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Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
Here are your wEEkly updates:
1. California Adaptation Forum: Last call for
discounted rates for September’s 2nd California
Adaptation Forum! Register for the Forum by Wednesday, August 12 and
receive $50 OFF One-Day and Full Forum rates! The Forum is an incredible
opportunity to connect with hundreds of climate leaders from across the
state. See
more opportunities, a full Forum program, Forum events, plenary speakers and
partners, and more.
2. Statewide Codes & Standards Team Conference
Call: The Statewide Codes & Standards team works to develop resources
to help local governments consider, adopt, and measure energy-saving successes
from reach codes. If you are a local government interested in learning more,
and/or hearing troubleshooting and success stories from other local governments
across the state, please contact the Coordinator at jdecker@lgc.org to RSVP to this
call.
3. New CEC Funding for EE Tech Demonstrations:
On August 1st, the California Energy Commission (CEC) announced
a grant funding opportunity for Emerging Energy Efficient Technology
Demonstrations (GFO-16-304), and will be holding a pre-bid conference workshop
August 11th.
4. CEC LinkedIn Networking Group for Open GFOs:
Looking to find partners for the above grant funding opportunity? The
California Energy Commission Networking Hub on LinkedIn has
set up networking groups for the Technology Demonstration GFO, and
three others.
5. Federal Gov. Energy Webinars this August: A
list of August
2016 webinars is now available from federal agencies providing support
on the EPA benchmarking tool Portfolio Manager, data center energy efficiency,
EE financing, community resiliency through EE, resilient solar retrofits, waste
management, and more.
6. What’s New with AB 802? In case you
missed the July 22nd workshop held by the California Energy Commission on AB
802 implementation (Project Title, “Building Energy Use Disclosure and Public
Benchmarking Program Mandated under Assembly Bill 802”), a transcript
is now available from the CEC.
7. More on AB 802: Also in case you missed it:
additional guidance linked to energy savings measurement was released in
the CPUC’s
recent decision providing guidance on Program Administrator EE
business plans. (Need a refresher
on AB 802?)
8. SB 350 Low-Income Barriers Workshop 8/12:
The California Energy Commission conducting
a workshop August 12th to gather input on barriers faced by low-income
and disadvantaged communities to investing in energy efficiency and
weatherization, installing solar photovoltaic and other renewable generating
resources, and contracting opportunities for small businesses. This input will
be included in the “Senate Bill 350 Barriers Study,” required by the Clean
Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015.
9. AB 32 EJAC Meeting 8/11-12: The AB 32
Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (Committee) will
be meeting on August 11, 2016 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (PDT) and
August 12, 2016 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm (PDT) in Huron, CA.
10. Financing Tools for Local Gov Webinar 8/25: This
webinar will discuss the various tools and products that the State of
California is making available to local governments to promote clean energy
projects for residents and business owners, and will showcase a new financing
marketplace for finding energy project-related financing solutions. (Go Green
Financing is a program under Energy Upgrade California, administered by the
Center for Sustainable Energy.)
11. PACE’s Value to the Real Estate Market:
Event/Webinar 8/18: This
CEFAC event and webinar will explore the recent amendments to the
residential PACE program, along with updates on consumer protection, regulatory
changes, and market growth in California. Join the Center for Sustainable
Energy for a panel discussion that will cover these topics and validate why
PACE is vital to the residential energy efficiency financing market.
12. EV’s Role in ZNE: Webinar 8/17: The Center
for Sustainable Energy (CSE) invites city and county staff, contractors,
architects, and developers to a free
webinar August 17th on how electric vehicles (EVs) can help
support zero net energy (ZNE) goals.
13. Energy Code Ace Webinar 8/23: We heard
great feedback from local governments on energy code expert Gina Rodda’s
presentation on energy code compliance tools at this year’s SEEC Forum. Now,
Rodda will be teaching a “not-your-average webinar” on what’s
new in the 2016 code in two sessions August 23rd. Get the word
out to your buildings departments!
