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How Can You Claim Savings from Building Codes?
April 25, 2012
Learn how several pioneering utilities discovered how to claim savings from building codes.
Content type: E NEWS | Document ID: ENews-4-12 | Author: Kate Drexler
To Claim Savings from Codes and Standards, Hire a Campaign Manager
April 11, 2012
Before I dove headfirst into a ton of research on codes and standards here at E Source, I didn't realize how eerily similar claiming savings from C&S is to running a political campaign. Here's why I now think so.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-4-11-12-Codes | Author: Kate Drexler - Senior Research Associate
Developing Energy-Efficient Communities
The Chula Vista Case Study
November 11, 2011
Join us to find out how to drive significant reductions in communitywide energy consumption by using efficient urban design, building technologies, and development practices.
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Content type: Web Conference | Document ID: CEC-WC-11-11-ChulaVista | Author: Jenny Field
Developing Energy-Efficient Communities
Slides
November 11, 2011
These are the web conference slides.
Content type: Slides | Document ID: CEC-WC-11-11-ChulaVista-SL | Author: Jenny Field
Developing Energy-Efficient Communities
Recording
November 11, 2011
This is the web conference recording.
Content type: Recording | Document ID: CEC-WC-11-11-ChulaVista-R | Author: Jenny Field
Developing Energy-Efficient Communities
July 21, 2011
The potential exists to make new communities far more efficient than current codes require. This brief describes research that helped to quantify that potential and explored the technologies, strategies, and policies that would make it real.
Content type: Tech Brief | Document ID: CEC-TB-46 | Author: Ira Krepchin
Achieving Zero-Net Energy Affordable Multifamily Homes
July 21, 2011
Developing affordable zero-net energy (ZNE) multifamily housing requires unique technical and financing models. Two San Diego developers have demonstrated the success of such development models in supporting California's bold ZNE goals.
Content type: Tech Brief | Document ID: CEC-TB-48 | Author: Bryan Jungers
Stretch Building Codes—Opportunity or Liability?
June 22, 2011
Stretch codes—optional high-efficiency building codes—are often touted as a powerful market transformation tool. However, they can also decrease energy consumption baselines and eat into potential savings. Join us to learn how to successfully leverage this complex policy to help meet your goals.
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Content type: Web Conference | Document ID: EDRP-WC-5-11-StretchCodes | Author: Chelsea Hodge
Stretch Building Codes—Opportunity or Liability?
Recording
June 22, 2011
This is the web conference recording.
Content type: Recording | Document ID: EDRP-WC-5-11-StretchCodes-R | Author: Chelsea Hodge
Stretch Building Codes—Opportunity or Liability?
Slides
June 22, 2011
These are the web conference slides.
Content type: Slides | Document ID: EDRP-WC-5-11-StretchCodes-SL | Author: Chelsea Hodge
New Doors Are Opening for Widespread Economizer Cooling in Data Centers
January 19, 2011
A recent analysis of data center operation by a leading engineer is challenging the widely accepted belief that data centers need tight temperature and humidity control. The study concludes that loosening these controls could translate into as much as a 63 percent savings in cooling energy.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-27 | Author: Peter Criscione
Utilities Benefit from Municipal Energy-Efficiency Building Incentives and Codes
January 12, 2011
Utilities can assist municipalities that are developing beyond-code programs. This collaboration allows the utility to align its demand-side management targets with municipal energy-efficiency initiatives.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-9 | Author: Melanie Wemple
Energy Star's Tougher Guidelines for New Homes Stir Debate
November 2, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new guidelines for Energy Star New Homes, and though many stakeholders endorse the need for changes to the existing guidelines, others have raised flags about the cost-effectiveness of the additional requirements and testing.
Content type: DSM News | Document ID: EDRP-DN-11-09a | Author: Kim Knox
What Next for Improving Building Performance?
