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Using Gross Savings to Evaluate Programs
May 15, 2012
May 2012 issue of the E Source Efficiency Services newsletter.
Content type: Service E-mail | Document ID: EDRP-TAS_Efficiency_SE_5-15-12
October 17, 2011 | Updated: May 15, 2012
Office buildings account for 22 percent of energy use by U.S. commercial buildings. In a challenging real estate market, utilities can help property managers fill vacancies by making their properties more attractive and green while advancing their demand-side management goals.
Content type: Sector Snapshot | Document ID: BAM-S-3 | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
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How to Choose the Optimal DSM Tracking System
Results from an E Source Roundtable Discussion
May 11, 2012
In February 2012, E Source convened a roundtable web conference with representatives from Long Island Power Authority, National Grid, and Southern California Edison to learn how they selected and implemented DSM tracking systems. This report shares their strategies and lessons learned.
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-40 | Author: Alexandra Behringer
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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
Managing the Uncertainty of Modeling in New Construction Programs
April 20, 2012
Because utility new construction programs rely on building models to forecast future energy use for incentive payments, program managers must learn to mitigate the uncertainty around future building energy performance.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-23 | Author: Douglas Baston, Rachel Reiss Buckley
Net Versus Gross Savings: Who's Doing What and Why?
April 17, 2012
Discover which states are using net versus gross savings and learn the rationale for the use of gross savings (that is, not accounting for free-ridership or spillover when reporting on program results). Recent examples illustrate trend away from using net savings for some reporting purposes.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-25 | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
How Does Your Low-Income Program Stack Up?
April 17, 2012
April 2012 issue of the E Source Efficiency Services newsletter.
Content type: Service E-mail | Document ID: EDRP-TAS_Efficiency_SE_4-17-12
Do They Qualify? Trade Ally Screening Practices
April 16, 2012
Trade allies frequently help deliver efficiency programs. See how efficiency program administrators make sure trade allies are qualified to participate.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-24 | Author: Todd Camnitz and Kim Burke
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Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Manufacturing Facilities
September 1, 2008 | Updated: April 11, 2012
Given their very large overall electric loads, manufacturing facilities often have the most to gain of any commercial and industrial customer from participating in a demand-response program.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-5 | Author: Christie Rewey
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
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Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Schools
September 1, 2008 | Updated: April 11, 2012
Schools can be good candidates for participating in demand-response (DR) programs. Incentive payments provide additional funds, participation can improve a school’s image, and educational opportunities can be created by enlisting students’ help in enacting a DR strategy.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-2 | Author: Christie Rewey
Can Facebook Actually Make People Care About Energy?
April 9, 2012
Facebook, apps, Opower, competitions, and saving energy? That's a whole bunch of buzzwords, spanning multiple contexts not historically related to each other—until now, that is. We've recently learned about an energy-saving app launched by home energy report giant Opower, Facebook, and the NRDC. ...
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-4-9-12-Facebook | Author: Adam Maxwell - Product Manager for the E Source Efficiency & Demand-Response Programs Service
Marketing Prepaid Programs
April 4, 2012
Prepaid metering can be promoted to all residential customers, but certain segments value different messages delivered through specific channels. Which messaging and communication channels should you be using?
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: RES-RB-17 | Author: Dulcey Simpkins, Sarah Fiebiger
What the Heck Is Sustainability? A Primer for Utilities
Part 1
April 3, 2012
We're starting a many-part series of blog posts on sustainability for the utility industry. Why? Because we agree wholeheartedly with Jon Wellinghoff, who said, “Utilities must change or die.”
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-4-3-12-SustainabilityPrimer | Author: Justin Rickard - Research Manager, Kevin Vranes - Director of Energy Management Services
Everybody Loves a Little Friendly Competition
Using Competitions to Achieve Energy Savings
March 30, 2012
Perhaps like many of you, I'd consider myself to be a naturally competitive person. If a friend says, "you can't eat that piece of pizza faster than me," you can bet I'll be attacking that slice like I'm on national TV in Nathan's famous hot dog eating contest. ...
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-3-30-12-Competitions | Author: Katie Ruiz - Research Assistant
Smart Meter Opt-Out: Equitable Solution or Kicking a Hornet’s Nest?
March 29, 2012
March 2012 issue of the E Source Intelligent Grid Service newsletter.
