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Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
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are your wEEkly Updates:
News and Opportunities
New Report from SEEC: The State of Local Climate Action in
California
A new report developed by ICLEI through the Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative (SEEC) presents a comprehensive picture of measurable local emissions trends, targets, planning efforts, and energy and climate actions in the state, along with in-depth profiles of local and regional agencies pursuing goals like public health and economic development through climate action. The findings confirm that local governments are making a significant contribution to the State's climate goals, which are among the most aggressive in the world.
A new report developed by ICLEI through the Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative (SEEC) presents a comprehensive picture of measurable local emissions trends, targets, planning efforts, and energy and climate actions in the state, along with in-depth profiles of local and regional agencies pursuing goals like public health and economic development through climate action. The findings confirm that local governments are making a significant contribution to the State's climate goals, which are among the most aggressive in the world.
The Paris Climate Agreement Is Entering into Force
The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ratify the Paris climate accord, a move that will make the sweeping international agreement a legal reality long before even those who negotiated it expected. After a 30-day period, the agreement will legally enter into force on November 4th.
The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ratify the Paris climate accord, a move that will make the sweeping international agreement a legal reality long before even those who negotiated it expected. After a 30-day period, the agreement will legally enter into force on November 4th.
The
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a partnership that brings together
public and private sector leaders to deliver energy efficiency, sustainable
transportation, and renewable energy solutions that create cleaner and more
prosperous communities for all Americans. The Better Communities Alliance
provides local governments with integrated expertise, resources, and
peer-networking opportunities from across the government, nonprofit,
philanthropic, and private sectors.
Nominate
Your Clean Air Hero for 2016
If you know someone in the air quality community who has made significant lifetime achievement, you can nominate them for a Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award. Since 2001, the Air Resources Board has annually bestowed these distinguished awards to individuals for their significant career accomplishments in at least one of these categories: research, environmental policy, science and technology, public education and community service.
If you know someone in the air quality community who has made significant lifetime achievement, you can nominate them for a Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award. Since 2001, the Air Resources Board has annually bestowed these distinguished awards to individuals for their significant career accomplishments in at least one of these categories: research, environmental policy, science and technology, public education and community service.
ARB Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and Public Fleet Pilot Project
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced its grant solicitation for an administrator to implement the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and Increased Incentives for Public Fleets in Disadvantaged Communities for Fiscal year 2016-17. This solicitation is open to federal, state or local government entities or agencies, and California nonprofit organizations with expertise implementing a grant program and general knowledge of ARB's clean vehicle programs. Applications are due November 4th by 5:00 PM.
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced its grant solicitation for an administrator to implement the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and Increased Incentives for Public Fleets in Disadvantaged Communities for Fiscal year 2016-17. This solicitation is open to federal, state or local government entities or agencies, and California nonprofit organizations with expertise implementing a grant program and general knowledge of ARB's clean vehicle programs. Applications are due November 4th by 5:00 PM.
Job Opportunity: AMBAG Energy Watch (see attached)
The Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) is hiring for a Special Projects Associate to support the AMBAG Energy Watch, a regional program serving jurisdictions, residents, agriculture businesses, school districts, non-profits, special districts, and hospitality businesses with the goal of reducing energy use and related greenhouse gases. Applications due November 4th by 4:00 PM.
The Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG) is hiring for a Special Projects Associate to support the AMBAG Energy Watch, a regional program serving jurisdictions, residents, agriculture businesses, school districts, non-profits, special districts, and hospitality businesses with the goal of reducing energy use and related greenhouse gases. Applications due November 4th by 4:00 PM.
10/18 (webinar) What You Should Know About Financing Energy
Efficiency Upgrades
Learn how public sector organizations are improving energy efficiency with innovative solutions to financial barriers. Attendees will learn about financing projects in the public and private sectors, the basics of performance contracting, and how EPA's tools and resources can help you make the decision to improve your facilities now or later.
Learn how public sector organizations are improving energy efficiency with innovative solutions to financial barriers. Attendees will learn about financing projects in the public and private sectors, the basics of performance contracting, and how EPA's tools and resources can help you make the decision to improve your facilities now or later.
10/20 - 10/22 (Baltimore, MD)
Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference
A conference focused on understanding the behavior and decision-making of individuals and organizations and using that knowledge to accelerate our transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon future.
A conference focused on understanding the behavior and decision-making of individuals and organizations and using that knowledge to accelerate our transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon future.
10/26 (Sacramento) Creating Net Zero Living Buildings and
Communities
How does the future of design look like and how do designers push the envelope towards truly regenerative, net positive and beautiful design? Join the International Living Future Institute for a talk about the Institute's Net zero Energy Building Certification and the changing face of design on a national and local level.
How does the future of design look like and how do designers push the envelope towards truly regenerative, net positive and beautiful design? Join the International Living Future Institute for a talk about the Institute's Net zero Energy Building Certification and the changing face of design on a national and local level.
2/2/2017 - 2/4/2017 (St. Louis, Missouri) New Partners for
Smart Growth Conference
Registration is now open for the 16th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Practical Tools and Innovative Strategies for Creating Great Communities Conference. This conference will feature 80+ conference sessions - plenaries, breakouts, implementation workshops, focused trainings - and much more over three full days.
Registration is now open for the 16th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Practical Tools and Innovative Strategies for Creating Great Communities Conference. This conference will feature 80+ conference sessions - plenaries, breakouts, implementation workshops, focused trainings - and much more over three full days.
