Association of Energy Services Professionals

Still Lots of Savings from Residential Refrigerators?

Thu, 04 Mar 2010

AESP Brown Bag Seminar

Still Lots of Savings from Residential Refrigerators?

Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)

Description:

How much energy savings can an energy efficiency program still get from refrigerators? After all, refrigerators are the poster child for the success of appliance standards - current models use half of the energy of products manufactured 25 years ago.

A recently published analysis conducted by D&R International and published by the U.S. Department of Energy yields a surprising answer. Substantial energy savings potential remains, but capturing these savings requires a multi pronged strategy that focuses on interventions at the retail level and active encouragement of retirement and recycling of inefficient units.

Attend this Webinar to learn more about the dynamics of the refrigerator market, the complex nature of the installed base of refrigerators, the energy savings opportunities, and how to capture them.

Moderator:

Richard Karney, ENERGY STAR Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy (Tentative)

Speakers:

Stephen Bickel, Director of Market Research at D&R International, will profile the refrigerator market, the product life cycle, and their relationship to energy consumption.

Stephen Bickel is director of market research at D&R International. His team provides market research and analysis to support the U.S. Department of Energy’s ENERGY STAR program with particular attention to the markets for ENERGY STAR qualified products. In 2009 his team prepared market profiles for ENERGY STAR compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), refrigerators, and water heaters. Stephen has been supporting and directing resource efficiency programs for more than 12 years and holds a Masters of Science from MIT.

Hans Schreff, Program Manager Conservation Activities, London Hydro will describe their highly successful residential and multifamily refrigerator recycling and replacement program.

Hans Schreff, London Hydro’s program manager for conservation activities, is responsible for developing and executing energy conservation projects across London’s rate base. Over the past three years London Hydro has provided over 4 million dollars in incentives for their customers through various programs. With 14 years of Utility experience in various departments Hans has recently been part of the Award winning conservation department at London Hydro. Hans in concert with his colleagues develop and execute some of the most successful conservation programs in Ontario.

Sam Sirkin, Program Development Manager, and Michael Dunham, Director of Environment and Energy Programs at JACO Environmental will speak about their retail collaboration efforts.

Sam Sirkin, the program development director at JACO Environmental, Inc. has more than 25 years of experience in the design, development and implementation of energy efficiency, environmental and economic development programs. His energy efficiency experience spans residential, commercial and industrial programs. He is currently working with utilities, energy efficiency organizations and their consultants across the country to design and deliver successful refrigerator/freezer early retirement programs. Sam has led change and sustainability initiatives in state government and private sector and assisted the growth of several environmental services companies. JACO Environmental is currently delivering successful energy efficiency appliance early retirement programs using state-of-the-art recycling technologies on over 75 programs in 23 states.

Michael Dunham has an extensive background in appliance logistics, utility efficiency programs, as well as advertising and marketing. Michael is currently responsible for the successful design and implementation of JACO’s energy efficiency appliance recycling programs. He has led JACO’s approach regarding the treatment of CFC-11 foam, serving on the United Nations Task Force on End of Life CFC-11 Foam-Handling Policy Issues during 2004 and 2009. As a direct result of Mr. Dunham’s efforts, JACO was the recipient of a Stratospheric Ozone Protection award from the U.S. EPA in April 2004 and a “Best of the Best” award for Stratospheric Ozone Protection in September 2007 in Montreal as part of a conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol.

Instructions for the AESP Brown Bag Seminar:
REGISTER TODAY by clicking in the upper right hand corner of this page.

Once your registration fee is processed, you will receive a confirmation email of your payment. You will also receive the dial-in instructions and links to the presentations a couple of days before the Brown Bag.

Call in at scheduled date and time to listen and learn. Access the presentation links to follow along on your computer as the slides are discussed by the presenters on the conference call. After the presentations, you will have an opportunity to ask questions and get answers. It's that simple!

