See what’s blooming at the Technical Assistance Program by attending a May Webinar! The May webinars will continue to explore best practices and technical information for state, city, county and tribal energy practitioners.

The May webinars will address a range of topics including:
• A review of residential retrofit program design,
• Leveraging partnerships with faith-based organizations,
• Achieving energy savings with practical strategies for managing and synchronizing traffic signals,
• Using social media tools to engage communities in energy efficiency projects,
• Code compliance policies and procedures for new buildings. 

The complete webinar schedule for this month can be found below, although webinar details can be subject to change.  You can find past TAP webinar presentations and audio as well as the webinar offerings for May on the Solution Center webcasts page.  A description of each webinar, as well as sign up information can also be found on the TAP blog.
Don't see a webinar for a topic you're interested in?  Make a comment on our blog or send an email to solutioncenter@ee.doe.gov.  Thanks!

Residential Retrofit Program Design Guide Overview
Host: Team 4-VEIC
Date: May 3, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:30 EDT
Description: As states and municipalities plan for--and start to roll out--residential retrofit programs, having a trusted "operations manual" to turn to will surely help save time and avoid potential pitfalls.  The "Residential Retrofit Program Design Guide" is just such a manual, designed to provide guidance to program planners and implementers based on decades of experience from successful retrofit programs.  This webinar will introduce the Residential Retrofit Program Design Guide and provide an overview of its content and structure, with a focus on how programs can use it as a planning and on-going resource. Additionally, we will profile successful grantee residential retrofit programs.
URL: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/540500416

Leveraging Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations
Host: VEIC
Date: May 17, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:00 EDT
Description: This webinar will explore how faith-based organizations and their partners have used energy efficiency as an organizing motivator to retrofit the institutional building and then members' homes.  Three successful programs will present their models and experience in leveraging faith-based organizations to save energy.
URL:  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/810700328

Traffic Synchronization and Management for Energy Savings
Host: ICF, Team 1
Date: May 18, 2011
Time: 12:00-1:00 EDT
Description: This webinar will discuss practical strategies to manage and synchronize traffic signals in order to increase energy savings.  It will provide a general overview of traffic signal coordination principles; present strategies for implementation in order to maximize benefits; describe tools and techniques to evaluate benefits; and present real-life implementation projects funded through DOE's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG).
URL: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/559440809

Using Social Media to Engage the Community in Energy Efficiency Projects
Host: ICF Team 1
Date: May 26, 2011
Time: 1:00-2:30 EDT
Description: This webinar will be a round-table discussion on the ways grantees use social media tools to enhance and promote EECBG and SEP projects within their communities.  First, DOE communications experts will introduce a range of social media resources. Then, grantee panelists will discuss specifically how their organizations use social media tools to provide a forum for community networking and stakeholder engagement, notify the public about training, financing and rebate opportunities, increase participation in bike-share and similar participatory projects, and get the word out on successful projects for grantees and sub grantees.  Strategies and policies for managing social media will also be shared. Discussions will be led by a technical moderator from the Department of Energy, and the audience will be invited to share their experiences and ask questions of the panelists.
URL:  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/812277224

Policies and Procedures for Enhancing Code Compliance
Host: MEEA
Date: May 31, 2011
Time: 2:00-3:00
Description: Using the 2009 International Code Council's (ICC) Energy Code as a basis, this webinar will focus on national and regional code compliance, inspection, and verification issues of new building construction. Issues and their possible solutions will be explored, along with studies currently underway and available DOE resources for municipalities looking to implement the current codes.
URL:  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/280453929