s Commercial Buildings
Integration Program! Learn more here.
14. EE and solar installed in Yuba City: Congrats to Yuba City for completing installations of
solar and energy efficiency measures in 16 city facilities. For more on what
they’re saving through their energy performance contract, click here.
For more on performance contracting in California, click here.
15. California’s Solar Ordinances in the News: Environmental Leader covers how requirements for solar
help grow the solar market and the ability for solar to provide a direct return
on investment. For more click here.
16. EJAC meeting online: If you missed the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee meeting
this week, you can watch it online here.
17. Best Practices in Multi-Family EE Programming: reaching EE savings in multi-family residential can be
challenging, but holds great opportunities. Learn more on best practices in
program approach from ACEEE here.
For more multi-family resources, click here.
18. New numbers on DR:
Greentech Media finds
more than 9.3 million customers in the U.S. are enrolled in demand
response.
19. EVs Spread in Sonoma: Learn more about how Sonoma Clean Power is growing its
electric vehicle footprint in 500 new charging stations here.
For more on electric vehicles, click here.
20. Job announcements:
San Francisco State is hiring for a Senior Director of Facilities Operations
and a Senior Energy Manager! Learn more here.
21. Job announcement:
California State University is hiring for a Sustainability Program Assistant!
Learn more here.
22. A 1-Question Survey: Build It Green is looking for answers, or specifically, one answer,
on local government interest in energy ordinance tracking. To help them out,
click here.
As
always, you can keep track of relevant events by connecting to the EE
Events Calendar, and find more resources being added daily on the EECoordinator website.