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Power Partner Thermostat Program
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 5, 2012
Back to the Future: Smart Thermostats Are Here! Programmable thermostats were designed to help us save energy, but those savings never fully materialized. Many utilities stopped incentivizing them and Energy Star discontinued its thermostat program. However, over the past few years a ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Scott Jarman
Customer Experience, DSM, and a 21st-Century Makeover for the Utility Mission
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 5, 2012
Customer Experience, DSM, and a 21st-Century Makeover for the Utility Mission The utility mission, as well as the utility business model, is in serious need of a makeover. If the old mission was to provide inexpensive, reliable power everywhere, the new one is to improve our customers’ ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Michael Shepard, Maureen Russolo
IT Energy Savings: Identifying and Addressing Opportunities to Reduce Costs
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 4, 2012
Vampires, Phantoms, and Wall-Warts! Oh, My! Plug loads are big energy hogs, representing as much as 15 percent of the electricity consumed in homes and 20 percent consumed in commercial offices. But their energy usage is projected to keep growing well into the future. We’ll look ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Mike Walker
Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s Business and Consumer Electronics Program (BCE)
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 4, 2012
Vampires, Phantoms, and Wall-Warts! Oh, My! Plug loads are big energy hogs, representing as much as 15 percent of the electricity consumed in homes and 20 percent consumed in commercial offices. But their energy usage is projected to keep growing well into the future. We’ll look ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Tim Michel
Plug Load Reduction
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 4, 2012
Vampires, Phantoms, and Wall-Warts! Oh, My! Plug loads are big energy hogs, representing as much as 15 percent of the electricity consumed in homes and 20 percent consumed in commercial offices. But their energy usage is projected to keep growing well into the future. We’ll look ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Paul Campbell
Market Lift: Next-Generation Program Design Opportunity
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 3, 2012
Lighting Programs Light Up with Innovation Managers of utility lighting programs are scrambling to keep up with increasing DSM goals, new technologies, and federal policies that affect lighting. Three industry leaders will share their experiences with developing innovative program concepts ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Chris Cloutier
Lighting Program Design: Comprehensive
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 3, 2012
Lighting Programs Light Up with Innovation Managers of utility lighting programs are scrambling to keep up with increasing DSM goals, new technologies, and federal policies that affect lighting. Three industry leaders will share their experiences with developing innovative program concepts ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Carolyn Weiner
Lighting Program Design: Midstream
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 3, 2012
Lighting Programs Light Up with Innovation Managers of utility lighting programs are scrambling to keep up with increasing DSM goals, new technologies, and federal policies that affect lighting. Three industry leaders will share their experiences with developing innovative program concepts ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Carolyn Weiner
Lighting Program Design: Comprehensive
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 3, 2012
Lighting Programs Light Up with Innovation Managers of utility lighting programs are scrambling to keep up with increasing DSM goals, new technologies, and federal policies that affect lighting. Three industry leaders will share their experiences with developing innovative program concepts ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: John Wilson
Lighting Program Design: Upstream
Forum 2012 Presentation
October 3, 2012
Lighting Programs Light Up with Innovation Managers of utility lighting programs are scrambling to keep up with increasing DSM goals, new technologies, and federal policies that affect lighting. Three industry leaders will share their experiences with developing innovative program concepts ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: John Wilson
Utility EE Programs for Data Centers and IT
Forum 2011 Presentation
September 21, 2011
Getting Your Foot in the Door: How to Maximize IT Efficiency Intrigued by the potential savings of IT efficiency programs but reluctant to take the plunge? Keen to enhance your current robust program? We’ll assess the opportunity for savings and address the concerns and constraints ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Mark Bramfitt
Getting Your Foot in the Door: How to Maximize IT Efficiency
Forum 2011 Presentation
September 21, 2011
Getting Your Foot in the Door: How to Maximize IT Efficiency Intrigued by the potential savings of IT efficiency programs but reluctant to take the plunge? Keen to enhance your current robust program? We’ll assess the opportunity for savings and address the concerns and constraints ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Geoff Overland
HVAC Maintenance: Is It Worth It?
