WFH Learning Bundle 5: Making ZNE a Reality!
SJVCEO 2020 Learning Bundles
5th Edition- ZNE
A new month and a new week means a new WFH Learning Bundle! Kick start the month of May with countless resources all surrounding this week’s theme, Zero Net Energy (ZNE)! Click through below to learn more about the resources that can get you there!
Making ZNE a Reality!
BLOG EE and Reads on ZNE:
Want to know more about ZNE? Take look at a few of the reads below to learn more about the path to get there!
1. ZNE for Local Gov Resources
2. Getting to Zero: ZNE Project Guide (SEEC)
3. ZNE is for Industry Too (NRDC)
IOU Online Webinars:
PG&E, SCG, and SCE all offer online courses and webinars that include a vast number of topics. Check out the ZNE options below!
1. SCE: Zero Net Energy Design
2. PGE: ZNE Introduction and Project Showcase
3. SCG: Reaching for Zero Net Energy
Additional Webinars:
SEEC 2019 Zero Net Energy Cohort conducted various sessions covering ZNE. From key examples to ZNE barriers, these sessions cover it all. Take a look at the links below to take a look at each theme!
1. Defining ZNE
2. Utility and City example
3. ZNE Communications
4. MicroGrids
5. Existing Barriers to ZNE
6. Road to ZNE
Fund-It Fast Chats:
Need some more guidance on the road to ZNE! Take 20 minutes and 7 seconds from your day to watch SJVCEO’s January Fast Chat on Pathway to Zero to learn more!
Our next Fund-It Fast Chat will be on Tuesday, May 12th from 10:00-10:20 am and will cover Municipal Bonds. Make sure to REGISTER NOW!
Spotify:
We all need a little (or a lot of ) uplifting during this time, so there is no better answer than the February 2020 SJVCEO Spotify playlist to get you all in your feelings!
“SLOW JAMZ”
Inspiring Stories:
Many schools and districts across the country are re-evaluating what classrooms will look like upon the students and faculty return. How about this, Green School Building? Take a look here about how a school in Washington DC is not only promoting greener buildings BUT enhancing the learning environment for their students!
WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING
SoCalREN:
The latest “Conversations with SoCalREN” webinar is this Wednesday, 5/6! “Addressing Efficiency Through Uncertainty” will review opportunities to maximize energy savings at your closed facilities. Chat with peers, guests and bring questions and solutions from your public agency! Register HERE!
The SoCalREN champions zero net energy and one of their Public Agency Programs even focuses entirely on it. Pathway to Zero supports disadvantaged communities with the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) and sustainability-related strategies and helps public agencies on a path toward zero net energy (ZNE) Click here to learn more!
SCE Time of Use:
Southern California Edison customers experiencing financial difficulty because of the COVID-19 crisis can expect to receive a credit on their electric bills a few months early, according to a new CPUC decision.
On another positive note, take a look at SCE’s latest “SCE Stories Matter” video to make your day a little brighter!
PG&E:
PG&E’s ongoing ZNE activities promote California’s long-term energy goals through a portfolio of research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects around ZNE buildings together with complementary education, outreach, and information activities!
Take a look HERE at PG&E’s ZNE activities to learn more about how ZNE can be achieved and click HERE for a quick video showing how PG&E is helping lead efforts to clean energy building solutions!
SCG:
SoCalGas is your partner in that clean-energy future, since installing high-efficiency natural gas appliances is part of a dual-energy approach to affordably achieve a range of sustainable and green standards and certifications, including ZNE.
Click HERE to learn about the Innovative projects and techniques that SoCalGas offers to achieve ZNE!