The Brown Bag call will last approximately 90 minutes (1½ hours) depending on how many questions there are from the participants. There will be a limited number of call participants, so register soon. If you have others in your organization who may also benefit from the information, sign up for group participation, grab a speaker-phone and ask them to join you.

Registration Fees:

$100 AESP Member Registration Fee for 1 or more listeners sharing a single phone connection who are all AESP individual members.

$195 Non-Member Registration Fee for 1 or more listeners sharing a single phone connection when 1 or more of them are not AESP individual members.

AESP Group Member Registration Fee for 1 or more listeners sharing a single phone connection who are with an organization that is an AESP Group Member. To see if your company is an AESP Group member and learn more about this benefit, visit www.aesp.org and click on Group Member. This offer is limited to the terms negotiated with each AESP Group Member. Please email Claudia Huss at claudia@aesp.org to register using points.

Great Information, Low Cost, Little Time
Your Questions Answered and No Travel!

Intro to The Principles of Demand-Side Management (Milwaukee)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010

Introduction to The Principles of Demand-Side Management

March 9-11, 2010 * Milwaukee, WI * We Energies, 333 W. Everett St.

Session Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, March 9 and March 10 and 8:00 am - 12:00 pm, March 11

AESP's Demand-Side Management (DSM) Workshop provides the education your team needs to implement DSM programs

Against the backdrop of rising energy costs, environmental hot buttons, less reliable energy supplies, and the need to meet increasing demand for energy, Demand-Side Management has re-emerged as a key strategy in utilities’ long-range planning processes.

AESP’s Principles of Demand-Side Management Workshops provide the education your team needs to implement DSM programs. Our workshops teach DSM fundamentals to newcomers to the field while providing updates for your staff who lived through the first phase of large-scale DSM/energy efficiency programs in the ‘90s.

Register Today for this 2.5 day training for only $895 per person
AESP is offering this 2.5 day regional training in the Milwaukee area. This is a perfect way for your employees to learn as a group without incurring travel expenses.

Who should attend AESP’s Principles of Demand-Side Management Workshop?

Perfect for everyone involved in DSM/energy efficiency policy, program design/plan preparation, regulatory support, program implementation, marketing, technology, program tracking and evaluation!

New DSM staff
Experienced staff who are now focusing on DSM
Electric and gas utility staff
State regulators
Consultants and vendors
Public benefits organizations
Industry association staff
Policy makers

Training Modules of DSM Essentials your team needs to know!

Learn how DSM investments translate into long-term resources
Discover best practices from industry experts for building and delivering DSM portfolios that work
Understand how to launch or realign your DSM initiatives

Training Modules:

I. Program Planning/Design

Company demographics, needs and goals
Achievable potential studies
Customer needs and wants
Required program capabilities
Program markets
Program selection

II. DSM Economics

Tests and perspectives
Useable utility data
Program data

III. Program Implementation/Management

Regulatory approval
RFPs and contractor selection
Market delivery
Working with contractors
Mid-stream adjustments

IV. Program Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring and evaluating the impact
Process evaluation
Market transformation

Trainers

Your trainers are industry professionals with in-depth knowledge in DSM. Each instructor brings more than 20 years of experience to AESP’s DSM Workshops and understands key industry issues and recent changes you need to know about.

Home Energy Efficiency Contests: Integrating Social Marketing with Energy Efficiency

Thu, 25 Mar 2010

AESP Brown Bag Seminar

Home Energy Efficiency Contests: Integrating Social Marketing with Energy Efficiency

Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)

Description:

Learn about two innovative program models that rely on competition with social marketing aspects. These two contest approaches illustrate that there is a viable market to encourage individual homeowners and entire communities to make more comprehensive home energy improvement choices:

The Climate and Energy Project’s Take Charge Challenge - a friendly competition in six Kansas communities to determine which community can conserve the most energy – leveraged Midwest Energy’s How$mart program to win the challenge in two Midwest Energy communities.
Home Energy Makeover Contests - modeled after reality television shows - take a building-science approach to the selection of a home that best demonstrates the potential for energy savings based on BTU-per-square-foot and other factors. A contest sponsored by the Energy Trust of Oregon attracted over 6,000 entries statewide with 4 winning homes.

