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Data Center Demand-Response Strategies
An E Source Sound Bite
February 7, 2013
Demand response for data centers can be a bit of a challenge. In this sound bite, we go over nine different strategies for shedding load in this growing customer segment.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-64 | Author: Andrea Salazar
Efficiency Beyond Widgets: C&I Behavioral Program Options
February 7, 2012
This review of behavioral program options for the commercial sector helps demand-side management program managers view the lay of the land for programs that focus on changing how people think about and use energy, rather than on installing efficient devices.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-22x | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
Handheld Devices for Small Business Energy Audits
October 22, 2009
What are the benefits of using handheld devices to conduct energy audits for small businesses? Who are the providers of such devices?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: BCO-AskES-4 | Author: Florence Connally
Partnering with Cities
October 6, 2009
A new trend in utility-city partnerships is to align demand-side management programs with a local climate action plan. E Source explores the Palm Desert Energy Partnership and the Chicago Climate Action Plan, including partnership framework, program design, results, and lessons learned.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-36 | Author: Yuki Iida
Fifty Homes in One: Multifamily Efficiency Programs
Results from an E Source Roundtable Discussion
September 28, 2009
Learn how to engage multifamily properties in your energy-efficiency programs. There are savings to be had—but when landlords aren’t responsible for tenants’ bills, and tenants don’t own the property, who do you convince to make the investment?
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: RES-F-41 | Author: Kelsie Bell
Next Steps: Ramping Up Your Efficiency Portfolio
April 3, 2009
Have you been through a “first launch” of efficiency and need to expand your offerings? Unsure of what the next steps are? Whether you are adding new or expanding existing programs, this report describes the most common steps utilities take to enhance start-up efficiency portfolios.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-30 | Author: Kelsie Bell
Direct Installation Programs for Small Businesses
March 30, 2009
Can you provide information on direct-installation programs utilities are offering for small businesses? We are interested in installed measures, eligibility requirements, and payback periods, if available.
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: SMB-AskES-5a | Author: Alexandra Behringer
Subsidized Energy Manager Programs
Energy Manager Salary Support, Training, and Tracking for Verifiable Energy Savings (Sometimes)
February 1, 2008
We look at two utilities that have created programs to reduce the risk of hiring an energy manager and to make the benefits more transparent. These programs provide financial incentives and guarantees to encourage large customers to hire an energy manager for a three-year term.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-15 | Author: Gwen Farnsworth
Using Market Segmentation to Improve Marketing Effectiveness
Results from an E Source Roundtable Discussion
January 31, 2007
Market segmentation can be used to vastly improve the response rates for marketing campaigns. This report highlights how some utilities are using various segmentation schemes—including geodemographic systems and personas—to improve market penetration by 50 to 200 percent. In addition, segmentation ...
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-11 | Author: Bill LeBlanc
Developing Attractive Demand-Response Programs for Small and Midsize Businesses
August 1, 2006
Getting small and midsize businesses to enroll and participate in utility demand-response programs has inherent challenges. In this report, which was based upon a roundtable teleconference, we describe marketing practices that other energy service providers have found to be effective and provide examples ...
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-6 | Author: William LeBlanc and Rachel Reiss Buckley