14. CivicSpark Project Lessons Learned Webinars
8/23-8/24: CivicSpark is a Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program that
provides capacity-building support to local governments to accelerate California’s
response and resiliency to climate change. These
webinars aim to provide a snapshot of some of the accomplishments of
the 2015-16 service year, with an emphasis on sharing lessons learned and best
practices.
15. New Integrative Business Model for ZNE: In
the Rocky Mountain Institute’s new Insight
Brief, An Integrative Business Model for Net Zero Energy Districts, RMI
presents an innovative business model for developing net zero energy or
ultra-low energy districts and details how pursuing net zero energy is not a
cost, but rather a significant value driver.
16. EE Shows Its $ Value in SF Real Estate: As
covered by BizJournal’s
July 28th article, funding green upgrades is made easier as the market
shows the value of and desire for energy efficient real estate.
17. California Releases Sustainable Freight Action
Plan: In response to an Executive Order issued by the Governor last year,
the state has released the California
Sustainable Freight Action Plan, a comprehensive document that serves as a
blueprint for transforming the state’s multi-billion dollar freight transport
system into one that is environmentally cleaner, more efficient, and more
economically competitive than it is today.
18. Energy Transition Podcast on EE: In a recent
episode of the Energy Transition Show, Chris Nelder speaks to energy
efficiency expert Matt Golden about raising the profile of energy efficiency,
sharing that energy efficiency (looking nationally) has been disproportionately
neglected considering its extreme value, and also stating that efforts to raise
the profile to date have failed. Matt Golden shares some interesting food for
thought.
19. Job announcement: The San Joaquin Valley
Clean Energy Organization (SJVCEO) is hiring for a Project Analyst! Learn
more here.
20. RFP announcement: The City of San
Jose’s RFP
for Environmental Sustainability Plan Consultant Services closes
August 12th.
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.
That’s is all for this week!
What Has SJVCEO Been Up To in June
With much of the southwest and California experiencing its first major heat wave of the summer we hope everyone is taking precautions to stay cool as well as save energy. While trying to survive the heat the SJVCEO team has been busy traveling for conferences as well as working to identify new projects that can be completed in 2016.
Some of the SJVCEO staff attended the 7th Annual Statewide Energy Efficiency Forum (or SEEC Conference) in Riverside on June 15th and 16th. This year's program was expanded to include four plenary sessions and sixteen different breakout sessions over a two day period.
This year, the forum focused on “taking a holistic approach toward a sustainable future” and how taking a full system approach to climate action and planning by understanding the interconnected and multifaceted nature of energy efficiency will better serve and create a longer term vision for our communities.
Speakers from the Local Government Commission (LGC), the Institute for Local Governments (ILG), the four IOUs (PG&E, SCE, SCG, and SDG&E), Planning and Sustainability departments from various jurisdictions, and many others spoke about current policies and programs in place that demonstrate the importance of a multi-dimensional approach that yields deeper energy savings. They also spoke to local climate actions that have allowed communities to respond to climate change more effectively and increase local and regional climate resiliency.
There were two new sessions at this year’s forum. Attendees could participate in the “Ask the Experts” one-on-one mentoring program. Experts in Finance and Funding, Regulatory Issues and Compliance, Climate Action Planning and Strategic Planning, as well as Engagement and Outreach were available for attendees to address and receive input on specific challenges. Attendees also participated in the poster session which allowed local governments partners, CivicSpark interns and many others to share their unique successes and challenges to a broader audience.
Some of the SJVCEO staff attended the 7th Annual Statewide Energy Efficiency Forum (or SEEC Conference) in Riverside on June 15th and 16th. This year's program was expanded to include four plenary sessions and sixteen different breakout sessions over a two day period.