Resources, Reports, and Articles
The
California Energy Commission (CEC) Efficiency Division released its September
2016 - October 2016 Blueprint Newsletter, which includes a number of resources
to help implementation of the 2016
Building Energy Efficiency Standards, which will go into effect January 1,
2017.
Presentation: Electric Vehicle Equity
From CEC's October 5th workshop on Electric Vehicle Equity: Building an EV Eco-system that Leads with Low-income Communities of Color.
From CEC's October 5th workshop on Electric Vehicle Equity: Building an EV Eco-system that Leads with Low-income Communities of Color.
A Trip Down the Soft Energy Path
Lessons from the first 40 years of the "soft path" to U.S. energy policy as told by Amory B. Lovins, the climate scientist that coined the term.
Lessons from the first 40 years of the "soft path" to U.S. energy policy as told by Amory B. Lovins, the climate scientist that coined the term.
New York City's Roadmap to 80 x 50
The City of New York committed to reduce its GHG emissions by 80 percent from 2005 levels by 2050, accelerating its initial target of a 30% reduction from 2005 levels by 2030. The City developed this roadmap to accelerate efforts in energy efficiency, EV deployment, renewable production, and more. Additional background and resources
The City of New York committed to reduce its GHG emissions by 80 percent from 2005 levels by 2050, accelerating its initial target of a 30% reduction from 2005 levels by 2030. The City developed this roadmap to accelerate efforts in energy efficiency, EV deployment, renewable production, and more. Additional background and resources
That is all for this week!
Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
Here are
your wEEkly updates:
1.
Resilience Webinar 8/4: Comprehensive
plans and local land use codes and ordinances drive much of the climate
resilience related decision making at the local level, and thus is one key
target for climate integration. Learn more about tying codes and ordinances to
resilience goals in this
Climate Solutions University (CSU) webinar.
2. ARB
Public Workshops beginning 8/9:
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) invites
you to participate in public workshops to discuss updates to ARB’s
Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEP) Policy to benefit disadvantaged
communities. (A SEP is an environmentally beneficial project that a person
subject to an enforcement action voluntarily agrees to undertake in settlement
of the action and to offset a portion of a civil penalty.)
3.
CPUC Lighting Research Plan Webinar 8/1: The 2015 Upstream and Residential Downstream Lighting
Program Impact Evaluation Research Plan has
been posted to the CPUC’s public document site for review and comment, and
a webinar to review will be held on August 1st.
4.
CPUC Behavioral Program Research Plan Webinar 8/1: The Draft Impact Evaluation Research
Plan for the Program Administrators 2015 behavior programs (home energy and
home utility reports) has
been posted to the CPUC’s public document site for review and comment, and
a webinar to review will be held on August 1st.
5.
FHA’s PACE Guidance Reviewed:
In case you missed this week’s webinar explaining last week’s Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) announcement
of clear guidance that will expand access to PACE program renewable
energy, energy efficiency, and other home resiliency projects, a webinar
recording is now available.
6.
CPUC EE Program Review:
the final version of the “2015 Custom Impact Research Plan Addendum – Sampling
– through Q4 2015” has been posted
on the CPUC energy efficiency public documents website. The comment period
on this document will last until August 8th.
7.
Study Reviews EE Behavioral Programs Correcting Market Failure: Energy efficiency—using less energy to
provide an equivalent level of service—is part of the climate policy portfolio.
Market failures might warrant encouraging energy efficiency, but an important
justification comes from the realm of behavioral economics: that people
erroneously underinvest in it. This creates difficulties for policy evaluation,
which assumes that people’s choices, including energy efficiency investments,
reflect actual preferences. Continue
reading the abstract (and more) of this new study from Resources
for the Future.
8. DR
and Storage to Improve Air Quality:
A new
study proposes storage and demand response to avoid extra air
pollution while meeting peak demand – and tests their framework using data from
California’s grid.
9. New
Los Angeles Microgrid:
The Port of Los Angeles will be the site of a $27
million solar+storage pilot program that aims to show how carbon-free
energy solutions can help make marine terminal operations more efficient and
have less environmental impact.
10.
15-Second “Flash” Charging EV Buses Launched: In Switzerland, a
new line of buses can be topped off in a few seconds and fully charged
in minutes.
11.
$4.5 Billion for EV Innovation:
The White House has also announced $4.5 Billion in loan guarantees for EV
charging innovation. Considering electric buses in your own fleet, and want to
understand what this would do to your energy efficiency? Learn more about electric
vehicle infrastructure deployment planning.
12.
Wave Technology Investment:
More on new technologies: Oregon State University’s Northwest National Marine
Renewable Energy Center and CalWave are competing to build
a wave energy test site – and the US Department of Energy said that it
will release up to $40 million for the effort.
13. EE
Internationally: new
figures from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) show world
energy intensity has steadily decreased by nearly 33 percent in the last 15
years – and credits national and subnational energy policies as a major
contributing factor.
14.
New tool tracks electric supply, demand and recovery: The EIA has also launched its Electric
System Operating Data Tool, which provides nearly real-time data, analysis,
and visualizations of hourly, daily, and weekly electricity supply and demand
on a national and regional level and for all of the 66 electric systems that
make up the U.S. electric grid.
15.
Job announcement: the
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is hiring for a Commercial
Development Consultant! Learn more 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.