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Portfolio Manager: Good for Utilities and Their Customers
August 1, 2013
Find out which utilities are supporting their customers' benchmarking efforts with Portfolio Manager, learn how they're using the tool, and hear what the benefits are. You'll also get a sneak peek at the new and improved Portfolio Manager that's being rolled out in summer 2013.
Content type: Web Conference | Document ID: DSM-WC-2013-08-PortfolioManager | Author: Kate Drexler
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Moving Emerging Technologies from Pipe Dream to Program
June 27, 2013
The landscape of demand-side management is shifting as utilities capture fewer savings from existing DSM programs per dollar expended. In response, some utilities are looking to emerging technologies for new opportunities. But how do you move emerging tech from pipe dream to program?
Content type: Web Conference | Document ID: TAS-WC-2013-06-EmergingTech | Author: Kate Drexler
Efficiency Leaders Call: Small Business Programs - June 2013
June 12, 2013
If you work on your utility’s small business programs, join us for this interactive, discussion-based conference call where you'll be able to discuss challenges, share success stories, and pose questions to this group of utility leaders.
Content type: Leadership Call | Document ID: EDRP-LC-2013-06-Efficiency | Author: Adam Maxwell
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Insights from the E Source 2013 Small Business Direct-Install Benchmark Study
May 21, 2013
Explore the results of the E Source 2013 small business direct-install benchmark study, and get ideas for creating new programs or enhancing existing offerings.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-48 | Author: Ti Mougne, Jesse Fife
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Utility On-Bill Financing: A Profile
May 13, 2013
E Source reviewed 38 on-bill financing packages offered by 30 separate program administrators to benchmark how they’re most commonly structured to balance competing goals.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-47 | Author: Kate Drexler
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Pay-for-Performance Program Incentive Structures
May 3, 2013
Pay-for-performance programs provide incentives for whole-building energy efficiency in new construction and major retrofits, and they often include incentives for design assistance. The main difference is that incentives for new construction are paid based on modeled versus measured savings.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-54 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
A Tale of 10 Small Business Programs
Insights from the 2013 E Source Small Business Direct-Install Benchmark Study
May 2, 2013
Hear the stories of 10 small business direct-install programs—from large to small and new to old—from across the US and Canada.
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Content type: Web Conference | Document ID: EDRP-WC-2013-05-SBDI | Author: Ti Mougne, Jesse Fife
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A Tale of 10 Small Business Programs
Recording
May 2, 2013
This is the web conference recording.
Content type: Recording | Document ID: EDRP-WC-2013-05-SBDI-R | Author: Ti Mougne, Jesse Fife
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A Tale of 10 Small Business Programs
Slides
May 2, 2013
These are the web conference slides.
Content type: Slides | Document ID: EDRP-WC-2013-05-SBDI-SL | Author: Ti Mougne, Jesse Fife
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Capture Smart Thermostats for Demand Response While People Care About Them
April 30, 2013
Learn how to leverage a recent resurgence in customer interest in smart thermostats for energy savings and demand response.
Content type: E NEWS | Document ID: ENews-4-13 | Author: Rachel Reiss Buckley
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Quality Control Inspection Protocols
April 29, 2013
Having sound quality control (QC) mechanisms in place is critical for utilities that want to engender customers’ trust in their efficiency programs. In this report, we provide a snapshot of 10 utilities’ QC inspection protocols for residential retrofit programs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-55 | Author: Kate Drexler
It’s Performance Review Time. How Many KWhs Did You Save?
Impressions from Day One of the 2013 Energy Managers' Roundtable
April 25, 2013
I go to work every day with high aspirations of changing the world via energy efficiency, cultivating meaningful relationships with our members, checking off everything on my overzealous do-to list, and getting my inbox emptied out.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-4-26-13-EMR-Performance-Goals | Author: Andrea Salazar - Senior Research Associate
Smart Thermostat Pilots and Programs
April 22, 2013
The latest round of smart thermostats has emerged onto the scene, with promises to provide energy savings for utilities and consumers and to enable smarter demand response. In just a few short years, more than 15 utilities are offering smart thermostat programs or are piloting programs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-52 | Author: Rachel Reiss Buckley
Smart Thermostat Programs Are Smart for Utilities and for Customers
April 19, 2013
Smart thermostats that are Wi-Fi-enabled, include demand-response (DR) capabilities, and demonstrate energy savings can bring energy-efficiency and DR benefits to utilities and residential customers.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-53 | Author: Rachel Reiss Buckley
Ain’t Misbehavin’: Residential Behavior-Change Vendors and Associated Energy Savings
April 10, 2013
Our meta-analysis of behavior-change vendors, products, and program results will help you navigate the residential landscape.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-51 | Author: Melanie Wemple, Dulcey Simpkins
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Changes in Residential Lighting Programs
What Happened in 2012, and What We Can Expect in the Near Term
December 24, 2012 | Updated: March 29, 2013
Lighting programs are in flux thanks to new technologies and evolving efficiency standards. The EISA phaseout of general-service incandescents is underway, and new lighting options are emerging. What are utilities and efficiency organizations doing now and planning for in the near future?
