DOE’s Technical Assistance Program makes learning fun again with September Webcasts! TAP webcasts will continue to explore best practices and technical information for state, city, county and tribal energy practitioners.
The September webcasts will address a range of topics including:
• The new EECBG Portfolio Manager Initiative;
• How to further building code compliance through partnerships;
• Developing successful partnerships between utilities and local governments;
• Designing and marketing energy efficiency programs to specific neighborhoods;
• The complex terms and conditions of power purchase agreements.
You can find the complete webcast schedule for this month below. Webcast details may change during the month so please check Solution Center webcasts page for the most up to date information. You can find presentations from past Technical Assistance Program webcasts on the Solution Center webcasts page. The TAP Blog is also a good place to find information on webcasts including description of each webcast, as well as sign up information.
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EECBG Portfolio Manager Initiative
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Time: 1:00-2:00 EDT
Registration Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/131894248
Presenter: ICF International
Description: This webcast will introduce grantees to the EECBG Portfolio Manager Initiative. Grantees will learn about the benefits and features of using U.S. EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager to benchmark, track, and report and disclose public building energy use. They will also hear from multiple grantees about the ways state and local governments can use Portfolio Manager both internally and externally to manage their energy use and communicate the benefits of energy efficiency. Along with highlighting Portfolio Manager’s key benefits, the webcast will present the various Portfolio Manager technical assistance resources that will be available to interested grantees during the EECBG Portfolio Manager Initiative and share how to access these resources.
Exploring Partnerships to Further Building Code Compliance Enhancement
Date: September 9, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:00 EDT
Registration Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/587296320
Presenter: Vermont Energy Investment Corporation and Midwest Energy Efficiency Association
Description: State and local governments are increasingly focused on improving compliance with building energy codes. In some states, local jurisdictions have reviewed and passed more stringent codes than the statewide mandated code. This webcast will explore how Minnesota, Massachusetts, and California are developing and implementing their energy code programs and their successes in leveraging partnerships to enhance code compliance and reduce implementation costs. Participants will receive insight on how these leading states have applied innovation to the issues around new more stringent energy codes. Presenters will explore leveraging non-traditional resources at a time of shrinking implementation budgets to accomplish these goals.
Partnering with Utilities Part 1 - Successful Partnerships and Lessons from the Field
Date: September 22, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:30 EDT
Registration Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/227852449
Presenter: ICF International
Description: This webcast will be a roundtable for four communities to describe successful partnerships between local governments and utilities that enabled the local governments to implement new clean energy programs or enhance existing ones. The speakers will highlight their local governments' efforts to institutionalize energy efficiency and renewable energy use within their government organizations and throughout their communities with the help of utilities. Attendees will hear information on specific steps they took to build and sustain their local government-utility partnerships; how much funding was leveraged; the impact of the leveraged funding; the outcomes of the local government-utility partnership; and future plans for the partnerships. Communities participating in the roundtable will be Allegheny County, PA; Baltimore, MD and Denver, CO.
How to Design and Market Energy Efficiency Programs to Specific Neighborhoods
Date: September 27, 2011
Time: 1:00-2:30 EDT
Registration Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/126813440
Presenter: ICF International
Description: This webcast will offer information on design considerations and market research insights for creating and marketing successful projects in specific neighborhoods. For example, energy efficiency retrofits in a specific neighborhood are often part of a neighborhood revitalization strategy. Implementing successful strategies requires a solid knowledge of the target market including factors such as primary spoken language, residents' financial demographics and other factors. Webcast participants will learn how other communities created high impact programs because they put in the effort to meet the design challenges of working in different types of communities. The webcast will feature speakers from Seattle, Washington, Volusia County, Florida and the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance.
Advanced Topics in Power Purchase Agreements
This webcast has been postponed. Please check the Solution Center Webcasts page for details.