Content type: Service E-mail | Document ID: IGS_SE_3-29-12
Making Low-Income Programs Cost-Effective
March 29, 2012
This report pinpoints some common factors that drive the cost-effectiveness of low-income programs and offers solutions to make them more cost-effective.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-33 | Author: Kate Drexler
Repository of Publicly Available Technical Reference Manuals
January 3, 2012 | Updated: March 22, 2012
Where can I find a repository of demand-side management (DSM) deemed savings values or other measure-specific assumptions? Is there a national database with this information?
Content type: Ask E Source | Document ID: EDRP-AskES-45 | Author: Todd Camnitz
To Have or Have Not? A Review of Wireless Meter Opt-Out Policies
March 22, 2012
Consumers are demanding alternatives to wireless meters, and state regulatory commissions and energy providers are issuing policies that allow customers to opt out. It's likely that any utility deploying wireless meters will need an opt-out policy regardless of the size of the population projected to ...
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: IGS-RB-14 | Author: Melanie Wemple
Take Advantage of Tougher Building Codes
March 20, 2012
March 2012 issue of the E Source Efficiency Services newsletter.
Content type: Service E-mail | Document ID: EDRP-TAS_Efficiency_SE_3-20-12
Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Office Buildings
September 1, 2008 | Updated: March 20, 2012
Office buildings can be good candidates for commercial and industrial (C&I) demand-response (DR) programs because these programs provide owners with a way to trim ever-increasing energy costs and to boost their market position by promoting a “green” image.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-3 | Author: Christie Rewey
Strategies for C&I Demand Response: Warehouses
September 1, 2008 | Updated: March 20, 2012
Warehouses can participate in commercial and industrial (C&:I) demand-response programs without adversely affecting their services or internal operations and can often benefit financially.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-4 | Author: Christie Rewey
E Source Rebate and Incentive Finder
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January 1, 2008 | Updated: March 19, 2012
The E Source Rebate and Incentive Finder is a database of demand-side management programs in the U.S. and Canada. Our database contains the most comprehensive information available today on energy-efficiency and demand-response offerings.
Content type: Flyer
Expanding Your Reach with C&I Behavioral Program Options
February 29, 2012
Do you want your commercial and industrial (C&I) customers to be more engaged with your demand-side management offerings? Look no further than behavior-change programs, which offer utilities some unique ways to propagate efficiency norms and spread better operations and savings information to key ...
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-22x-BCO | Author: Dulcey Simpkins
Cracking the Code: Approaches to Claiming Savings from Building Codes
February 22, 2012
Rather than continue to let swelling baselines eat into their savings, some utilities are making code advancements compatible, rather than incongruent, with their demand-side management programs by establishing mechanisms to capture the incremental savings from homes and buildings built to new, more-efficient ...
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: EDRP-RB-20 | Author: Kate Drexler
What Are the Different Types of C&I Behavioral Programs?
February 21, 2012
February 2012 issue of the E Source Efficiency Services newsletter.
Content type: Service E-mail | Document ID: EDRP-TAS_Efficiency_SE_2-21-12
Will California’s Global Warming Policies Drive Up Electricity Prices 20 Percent by 2020?
February 17, 2012
How will cap and trade affect the cost of energy in California? Electricity bills in California are projected to rise 20 percent over and above inflation and other naturally occurring price increases, according to models of the state's carbon regulations and renewable energy standard.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: CEMC-RB-3 | Author: Dulcey Simpkins, Todd Camnitz
Behind the Scenes of DSMdat
February 8, 2012
As many of our members know, in 2011, we "webified" DSMdat—a database of more than 3,000 demand-side management programs in the U.S. and Canada. We completed the transition to a fully web-based interface in May, and we've spent the past eight months updating the information in the database (as ...
Content type: E Source Blog | Document ID: ES-Blog-2-8-12-DSMdat | Author: Melanie Wemple - Research Associate
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
How to Choose the Optimal DSM Tracking System
February 2, 2012
Get the inside scoop from utilities that have developed demand-side management tracking systems. Join us to learn how to select the proper system and integrate it with existing software, as well as other key factors your utility should consider.
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Content type: Web Conference | Document ID: EDRP-WC-2-12-Tracking | Author: Alexandra Behringer