This year, the forum focused on “taking a holistic approach toward a sustainable future” and how taking a full system approach to climate action and planning by understanding the interconnected and multifaceted nature of energy efficiency will better serve and create a longer term vision for our communities.
Speakers from the Local Government Commission (LGC), the Institute for Local Governments (ILG), the four IOUs (PG&E, SCE, SCG, and SDG&E), Planning and Sustainability departments from various jurisdictions, and many others spoke about current policies and programs in place that demonstrate the importance of a multi-dimensional approach that yields deeper energy savings. They also spoke to local climate actions that have allowed communities to respond to climate change more effectively and increase local and regional climate resiliency.
There were two new sessions at this year’s forum. Attendees could participate in the “Ask the Experts” one-on-one mentoring program. Experts in Finance and Funding, Regulatory Issues and Compliance, Climate Action Planning and Strategic Planning, as well as Engagement and Outreach were available for attendees to address and receive input on specific challenges. Attendees also participated in the poster session which allowed local governments partners, CivicSpark interns and many others to share their unique successes and challenges to a broader audience.
In between traveling the SJVCEO staff was busy looking through potential project listing from our energy champion partners in the cities and counties in the HDR Partnership and VIEW Partnership. We are very excited about some of the work that is being identified as well as in the works. As we say here in the office," keep the energy projects coming!" We currently do not have a lot to report in the way of projects and numbers since much of the summer is a down time for our local governments as well as our IOU partners.
We hope to share much more exciting items with you as we make our way through the summer months.
Stay tuned for next months update!
Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
Here
are your wEEkly updates:
1.
Call for Posters: Today is the final day to submit an idea to showcase what
happening in your city, county or COG at the SEEC Forum! Learn more and submit
an idea here.
2.
EECC Update: The Public Sector Stage 2 meeting of the EE Coordinating
Committee was held this week to review what problem statements and solutions
Program Administrators are identifying as they plan energy efficiency
programming that will be available to us all in 2017 and beyond. Some meeting
highlights, links to presentations, and instructions on how to submit a
comment, are here.
Other meetings (including Workforce Education & Training, Industrial,
Emerging Technologies, and Codes & Standards) also took place this week –
you can find meeting presentations on the EECC website at caeecc.org. Looking for background on the
EECC process? Click here.
3.
Federal Webinars: a list of energy-related webinars targeting state, local,
and tribal governments (including financing for tribes, and EPA Portfolio
Manager training's) released this week is available here.
For more on available training, click here.
4.
Berkeley’s New Resiliency Plan: This week the City of Berkeley’s Chief
Resilience Officer shared
with CityLab on the City’s new Resilience Strategy, of which energy
and water savings and clean energy investments are key.
5.
More on EE, Demand Response, and Resiliency: More coverage on California
cities taking action on resiliency, and new resources for EE, demand response,
and microgrids to support resiliency can be found here.
6.
Valuing EE: Home Energy Score Resources: New resources are available to
connect residents, local governments, and real estate, inspection, and other
building professionals with the U.S. DOE Home Energy Score: click
here to review. Looking for more on transparency, market drivers, and
valuing EE? Click here.
7.
Committing to the Plan: This week, the City of San Diego made its Climate
Action Plan legally binding in a powerful bipartisan agreement. The
Plan is making headlines for its goal of 100% renewable energy by 2035. For EE
strategies and more on what San Diego’s Mayor Faulconer is calling “common
sense strategies” that save taxpayers’ money, click here.
8.
Implementing the Plan: Moving from planning to implementation takes a group
effort. San Diego is taking this a step further by looking for the best and
brightest ideas for climate action plan implementation through a Smart
City Hackathon.
9.
Heat pump application review: As heat pump technology improves, ACEEE
considers the changing value propositions and economics of deployment. Read
more on ACEEE’s blog here.
10.
One year later: The City of Los Angeles has released its first
annual report on its Sustainable City Plan, highlighting expansions in
solar, energy storage, and savings of 912 gigawatt-hours (GWh).