Forum 2011 Presentation
September 20, 2011
An Exciting Year for Packaged Air Conditioners While the value of air-conditioning (AC) maintenance has been called into question, recent research and program efforts are refining how to best achieve maintenance savings from AC units. In addition, several new devices have become available ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Mel Johnson
Pump down the Volume and Chill: Converting to Single-Zone VAV
Forum 2011 Presentation
September 20, 2011
An Exciting Year for Packaged Air Conditioners While the value of air-conditioning (AC) maintenance has been called into question, recent research and program efforts are refining how to best achieve maintenance savings from AC units. In addition, several new devices have become available ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Peter Criscione
The Emergence of Dynamic Pricing
Forum 2010 Presentation
September 23, 2010
Demand-response (DR) and pricing programs are creative ways to optimize energy use from existing generation. Now, innovative technologies that automatically engage buildings in DR or signal customers about time-based pricing can bring a fresh approach to your portfolio. We’ll cover some of the latest ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Dr. Ahmad Faruqui
Demand Response at SCE—Customer Relationships: Empowering and Engaging
Forum 2010 Presentation
September 23, 2010
Demand-response (DR) and pricing programs are creative ways to optimize energy use from existing generation. Now, innovative technologies that automatically engage buildings in DR or signal customers about time-based pricing can bring a fresh approach to your portfolio. We’ll cover some of the latest ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Mark Martinez
Reinventing Fire: Profitable Solutions to Oil, Climate, and Proliferation
Forum 2010 Presentation
September 23, 2010
Climate change, national security, oil spills, coal mining disasters—our dependence on fossil fuels comes with many risks. Hear how one of the great minds in the energy arena proposes we wean ourselves from fossil fuels profitably through a combination of deep energy efficiency and renewable energy. ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Amory Lovins
Building Smart Systems with Advanced Meters: The United Illuminating Journey
Forum 2010 Presentation
September 22, 2010
Smart grid projects are complex, and, as we read in the daily papers, can meet with lots of resistance. Hear from three speakers how they used customer market research, deliberate messaging, technology testing, and integration with existing DSM programs when they designed and implemented their smart ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Joe Thomas
Real Life with Smart Grid: MLGW's Experience Then & Now
Forum 2010 Presentation
September 22, 2010
Smart grid projects are complex, and, as we read in the daily papers, can meet with lots of resistance. Hear from three speakers how they used customer market research, deliberate messaging, technology testing, and integration with existing DSM programs when they designed and implemented their smart ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Becky Williamson
Greening the Utility
Forum 2010 Presentation
September 21, 2010
Think energy efficiency is just for your customers? The reality is that utilities have a great opportunity to lead by example. Come learn what other utilities have done to improve efficiency in their own corporate headquarters and facilities, and get practical ideas for managing your own energy consumption. ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Tom Coughlin & Michael McAteer
Walking the Talk: Making Strides in Energy Efficiency within Avista
Forum 2010 Presentation
September 21, 2010
Think energy efficiency is just for your customers? The reality is that utilities have a great opportunity to lead by example. Come learn what other utilities have done to improve efficiency in their own corporate headquarters and facilities, and get practical ideas for managing your own energy consumption. ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Levi Westra
Are We Done with CFLs?
Forum 2010 Presentation
September 21, 2010
Many utilities are wondering what the role of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) in program portfolios will be as incandescent bulbs are phased out in 2012. Recent CFL saturation studies show that a large potential for installing basic CFLs still exists. Some utilities are already planning to increase ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Laura Moorefield
How Do You Know a Good LED When You See One?
Forum 09 Presentation
September 24, 2009
The key to reducing the energy used for lighting lies in choosing efficient sources and efficient controls. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are getting better more quickly than most pundits had expected, and utilities are cautiously beginning to provide incentives for LEDs in certain applications.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Ira Krepchin
The Solar FIT in Gainesville, FL
Forum 09 Presentation
September 23, 2009
Utilities are faced with goals for meeting renewable energy targets of 25 percent of generation or more by 2020, and it’s likely that they will have to meet even bigger goals by 2050. To succeed, they will need to deploy a variety of strategies for transitioning from reliance on fossil fuels to ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Kathy Viehe
Customer-sited Solar Programs: Traditional Utility Incentives and Recent Trends
Forum 09 Presentation
September 23, 2009
Utilities are faced with goals for meeting renewable energy targets of 25 percent of generation or more by 2020, and it’s likely that they will have to meet even bigger goals by 2050. To succeed, they will need to deploy a variety of strategies for transitioning from reliance on fossil fuels to ...
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Yuki Iida
Getting to Zero Energy
Forum 08 Presentation
September 24, 2008
Ho-hum—just another session on renewable programs? Guess again. New technologies, fresh program designs, and innovative marketing techniques are about to completely change the way we think about renewable energy.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Mike Keesee
PV Forecast: SUNNY
Forum 08 Presentation
September 24, 2008
Ho-hum—just another session on renewable programs? Guess again. New technologies, fresh program designs, and innovative marketing techniques are about to completely change the way we think about renewable energy.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Spencer Sator
Data Centers: They're Back and They're Badder than Ever
Forum 07 presentation
September 1, 2007
We discuss current trends of expansion in the data center business and growth in power density of these facilities, and we talk about why this is an issue of increasing concern for utilities.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Mark Bramfitt
Data Centers: They're Back and They're Badder than Ever
Forum 07 presentation
September 1, 2007
We discuss current trends of expansion in the data center business and growth in power density of these facilities, and we talk about why this is an issue of increasing concern for utilities.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: Jay Stein
Data Centers: They're Back and They're Badder than Ever
Forum 07 presentation
September 1, 2007
We discuss current trends of expansion in the data center business and growth in power density of these facilities, and we talk about why this is an issue of increasing concern for utilities.
Content type: Forum, Slides | Author: William Tschudi