Moderator: Kendall Youngblood, Energy Trust of Oregon

Presenters:

Michael Volker, Director of Regulatory and Energy Services, Midwest Energy, Inc.
Michael Volker is responsible for managing regulated electric and gas utility rates, energy service activities, market and load research, and forecasting at Midwest Energy.

Nancy Jackson, Executive Director, Climate and Energy Project
Nancy works to deploy energy efficiency and renewable energy in the Heartland to improve our economy, our security, and our environment.

Ed Thomas, Director, UtilityExchange.org, an EGIA affiliate
Ed has helped to implement Home Energy Makeover Contests in Colorado, Maine, California, Oregon, South Carolina and Texas.

Kate Scott, Residential Project Manager, Energy Trust of Oregon
Kate is responsible for coordination of Residential Sector Initiatives, including pilot efforts, research study efforts, and other program implementation tasks.

Registration Fees:

$100 AESP Member Registration Fee for 1 or more listeners sharing a single phone connection who are all AESP individual members.

$195 Non-Member Registration Fee for 1 or more listeners sharing a single phone connection when 1 or more of them are not AESP individual members.

Great Information, Low Cost, Little Time
Your Questions Answered and No Travel!

P2 - Program Planning & Implementation - Level II DSM(Milwaukee)

Mon, 05 Apr 2010

P² - Program Planning & Implementation - Level II Demand-Side Management

April 5-6, 2010 * We Energies * Milwaukee, WI

The new, more intensive course delivers all of the comprehensive tools you need for developing detailed Demand-side Management and Energy Efficiency programs. This more advanced level course shows you how to create an Energy Efficiency Portfolio with effective results-driven goals, how to assess risk, and how to successfully implement, manage and track your programs.

Program Planning – Setting goals for Market/Regulatory Environments, Drivers of the Portfolio Development Process, Risk Assessment, Financial Mechanisms, Surveys, Potential Studies, Program Theory, Incentives, Schedule & Milestones and more

Implementation – Responsibilities of Implementers/Team, Organizational Structure, Developing and Initiating Marketing Plan, Contractor Selection, Operations Manual, Tracking Systems, Managing Workflows and Customer Contacts and more

Case studies, lessons learned and exercises

Trainers

NOTE: AESP reserves the right to cancel the program at any time with reasonable notice given to all participants. If a program is canceled, refunds will be paid in full or you may reschedule attendance in the next available seminar. In the event of a cancellation, AESP is not responsible for non-refundable airfares, other airfare penalties, or travel charges you may incur.

E2 - Economics and Evaluation Level II DSM (Milwaukee)

Wed, 07 Apr 2010

E² - Economics and Evaluation Level II Demand-Side Management

April 7-8, 2010 * Milwaukee, WI

This intensive course delves deeply into the Economics and Evaluation processes of DSM/EE programs. You will learn comprehensive information on: Applications of Cost-Benefit Tests, Cost-Effectiveness Metrics, Determining Discount Rates, Integrating DSM Economics with Supply-Side Economics, emerging Environmental issues that are impacting DSM Economics and so much more. Laptop is required.

Economics of DSM
Cost-Effectiveness Tests
Benefit-Cost Tests & Applications
Utility Avoided Costs
Factors in Determining Discount Rates
Program costs
Integrating DSM with Supply-side economics
Market Simulations
Use of Planning Models
Emerging Issues in DSM Economics
Climate change/GHG regulation
Decoupling & Incentive models

Evaluation
Process, Market and Impact Evaluations and when and how to apply them to your programs
Evaluation objectives and costs
The Burden of 90/10 in Evaluation
Sampling/Calculating confidence intervals
Leveraging data
Methods – Statistical, Engineering & Combination Approaches
Regression Usage & Equations
Uncertainty Analysis

Register today for this 2 day training for only $895 ($795 for AESP members).

