Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
Here are your wEEkly updates:
1. Updates from the EE Coordinating Committee: for meeting updates, reminders on comment deadlines, and a change in schedule for business plan development, see
this week’s updates from the CA EE Coordinating Committee (CAEECC). For more background on the Committee and how they facilitate local government and other stakeholder feedback on how EE funds are administered, check out the
CAEECC website or take a look at
this FAQ.
2. Communicating on EE: Need help communicating the value of EE in your community? This
GreenBiz excerpt from the book
Energy is Human describes some best practices for rethinking how we talk about efficiency.
3. Need EE Code Trainings? Did you know you can request a Title 24 Part 6 Essentials training be brought to a location of your choice? You can – and it’s free of charge – click
here for details.
4. Over $457M in Funding Available: more than
$457 million is available at the federal level for local and tribal government climate and energy activities: including
pre-disaster mitigation,
community resiliency, and
air pollution reduction.
5. Keeping EE Affordable: As we’re seeing more and more about how efficient buildings are
more valuable buildings (due to their lower cost of ownership and more), GreenBiz reviews how to keep upfront costs off low-income residents.
6. Multi-family EE resources: Affordable housing is often
multi-family housing. For a list of resources in California specifically dedicated to multi-family EE, click
here. Or take a look at multi-family EE program best practices in
this 2015 report.
7. New Multi-family EE Strategies in NY: Looking outside California, a new multi-family energy program was
announced this week from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
8. Making EE Buildings Visible: while on the subject of EE in buildings with multiple stakeholders: the US Dept. of Energy
announced a new partnership under the Better Buildings Initiative with a firm that provides data intelligence to commercial real estate to improve the visibility of EE benefits.
9. Energy storage and microgrids: get
new coverage from Navigant on the role of energy storage as the microgrid market matures.
10. The CPUC on microgrids and more: the CPUC issued a
new proposed decision last week proposing a number of updates to California’s Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP).
11. Best practices in reducing plug load:
Environmental Leader came out with
five recommendations on checking appliances and reducing plug load in response to recent EPA audit results. A
recent article from the NY Times also provides transparency on what appliances are consuming even in off or standby modes. For more on plug load, click
here.
12. EE Computer Standards: while on plug load: the CEC has
shared the transcript of its recent workshop on computer efficiency standards.
13. Seeking input on statewide EE programs: this week, the CPUC also
released a new ruling seeking to work through approaches to statewide and third party programs and approaches in how EE funding and offerings are administered. A number of program categories are proposed for statewide implementation. Comments on this new approach are due June 10
th. More on the restructuring of EE program timelines and review available
here.)
14. Opportunities in electric water heaters: A
new study by the Brattle Group finds significant residential savings opportunities through electric water heaters.
15. More reasons to take air pollution seriously: Need help communicating the importance of clean air? A
new study confirms that air pollution contributes to the #1 cause of death.
16. New podcast from DOE:
Get connected to a new “Direct Current: podcast released this month from the Department of Energy!
17. Waste Heat is Power: For an old but innovative approach to efficiency, learn from
Berkeley Engineer how a firm is using thermoelectrics to convert waste heat to energy.
18. Job Announcement: Cleantech San Diego is hiring for a
Project Manager!
19. Job Announcement: San Diego State University is hiring for an
Energy Analyst!
20. Energy Data Survey: as a reminder, the Energy Data Access Committee wants to hear from local governments re: their experience accessing data for climate action planning, through this survey available for a limited time
here.
21. Weatherization Reminder: Interested in informing weatherization program development based on needs you see in your community? The Department of Community Services and Development (CSD)’s June 2
nd workshop is coming up: RSVP to attend in person or by webinar
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 – including past
WEEkly Updates.