Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update
Here
are your wEEkly updates:
1.
Events Galore: To start off strong: registration is now open for
the California
Adaptation Forum, September 7-8th in Long Beach.
2.
ZNE Webinar 6/15: Learn about a recent zero net energy (ZNE) study and how
industry leaders are not waiting to take advantage of this $1.3 trillion market
in this webinar
from Build It Green.
3.
Multifamily ZNE Workshop 6/24: Hear zero net energy (ZNE) expertise speak
to SF’s Chinatown Community Development Center, and available technical
assistance and incentives at this 6/24
workshop on ZNE in multifamily in San Francisco. For more on ZNE
click here.
4.
CEC Resiliency Workshop 6/21: last week’s announcement of resiliency
grants from PG&E was a popular item: to get engaged on resiliency,
adaptation, and energy, join this
CEC Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) workshop focused on
resiliency and adaptation June 21st. For more on resiliency, click here.
5.
Local Government-Utility Partnerships Evaluation 6/20: California’s
investor-owned utilities (IOUs) and Evergreen Economics invite you to attend
a webinar
presentation June 20th on the new draft plan for evaluating local
government partnerships (LGPs).
6.
EDAC Quarterly Meeting 6/21: Also June 21st: the Energy Data
Access Committee is holding its quarterly meeting – RSVP
to join in person or by webinar.
7.
EE in Pneumatics 6/23: making older pneumatic building systems efficient
can be a challenge – but converting to DDC controls is usually
cost-prohibitive. Learn about an energy efficient (and more cost efficient)
retrofit in this 6/23
webinar. (Or for more on EE in pneumatic building systems, see this
white paper.)
8.
Prop 39 Plans Due 6/30: Get the word out to schools and Local Educational
Agencies (LEAs) in your jurisdiction: Expenditure
Plan Applications are due at the end of the month. For more on
funding, click here.
9.
CAEECC Update: Hear an
update from the Coordinating Committee on the business plan
development process for California EE programs and funding – including notes
from past meetings and announcement of a next meeting 7/13.
10.
Electric and Efficient Vehicle $$ from DOE: Earlier this week the U.S.
Dept. of Energy announced
$22 million to support research, development, and demonstration of
innovative plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) and direct injection propane engine
technologies, as well as community-based projects to accelerate the adoption of
light, medium, and heavy duty vehicles that operate on fuels such as biodiesel,
electricity, E85, hydrogen, natural gas, and propane.
CEC
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding: Presentations
are now available from CEC’s 6/6 workshop.
11.
$3 million from San Diego’s APCD: The San Diego County Air Pollution
Control District is currently
accepting applications for the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality
Standards Attainment Grant Program.
12.
Benchmarking best practices: benchmarking building energy use is a great
practice for good management and discovery of energy-saving opportunities – and
if becoming more and more widespread with AB 802 implementation. Learn how to
best leverage benchmarking in this eBook, Building
Energy Benchmarking & Transparency Laws. For more on benchmarking,
click here.
13.
EPA Portfolio Support and More: while on benchmarking, new
federal webcasts are available for Portfolio Manager support, Tribal
Renewable Energy, and more.
14.
Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe Microgrid: for inspiration on tribal renewable
energy (and beyond), check out this case
study.
15.
EE Code trainings and resources: The 2016 Title 24 standards become
effective in 2017. Are you ready? Learn more about new fact
sheets, resources and training offerings from Energy Code Ace.
16. Blueprint Newsletter:
The California Energy Commission (CEC)’s Blueprint May/June newsletter is out!
See newsletter highlights,
including lighting compliance and electric water heater guidance, and read the
newsletter in full.
17.
Lighting Code Webinar: the California Advanced Homes Program is hosting
a webinar 6/28 to help prepare for 2016 code lighting requirements –
join yourself, or share with your buildings community!
18.
Big energy savings from water savings: Saving water saves energy: less
water used means less water pumped, less water heated or cooled, and less water
treated – but how much? A new
study from UC Davis helps us understand just
how significant those energy savings are.
19.
Fontana tests operational ZNE: The development of zero net energy (ZNE)
homes in Fontana announced
this April got press in the New York Times article: A
Suburban Experiment Aims for Free Energy. Hear feedback from the
Genaus, a family living in one of the homes (and seeing utility bills of $10 on
their 2,800 sq.ft. 3-bedroom residence), and check out a great slide show of
the homes.
20.
Reaching Low-Income Communities: New
case studies from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency share best
practices in reaching low-income communities with EE and renewable energy
resources.
21.
Advanced Energy in Huntington Beach: Congratulations to the City of
Huntington Beach for its award of CEC EPIC Program funding for energy
efficiency, renewables, zero net energy, and new technologies deployment under
the Advanced Energy Communities program. Learn more about the project here.
22.
CAP Adopted: Congratulations to Del Mar, whose City Council voted
unanimously to adopt its climate action plan (CAP), which aims to cut the
city’s greenhouse gas emissions in half in less than 20 years. Learn more about
the CAP’s priorities here.
23.
Green real estate resources: Last week’s post on next week’s greenrealtor
training in Yolo County was also popular. Here are some additional
green realtor certification trainings in Anaheim
(June 29th/30th) and Burbank
(July 25th/26th). Or, check out our new trainings resources page.
24.
Job Announcement: Cal State University Long Beach is hiring for an Energy
Analyst! Learn more here.
25.
Job Announcement: The Local Government Commission is hiring for a Climate
Change Coordinator! Learn more here.
26.
Finally, there will be no WEEkly Updates next week due to the 7th Annual
SEEC Forum June 15th-16th in Riverside. We have
record registrations from local governments across the state, and a great line up of local
government, utility, state, and expert-led sessions: I hope to see you there!
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 – including
past WEEkly Updates.