11.
High Opportunity Programs and Projects: Lots of developments in utility and
CPUC planning for HOPPs this week. For SoCal Gas’s presentation on its
multi-family offerings proposal, click here.
For more on HOPPs, click here.
12.
IEPR Update Update: I shared in a past Update the Integrated Energy Policy
Report (IEPR) Update plans
for this year; the CEC has released an update to that schedule,
available here.
13.
For Water: Better Infrastructure, Not More Infrastructure: For water and
energy efficiency, the former CEO of El Paso Water Utilities Public Service
Board talks
strategy and best practices – including deployment of smart water
management software.
14.
An innovative approach to small business EE: Retired engineers in Michigan
are working together to connect small businesses with energy savings
opportunities. Check out Midwest
Energy News to learn more.
15.
Energy Economics Training: Registration is open for a Executive-level crash
course in the economics of energy and the environment at UC Berkeley’s Energy
Institute at Haas: for more information click here.
16.
The Latest on CPUC ZNE Action Planning: An interactive workshop will be
held in San Francisco on May 12th to review the approach of
developing Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Districts. Click here to
learn more and to register.
17.
More ZNE resources: The New Buildings Institute will be holding a ZNE
policies webinar
May 18th.
18.
Sustainable Freight Planning: the state released a Sustainable Freight Plan
this week in response to Governor Brown’s B-32-15 Executive Order. For more
information click here.
19.
More on Clean Vehicles: learn more about the opportunity for corporate
leadership on clean vehicles in this Environmental
Leader article.
20.
Environmental Justice Public Meeting: the AB 32 Environmental Justice
Advisory Committee (EJAC) will be meeting on May 10th next
week: click here for
more information.
21.
EPIC Feedback: The CEC is seeking feedback on a draft solicitation
targeting new energy technologies for industrial, agricultural, and water
sectors under the EPIC Program. For more info, and a link to the EPIC Program’s
recently-released Annual Report, click here.
22.
CivicSpark Recruitment: The CivicSpark program is recruiting fellows, and
will be hosting several informational webinars for fellows this May.
Click here for
more information and please share with your educational partners! (Information
on how request a Fellow is available through the same link – scroll down.)
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.
That’s all for today!
Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Updates
Here
are your wEEkly Updates:
1.
First, a reminder that the Commercial Sector Subcommittee Meeting of
the California Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee is going on today!
(Click here for
more info.) This is an important opportunity to share feedback (or just listen
in) on utility and other program administrator business plans for energy
programming that are in the works now. To get direct alerts on subcommittee
meetings, visit www.caeecc.org.
2.
Registration is open for the ACEEE 2016 Summer Buildings Study in
Pacific Grove this August. This year’s theme is “From Components to Systems,
from Buildings to Communities.” To learn more or register, click here.
3. State-level
EE 101 webinar: Looking to better understand state-level programs and
resources for local government energy efficiency? Click here to
learn more about and register for our upcoming April 19th webinar.
4. Webinar
on DSM-focused customer engagement: Greentech Media is hosting an April 21st webinar,
“Key Strategies for Driving Energy Efficiency and Customer Engagement.” The
webinar may be of interest to utility partners and local governments seeking to
support and leverage customer-centric demand side management (DSM) for deeper
energy savings. For more information click here.
5. Tools
for PACE standards adoption: As the market for PACE financing as grown hot,
many local governments have been working to adopt local standards for PACE
financing firms that wish to operate in their jurisdiction. The Bay Area
Regional Energy Network (BayREN) has released an Agreement template:
click here for
more information.
6. Increasing
Home Value through Energy Upgrades: More interesting findings this week on
energy improvements in buildings increasing building values – this time,
specifically in residential. Click here for
more information.
7. EE
leaders in business: Click here to
read about Ford’s renovations of its existing campus in Dearborn that will make
it a state-of-the-art, water- and energy-efficient facility complete with a
living machine and driverless cars.