Trainers

NOTE: AESP reserves the right to cancel the program at any time with reasonable notice given to all participants. If a program is canceled, refunds will be paid in full or you may reschedule attendance in the next available seminar. In the event of a cancellation, AESP is not responsible for non-refundable airfares, other airfare penalties, or travel charges you may incur.

AESP's Spring Conference & Expo 2010: Program Implementation and Marketing

Mon, 03 May 2010

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AESP's Spring Conference & Expo: Program Implementation and Marketing

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel * Boston, MA
May 3, 2010 - Pre-Conference Workshop and Evening Reception
May 4-5, 2010 - Conference Sessions

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Early Bird Rate - Register by March 29, 2010 and SAVE $50!

The area of DSM/Energy Efficiency Program Implementation continue to be important to the energy industry as more states and energy organizations are investing in energy efficiency education and programs for residential and commercial customers. The focus of AESP's Spring Conference will be on the many elements of program implementation and marketing. A detailed agenda will be posted soon.

Join us as we discuss the following:

Program Design and Implementation
Innovative Program Marketing
Social Marketing
Integrating Implementation with Evaluation

Network with other energy professionals...

Last year, close to 200 industry professionals came together to discuss the secrets to energy efficiency program implementation. This year will be no different, attendees will include:
Utility professionals working in marketing, customer service, energy efficiency, pricing, forecasting, and program development and implementation;
Government policy makers and regulators;
Industry advisors, including consultants, market researchers, and technology professionals; and
Many More!

Hear from the industry experts...
AESP will kick-off the conference with a pre-conference workshop (extra fee required). Following will be two days of speaker presentations, panel discussions and networking events.

Looking to showcase your latest products and services...
A limited number of tabletop displays and sponsorships will be available on a first-come first-serve basis. For information, contact Suzanne Jones at (480) 704-5900.

Hotel Accommodations...
AESP's Spring Conference will be held at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. Make reservations by April 12, 2010 to receive the discounted rate of $189 per night. Click here for reservations online.

Register Today...
AESP Members - $595 ($545 on or before March 29, 2010)
Non-Members - $795, includes a 12-month AESP membership ($745 on or before March 29, 2010)
Workshop - $495

Click here to register>>>

Association of Energy Services Professionals

Still Lots of Savings from Residential Refrigerators?

AESP Brown Bag Seminar

Still Lots of Savings from Residential Refrigerators? Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)

Intro to The Principles of Demand-Side Management (Milwaukee)

March 9-11, 2010 * Milwaukee, WI * We Energies, 333 W. Everett St.

Who should attend AESP’s Principles of Demand-Side Management Workshop?

Training Modules of DSM Essentials your team needs to know!

Training Modules:

Trainers

Home Energy Efficiency Contests: Integrating Social Marketing with Energy Efficiency

AESP Brown Bag Seminar

Home Energy Efficiency Contests: Integrating Social Marketing with Energy Efficiency Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)

P2 - Program Planning & Implementation - Level II DSM(Milwaukee)

April 5-6, 2010 * We Energies * Milwaukee, WI

Trainers

E2 - Economics and Evaluation Level II DSM (Milwaukee)

April 7-8, 2010 * Milwaukee, WI

Trainers

AESP's Spring Conference & Expo 2010: Program Implementation and Marketing

AESP's Spring Conference & Expo: Program Implementation and Marketing

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel * Boston, MA May 3, 2010 - Pre-Conference Workshop and Evening Reception May 4-5, 2010 - Conference Sessions

Still Lots of Savings from Residential Refrigerators?

Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)

Home Energy Efficiency Contests: Integrating Social Marketing with Energy Efficiency

Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern)

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel * Boston, MA
May 3, 2010 - Pre-Conference Workshop and Evening Reception
May 4-5, 2010 - Conference Sessions