Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
Here are your wEEkly Updates:
1. Call for climate adaptation proposals: The call for session proposals for
this year’s California Adaptation Forum has been extended! The Adaptation Forum
will take place in Long Beach, CA September 7th-8th.
Learn more here.
2. Valuing EE in buildings: I’ve been hearing from a number of
local governments about the importance of solid statistics on the financial
value of energy efficiency for buildings leads, contractors, realtors, and
residents to make efficiency decisions that can transform the market. A new
study published in the Journal of Structured Finance analyzes California homes
and shares some great statistics on resell values of homes with PACE projects:
read the results, and connect to more resources on valuing EE, here.
3. AB 802 Comment Period Extended: Related to energy disclosure and
valuing EE, the CEC has extended the comment period on their proposed
implementation of AB 802 benchmarking and energy disclosure requirements to
April 15th. A transcript of the March 25th meeting
covering their proposal and public comments has also been added to their
website for review. For more, click here.
4. EE technology best practices: the U.S. Department of Energy's 2015
Quadrennial Technology Review has been released, and contains a wealth of best
practices information in deploying technologies for energy efficiency (and
other benefits). Click here to
review in full, or here to connect to the chapter on Advanced Building
Technologies.
5. Funding for Healthy Cities: More than $1.5 million is available to
small/medium cities, counties and tribes: click here for more information. For more EE, energy and
sustainability-related funding opportunities, click here.
6. Valuing cap and trade implementation
for low-income Californians:
A new study from UCLA has analyzed the value of cap and trade programming and
compliance costs for low-income Californians, and found positive results.
Click here for more.
7. Upcoming webinars from USEPA, USDOE,
and more: click here to review more than 10 webinars coming up this
month offering support on EPA Portfolio Manager, serving
low-income communities, navigating DOE's new weatherization center, and
renewables integration in California.
8. Building code training opportunities added: Looking for more Title 24 training
opportunities? No-cost trainings for building inspectors, plan examiners,
consultants, and more are available from Energy Code Ace. Click here to
see their training schedule or to request a training. The CEC will also be
offering building code trainings through local ICC Chapters – click here for more information.
9. Energy storage financing: More and more local governments are
incorporating energy storage into their energy and resiliency
planning. An event covering the status of energy storage, and how to implement
using financing, will be held by the Clean Energy Advisory Financing Council
(CEFAC) in San Francisco and by webinar April 12th. For more
information, click here.
10. EE, sustainability and economic
growth: click here for 5 signs that sustainability is the new engine
for global economic growth. For more on EE supporting economic growth, check
out these short videos from the Construction Climate Talks and testimonials from businesses using EPA ENERGY STAR.
11. Several job announcements today: the City of San Diego is hiring for an
Energy Program Coordinator! Learn more here.
12. Job announcement: Marin Clean Energy is hiring for a
Customer Programs Specialist and a Law Clerk (Intern). Learn more here.
13. Job announcement: the Port of San Diego is hiring for a
Senior Environmental Specialist. Click here for more information.
14. Leverage CivicSpark this coming year: And, a reminder that for local
governments looking for capacity for energy efficiency and sustainability, now
is the time to propose a project for a CivicSpark AmeriCorps fellow for the
coming year! Learn more here.
As always, you can keep track of
relevant events by connecting to the EE Events Calendar, and find more resources being added
daily on the EECoordinator
website.