8. Using
data to plan holistically: Cities like San Jose are deploying data
solutions to holistically understand their buildings and achieve energy
efficiency and air quality goals. Click here for
coverage on data use from Environmental Leader.
9. Green
historic preservation requirements: ASHRAE is working on an update to their
Guideline 34P, or Energy Guideline for Historic Buildings – with comment
periods upcoming. Learn more in this Energy
Manager Today article.
10. Resources
for going beyond code: cool roofs: the CEC and the Utilities Statewide
Codes and Standards teams have been working on some new resources to help local
governments efficiently implement reach codes. One of them, a cool roofs cost
effectiveness study for all climate zones, is now available. Learn more and
review the study here.
11. Resilient
Communities training: The Resilient Communities Initiative will be holding
a special training, Engaging Communities for Effective Problem Solving,
for local government officials tasked with protecting public welfare June 6th.
Click here for
more information.
12. Job
announcement: San Diego International Airport seeks a highly-motivated
professional to join its Environmental Affairs Department as a Senior
Environmental Specialist! Learn more here.
13. Job
announcement: MCE is hiring a Legal Counsel! Learn more here.
14. Recruit
a CivicSpark fellow: Looking for capacity at the local level for energy,
water, and sustainability projects? If you missed the webinars on how to apply
for the CivicSpark AmeriCorps program, you can review a recording online.
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.
That’s
all for this week!
Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
Here
are your WEEkly Updates:
1. Registration
has opened for the 7th Annual SEEC Forum! The Forum
will be held June 15th-16th in Riverside, CA and
will feature updates from key state leaders, up to 16 breakout sessions sharing
local government energy and climate best practices and lessons learned, and
constant networking opportunities to learn the latest in energy activities from
across the state. Registration is no-cost to local governments. Click here to
learn more or to register.
2. Interested
in having a CivicSpark AmeriCorps fellow during the 2016-17 service year? CivicSpark
is a great way for local governments to find capacity for energy efficiency and
sustainability efforts - and educate future local government leaders. The
program is recruiting now, and is ready to answer your questions. Informational
webinars will be held Wednesday, April 13th at 1pm and
Wednesday, April 27th at 10am. Click here to
register.
3. Resources
and Opportunities at the State Level, 101: In response to local government
requests, SEEC will be holding a webinar: State-Level EE 101: Agencies
Furthering Energy Efficiency, How they Work, & Resources & Processes
Local Governments Can Leverage. The goal will be to give local government
energy efficiency leaders a sense of what opportunities there are on the state
level to provide feedback, shape current activities, and leverage state
requirements and resources in strategic planning and implementation of energy
projects. For more information, and registration, click here.
4. Best
practices for Zero Net Energy: NREL Commercial Buildings Principal Engineer
Paul Torcellini will participate in an upcoming ASHRAE Webcast - Making Net
Zero Positive: Solving the Efficiency and Cost Paradox - April 21, 2016 at
1:00pm. Click here for
more information and registration.
5.
For those that missed the AB 802 workshop held by the CEC last
week, notes on items discussed and a link to the saved recording on the CEC’s
website is available here.
Any comments must be submitted to the CEC by April 8th.
6.
The Energy Data Access Committee also met last week – a
summary of items discussed that may be of interest to local governments is
available here.
7.
The Alliance to Save Energy’s recent
article shares why homeowners should care about building energy
codes: energy efficiency adds value to a home. A great initiative
adding transparency to this, and empowering homebuyers and sellers to make
market-driven choices and improvements is the application of the Department of
Energy’s Home Energy Score in Berkeley’s new Building Energy Savings
Ordinance (BESO). Read more on the Ordinance's goals, and
implementation, here.
8.