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-43 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
Understanding Your Customers
March 12, 2013
March 2013 issue of the E Source Residential Market Service newsletter.
Content type: Service E-mail | Document ID: RES_SE_3-12-13
To Have or Have Not? A Review of Wireless Meter Opt-Out Policies
March 22, 2012 | Updated: March 7, 2013
Consumers are demanding alternatives to wireless meters, and state regulatory commissions and energy providers are issuing opt-out policies. It's likely that any utility deploying wireless meters will need an opt-out policy regardless of the size of the population projected to object to the meters.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: IGS-RB-14 | Author: Melanie Wemple
Keeping Up with Exciting Changes in Residential Lighting Programs
March 4, 2013
We just wrapped up a big year for change in residential lighting: The US Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 phaseout of general-service incandescent lamps began in 2012, and new lighting technology options like light-emitting diodes became more commonplace in programs.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-3-4-13-ResLighting | Author: Alexandra Behringer - Associate Research Director
Feeding Your Program Good LED Products
DLC to Launch New Database Format
March 4, 2013
A new database format for the DesignLights Consortium’s Qualified Products List will make it easier for utilities to incorporate light-emitting diode (LED) products into their programs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-66 | Author: Ira Krepchin
Multifamily Programs Leaders Group Call - February 2013
February 21, 2013
If you work on your utility’s multifamily programs, be sure to join us for the inaugural Multifamily Programs Leaders Group Call! This is a chance to talk about the successes and challenges of your multifamily programs with your peers.
Content type: Leadership Call | Document ID: EDRP-LC-2013-02-Multifamily | Author: Adam Maxwell
Residential Retrofit Programs: Providing Contractors with Performance Feedback
February 21, 2013
Most utilities and program implementers rely on a network of local contractors to implement their residential retrofit or home performance programs. But how do such programs create an effective feedback loop to ensure that their contractors are doing the best job possible?
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-46 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
What Do Effective Small Business Programs Have in Common?
An E Source Sound Bite
February 15, 2013
Wondering how to design a small and midsize business (SMB) efficiency program that's popular, cost-effective, and capable of delivering real energy savings? In this audio clip, we review four design elements commonly found in effective SMB efficiency programs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-47 | Author: Ti Mougne
Who Participates in Residential Energy-Efficiency Programs?
A Look at the Key Drivers
February 12, 2013
E Source’s investigation of energy-efficiency program participation drivers, based on one of the most robust sets of data in the industry, provides utilities with some of the tools and information necessary to achieve better marketing traction and to accelerate program participation.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: RES-F-48 | Author: Kim Burke, Rachel Cooper
Jumping In Midstream: Designing Effective Plug Load Programs for Retailers
February 11, 2013
Can utilities still get into the midstream plug load game to capitalize on these huge opportunities, and if so, how? After reviewing the evidence, E Source believes that opportunities still exist for utilities to launch midstream plug load programs.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-45 | Author: Kate Drexler
Improving Building Code Compliance Rates
An E Source Sound Bite
February 8, 2013
In this audio clip, we share information about code compliance rates and what some utilities are doing to improve building code compliance.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-49 | Author: Kate Drexler
Stormy Weather’s Silver Lining: Opportunities to Accelerate Energy Efficiency After Disasters
January 30, 2013
Natural disasters have the potential to wreak massive financial damages to properties and unquantifiable emotional and personal losses, but program administrators at ground zero are uniquely poised to help victims rebuild or renovate their damaged homes and businesses to be more secure, affordable, and ...
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-46 | Author: Melanie Wemple, Rachel Reiss Buckley, Dulcey Simpkins
What DSM Questions Are Utilities Asking E Source?
Insights into 2012 Member Inquiries
January 29, 2013
The E Source Efficiency & Demand-Response Programs Service (EDRP) gets more member inquiries than any other E Source service. Throughout 2012, I tracked EDRP-related inquiries to gain a better understanding of the issues utilities are facing when it comes to demand-side management.
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-1-29-13-DSM | Author: Adam Maxwell - Product Manager of the E Source Efficiency & Demand-Response Programs Service
Efficiency Beyond Widgets: Residential Behavioral Program Options
December 18, 2012
Behavior-change programs for the residential sector have proliferated rapidly over the past few years, evolving more quickly than virtually any other energy-efficiency program offering. What elements drive successful residential behavioral approaches?
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: RES-RB-46 | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
Innovative DSM and Renewable Programs
December 18, 2012
December 2012 issue of the E Source Efficiency Services newsletter.
Content type: Service E-mail | Document ID: EDRP_SE_12-18-12