Forum 09 Presentation
September 24, 2009
Capturing whole-building energy savings may no longer be just a lofty goal—it may soon be a requirement. Changing building codes and other factors may force utility programs to leave behind their traditional focus on stand-alone measures.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Mark Frankel
Standards Education and Training as a Resource Program
Forum 08 Presentation
September 24, 2008
Several trends are helping to raise minimum efficiency expectations for buildings. We look at how utilities are capitalizing on this market shift to capture savings.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Gary Fernstrom
Codes: The Key to Making Big Changes
Forum 08 Presentation
September 24, 2008
Several trends are helping to raise minimum efficiency expectations for buildings. We look at how utilities are capitalizing on this market shift to capture savings.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Richard Morgan
Energy Star Rating versus LEED Certification
July 1, 2008
Is there any connection between the Energy Star energy performance rating system and the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: MAS-AskES-7 | Author: Gwen Farnsworth
E NEWS January/February 2008
February 1, 2008
Influencing Customers to Comply with Building Codes, Policy Emphasis on Ethanol Certain—Impact on Utilities Uncertain, Do you have any information on best practices in designing a welcome package for new customers?
Content type: About E Source Products & Services, E NEWS | Document ID: ENEWS-JanFeb08 | Author: Sarah Thompson and Lynn Arts
Getting Buildings Built to Code
Results from an E Source Roundtable Discussion
November 1, 2007
In this Roundtable discussion, utility staff and building code experts address the difficulties in getting buildings built to code, how utilities might improve construction practices, and whether savings could count toward demand-side management goals.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-20 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
Getting Buildings Built to Code
Web Conference
September 5, 2007
Can utilities influence building construction so that more buildings are built to code? Is there a role for utilities in training inspectors and builders? Can utilities count any savings from increased code compliance as efficiency or demand reduction in demand-side management programs?
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Content type: Web Conference | Document ID: EDRP-WC-9-07-Code | Author: Bill LeBlanc
Getting Buildings Built to Code
Recording
September 5, 2007
This is the web conference recording.
Content type: Recording | Document ID: EDRP-WC-9-07-Code-R | Author: Bill LeBlanc
Getting Buildings Built to Code
Slides
September 5, 2007
These are the web conference slides.
Content type: Slides | Document ID: EDRP-WC-9-07-Code-SL | Author: Bill LeBlanc
LEED Steps Up Energy Performance Requirements
Tech News, July 2007
July 31, 2007
Both the U.S. Green Building Council and the Canadian Green Building Council have recently implemented two separate measures to improve the energy performance of buildings certified in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-7-07 | Author: Peter Criscione
Overcoming Obstacles and Barriers to Energy Efficiency at Universities
March 29, 2007
How can energy service providers (ESPs) and universities work together to create a sustainable, aggressive commitment to energy efficiency? What are the biggest obstacles and barriers to energy efficiency from a university's perspective? How can ESPs help college and university energy managers promote ...
Content type: Recording | Author: Arthur Venables
Overcoming Obstacles and Barriers to Energy Efficiency at Universities
March 29, 2007
How can energy service providers (ESPs) and universities work together to create a sustainable, aggressive commitment to energy efficiency? What are the biggest obstacles and barriers to energy efficiency from a university's perspective? How can ESPs help college and university energy managers promote ...
Content type: Slides | Author: Arthur Venables
LEED-NC Changes
March 31, 2005
I've heard changes are in store for the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC's) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. Can you tell me what those changes are?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-TN-3-05 | Author: Peter Criscione
Utility-Owned PV and LEED Points
February 8, 2005
If a utility funds the installation of a photovoltaic (PV) system for a building that's attempting to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) status, does it affect the awarding of LEED points for on-site renewable energy?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: TAS-TN-1-05 | Author: Peter Criscione
To LEED or Not to LEED: That Is the Question
Forum 04 Presentation
November 10, 2004
These are the Forum presentation slides.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Rachel Reiss Buckley, Gwen Farnsworth, Jay Stein, Ira Krepchin, and Jean Lupinacci
Your Customers Are Building Green: What's the Energy Provider's Role?
Slides
June 15, 2004
These are the web conference slides.
Content type: Slides | Author: Gwen Farnsworth
A Foundation for Success: Building Construction Regulations and Distributed Generation
June 1, 1998
The commercialization of emerging technologies for distributed generation, such as fuel cells, microturbines, and Stirling engines, is just beginning, but the regulatory infrastructure needed to support the installation of these technologies in, on, or alongside buildings is not yet in place. Because ...
Content type: Research, Service Report | Document ID: DE-3 | Author: David Conover