While on residential programs, congratulations to the San Gabriel
Valley Council of Governments for a strong first year of their Energy
Assessment Screening for Your Home, or “EASY” Program! Supported by the SCE and
SCG through the San Gabriel Valley Energy Watch, the EASY Program provides
residents with free home assessments and customized home reports with
information on smart upgrade opportunities as well as utility incentives to
support them. As of January, the EASY Program had provided well over 100
assessments in 19 cities. For more information, click here.
9. High-tech
EE in residential: The U.S. DOE has a great story and video on high-tech
options on the horizon for residential. Click here to
review.
10.
Jumping to EE activities in the commercial sector: the U.S. EPA and
U.S. DOE have released their 2016 Energy Star Partner of the Year Award winners
to honor outstanding achievements in energy efficiency – which include two
businesses in California. Click here to
learn what these businesses are doing to save energy, and share some great
ideas your commercial community partners.
11. More value for commercial partners: for 6 Benefits of Becoming a Sustainable Business, learn more in an Environmental Leader article here.
12. EE Opportunities in IT: Many think of server closets and data centers as spaces that just have to use lots of energy. However, the energy intensity of data center and IT space often makes it ripe for opportunities to save. Microsoft’s new data center Sustainability Chief explains how energy efficiency saves money and allows greater operation in a smaller footprint, here. For more resources on energy efficiency in IT, click here.
13. The California Financing Coordinating Committee has released its 2016 Funding Fair schedule – the Fair events are a great way for local and tribal governments to connect with a variety of financing and funding opportunities for water and energy infrastructure projects. To learn more and review the schedule, click here.
14. Funding
review: This was a popular item last week, so for those that missed it:
$569M has been made available from federal agencies for energy and other
activities – click here to
learn more. A new U.S. Department of Transportation grant program has made
$800M available, with applications due April 14th: More here.
15. Congratulations
also to the City of Hayward for winning the Acterra 2016 Business
Environmental Award for its green power initiative at the City’s water pollution
plant! Learn
more about how the City is leveraging incoming credits from renewable
generation to fund energy efficiency and sustainability projects (and connect
to a great video on operations at the facility).
16.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has developed a list of Title 24
energy code trainings that will be made available through different
ICC chapters. Click here for
more information.
17.
The CEC’s 2016 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update is
underway: click here to
learn about scoped Update topics and schedule for release.
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.
That is All For This Week!
Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
1. Opportunity to influence EE program design: The new EE Coordinating Committee, authorized by CPUC Decision 15-10-028, held its second set of meetings earlier this week, laying out a timeline for this year’s stakeholder review of Program Administrator (PA) business plans by sector, and hearing presentations from the PAs on residential and commercial sector plans. (For those new to the term “Program Administrator”, these are California’s investor-owned utilities and other organizations such as SoCalREN and MCE entrusted with funding for energy efficiency programming.) Meetings to review PA plans for the public sector will be held the week of March 14th (exact date tbd). These meetings are a great opportunity to provide feedback as local governments on the utility/REN/other energy efficiency program development and structure. If you would like more information on these meetings, or to see past meeting documents, please email me or contact meeting co-chair Lara Ettenson at NRDC directly (lettenson@nrdc.org).
2. ACEEE released some interesting stories this week. The first is a response to Bill Gates’s interview in The Atlantic, in which he again shares that we need innovation, not just insulation. While new technology developments are absolutely critical, ACEEE points out that energy efficiency has provided foundational benefits on its own, and will continue to be an interdependent (and often more cost-effective) partner with renewable developments. Read the ACEEE story in full here.
3. ACEEE also released a paper focusing on the role of energy efficiency in achieving the goals of U.S. Clean Power Plan. The paper is available here on ACEEE’s website.
4. LGC’s CivicSpark is holding a webinar on March 9th from 9:30-10:30AM that might be of interest to those of you working on community-focused energy programming. The presentation by Dr. Kat Donnelly, the CEO and Founder of Empower Efficiency, is on Social Media Marketing specifically targeted at community-scale energy and environment outreach programs. To learn more, click here.
