Beyond Home Energy Audits
with
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR®
Southeastern
Regional Workshop for Program Sponsors
September 16-17, 2008, Crowne Plaza Orlando Airport
Co-Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Co-Hosted by
Orlando Utilities Commission with Florida Municipal Electric
Association, and Florida
Electric Cooperatives
Association
Join Southeastern U.S. utilities and their energy efficiency program
allies as they
create a common understanding of the key program design aspects
necessary to establish a successful Home Performance with ENERGY
STAR program. The workshop goal is to move toward establishing a
common program platform across the Southeastern U.S. utility
services territories that is poised
for comprehensive, integrated market transformation
of the existing home improvement marketplace.
The U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency are partnering with the host and sponsor organizations as
they seek to enhance support to achieve transformation of the
existing home improvement marketplace in the Southeast region. The
workshop will provide a forum for utilities, state energy offices
and other energy-related organizations to network and learn in a
collaborative environment about the key program design aspects
necessary to establish a successful Home Performance with ENERGY
STAR® program.
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR®
is a national program from the U.S. DOE and U.S. EPA that offers a
comprehensive, whole-house approach to improving energy efficiency
and comfort at home, while helping to
protect the environment. ENERGY STAR® provides a powerful platform
for utilities, state agencies, and other organizations implementing
energy efficiency programs to make a bigger difference in their
communities. Using ENERGY STAR® tools and strategies, organizations
can reduce program costs and implementation timelines while
increasing the efficacy of their programs.
Agenda
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
An Introduction to Home Performance with ENERGY STAR®
by
Patricia Plympton,
Navigant Consulting, and Chandler von Schrader, U.S. EPA
A primer on the basic parameters necessary for launching and
maintaining a program from the key staff support from the U.S.
Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Opening Lunch Buffet hosted by
Progress Energy Florida
Networking opportunity to meet with workshop presenters and sponsors
noon – 12:30 p.m. Keynote:
"Why Home Performance is the Evolution of The
ENERGY STAR® Initiative"
by Lani
MacRae,
ENERGY STAR Director for Outreach and Marketing, U.S. Department of
Energy
There are reasons why ENERGY STAR®
waited to tackle the
existing home improvement marketplace until after they had achieved
success with lighting, appliances, new homes and other
initiatives. Find out why this marketplace is so tough and what
ENERGY STAR®
envisions from public-private partnerships
established to support locally-based programs nationwide. This
presentation will examine the program benefits to homeowners,
contractors, program sponsors, energy service providers and
society.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Regulatory Perspective: How Home Performance Helps Meet Southeast
goals for energy efficiency and carbon reduction
Panel moderated by Chandler Von Schrader, U.S. EPA
· Jennifer
Szaro,
Renewable
Energy Coordinator, Orlando Utilities Commission
· Ben
Taube, Executive Director,
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
· Janis Hill,
Energy Star Program Manager, Mississippi State Energy Office
Learn how state regulators see home performance helping to achieve
the Southeast region’s aggressive goals for energy efficiency and
carbon reductions.
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Utility Perspective: Insight on Existing Home Program Planning
Panel moderated by:
Patricia Plympton, Navigant Consulting (on behalf of U.S. DOE)
· Theresa
Spurling-Wood, Gainesville Regional Utilities
· Payson
Tilden, Jacksonville Electric Authority
· Charles
Wright, Orlando Utilities Commission
· Bill
Simpson, Progress Energy Florida
· Phil
Tornelli, Florida Power and Light
· John
Adkinson, Lakeland Electric
· Kenneth
Hernandez, Tampa Electric Company
· Joe
Eysie, Florida Public Utilities
Panel presentation with utility representatives offering candid
insight regarding:
·
Lessons learned from current and past efforts to achieve whole house
energy efficiency
·
Plan to leverage existing single-measure incentives to promote a
whole-house approach
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:45 – 4:30 p.m.
Contractor Perspective: What it Takes to Sell Home Performance
Panel moderated by Chandler Von Schrader, U.S. EPA
·
Brett Knox, Green Homes America
·
Howard
Katzman, GreenChoice
·
Jon Phelps,
LACAP
Panel presentation with general contractors and others allies who
having success selling efficiency with candid insight regarding:
·
Customer perceptions of home performance and “greening their home”
·
What sales and marketing support contractors need (and don’t need)
from program sponsors
·
Competitive pressures from “me too” contractors
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
The Importance of Contractor Credentialing by
Larry Zarker,
Building Performance Institute
Enforcement of industry and program standards is vital to ensure the
potential to deliver true home performance improvements. EPA, DOE
and HUD have provided a grant to the Building Performance Institute
to minimize program sponsor liability with independent, third-party
quality assurance. Learn how BPI benchmarks standards and raises
the performance bar for technicians and the companies that employ
them.
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
with hosted bar and hors d’oeurves
Networking opportunity to meet workshop presenters and sponsors in
an informal setting.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast served
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Program Roles and Responsibilities
by Mark Dyen, Conservation Services Group
Candid assessment of the various program entities and significant
infrastructure required to sustain a program. Presentation includes
tips on how to leverage the local, regional and national resources
of others to avoid “recreating the wheel” for key program
infrastructure components
9:15
a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Program Design Elements
– from Start-Up to Full-Scale Deployment
Panel moderated by: Patricia Plympton, Navigant Consulting (on
behalf of U.S. DOE)
Panel presentation with representatives from third-party resource
organizations on the key program components with candid insight
regarding key aspects to develop and ramp up a comprehensive,
integrated program with emphasis on the importance of multi-year
planning horizons and topics such as:
·
Program Structure Considerations
·
Program Incentive Design and Administration
·
Contractor Recruiting and Training
·
Marketing Communication
·
Program Measurement and Verification
Panel:
·
John Laun, Apogee Interactive
·
Bruce Matulich, Electric & Gas Industries Association
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:30 Program Design Elements
(continued)
– from Start-Up to Full-Scale Deployment
Panel moderated by: Patricia Plympton, Navigant Consulting (on
behalf of U.S. DOE)
·
Nancy O’Brien, Energy Finance Solutions
·
Ed Thomas, Market Development Group
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon Closing Keynote Presentation
How Southeast Can Lead National Efforts to Solve The Existing Homes
Conundrum
Chandler Von Schrader, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Overview of the potential for Southeastern program efforts to build
on current efforts in the region and elsewhere and enhance national
program efforts moving forward.
12
noon Adjourn
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