5. Developments in automated demand response (ADR) technology: Smart home energy automator OhmConnect announces breakthrough methods for enabling smart home devices (including wifi thermostats, smart plugs, home automation systems, and EV chargers) to generate recurring revenue streams by intelligently controlling device charging when electricity is less costly. To learn more, click here for the press release.
6. The U.S. Department of Energy has released the annual Better Buildings Alliance Winter 2016 Progress Update, full of resources for local governments and building professionals alike. Prominently featured are plug load management strategies, demand controlled ventilation (DCV) and use tips for Energy Management Systems (EMS).
Plug load in particular is getting a lot of attention as the fastest growing building electricity consumer – for more plug load management background and resources, click here.
7. The Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) is soliciting firms to conduct a Study to explore the potential for a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Program in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. The RFP is available on WRCOG’s website and is open until 3/17.
8. Applications are open for POCACITO in Germany: the Ecologic Institute invites you to apply to take a trip to Germany as part of the upcoming 2016 POCACITO in Germany program (June 18th-24th) to explore first hand how German cities are transitioning to become post-carbon cities. Participation from cities and regional governments is particularly encouraged. Learn more on the POCACITO website, here.
9. Job announcement: the Port of San Diego has several open energy and sustainability focused jobs, including a Program Manager, Energy & Sustainability, and a Senior Environmental Specialist. Learn more here.
10. Job announcement: The SF Department of Environment is hiring for a Climate Program Manager! The new Climate Program Manager will lead the development of a strategic vision for the integration of Climate and Systems programming (Green Building, EcoDistricts) within the Department of Environment. Click here for more information.
As always, you can keep track of relevant events by connecting to the EE Events Calendar, and find more resources on the EECoordinator website.
That is all for this week!
Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
Here are your wEEkly updates:
- Request for Resources: Achieving Energy Efficiency through Behavior Change
CivicSpark fellows are looking for resources, case studies, activities, and ideas for achieving energy efficiency through behaviour change at municipalities, businesses, and by residents. If you have any resources, ideas, or examples, please send them to statewideenergycoordinator@lgc.org. - 1/22 Workshop: What's Next for the RENs?
The purpose of this workshop will be to discuss and compare the two recent EM&V study reports completed on the Regional Energy Network (REN) pilots and to consider how the studies should inform appropriate next steps for the RENs. Senior staff from study consultant firms Itron and Opinion Dynamics with contributing firm Apex will comprise a panel of experts to inform the discussion and field Q&A. Energy Division's EM&V advisor Katherine Johnson will also be present on the panel. More information on the Energy Calendar. - The Funding Wizard on CoolCalifornia.org is back online!
The Funding Wizard is a searchable database of grants, rebates and incentives to help you pay for sustainable projects, all in one place! The Funding Wizard combs the Internet for funding opportunities in categories such as energy, air quality and climate change, transportation, urban development, waste management, water, and more. - RFP: Santa Barbara County CCA Feasibility Study
Santa Barbara County is inviting proposals for professional consulting services to develop a technical feasibility study on Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) for the central coast region, including participating in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Counties. The full Request for Proposals (RFP), including submittal instructions are posted online. Proposals must be submitted by 11:59pm on Monday, January 25, 2016. - NYC Carbon Challenge: Handbook for Universities and Hospitals
This reference manual highlights some of the best practices for reducing building-based energy use and GHG emissions from the universities and hospitals participating in the NYC Carbon Challenge. - New "light recycling" incandescent bulbs could outperform energy-efficient LEDs
MIT researchers are working to change the way in which incandescent bulbs work to give the industry an additional option for energy-efficient lighting. The research centers on the fact that about 95% of the energy used to heat the filament to the point that it emits visible light is wasted - the goal is to capture that energy and enable the bulb to in essence power itself. - Calendar of Energy-Related Events
Please forward events to statewideenergycoordinator@lgc.org so that they can be added to the calendar.