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Building science and engineering focus on retrofitting existing housing and new construction technologies; envelope load reduction; energy-efficient and demand-responsive equipment, appliances, and systems for building services; systems and whole-house integration including smart controls and on-site thermal/ electrical renewable energy and distributed generation in general; design software and interoperability; performance analysis/modeling; performance monitoring; benchmarking/rating/ labeling; commissioning and diagnostics.
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How to design and implement effective residential energy efficiency, renewable energy, green technology, and load management programs and policy initiatives, including: trend analyses; key market drivers and market diffusion models; consumer behavior and value; training requirements; new/overlooked energy saving opportunities; lessons learned about markets and/or impacts including new construction and building retrofits; single- and multifamily housing; low-income weatherization programs; innovative financing; and miscellaneous electric loads; peak loads; hot water distribution loads; space heating and cooling loads.
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Building science and engineering focus on retrofitting existing buildings and new construction technologies; energy-efficient and demand-responsive equipment and systems for space conditioning, lighting, daylighting, and water heating; building systems integration; occupant comfort; design software and interoperability; performance analysis/modeling; smart, integrated control systems; performance monitoring; benchmarking; commissioning and diagnostics; on-site use of renewables.
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Designing and implementing energy efficiency and peak demand reduction programs for commercial buildings; lessons learned from programs targeting commercial buildings; programmatic challenges in promoting or advancing energy efficiency and progress towards zero energy buildings and deep energy retrofits; R&D programs; incorporating advanced/ emerging technologies and strategies into deployment program design and implementation; commissioning and performance contracting; efficiency and productivity; renewables programs.
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Utilities: Energizing Efficiency
Panel Leaders: Richard Sedano, The Regulatory Assistance Project and Peter Turnbull, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
The evolution of utility-sponsored energy efficiency and demand response programs in competitive and monopoly systems; reliability-focused integrated energy efficiency and demand response programs; energy efficiency as a resource; the role of advanced metering and rates with regard to energy efficiency; regulatory barriers to comprehensive energy efficiency; successful models of cooperation between ESCOs and utilities; matching program administrative models with state and local utility markets; and, roles of local government agencies in successful program deployment.
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Revolutionizing Market Transformation
Panel Leaders: Mike Mernick, ICF International and Ben Taube, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Design, implementation, and performance of programs that intervene in markets to cause lasting increases in buyer demand for, and availability of, energy-efficient products and services, including: market conditioning; training; education; financial incentives; technology procurement; and government procurement initiatives, as well as market assessment and market research that inform these initiatives.
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The exploration of the most complex component of energy-using systems: the people who design, create, acquire, and use energy-consuming devices; lessons from various disciplines to illuminate how to best understand and influence human choices that affect energy consumption with particular insights explicitly linked to theoretical frameworks of social science disciplines.
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Energy as an element in state, regional, and national strategies, programs, and plans; climate policy and Clean Development Mechanism as a driver for energy efficiency; energy efficiency in air quality planning; the design and impact of energy policies and tools including building codes, equipment standards, financial incentives, education and labeling, voluntary programs, and R&D for energy efficiency; community-scale and local energy initiatives; state and national energy efficiency programs; international experience with, and coordination of, energy efficiency policies; cap-and-trade issues; integrated efficiency and climate modeling.
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Trends and patterns in the use of appliances, devices, and other products; energy consumption patterns in the miscellaneous product sector, such as televisions, set top boxes, computers and monitors, networking devices, etc.; research on standby, low power and active mode(s); trends in new product technology; impacts on product energy consumption from new network and communications functionality; product opportunities to save energy and water; domestic and international voluntary and mandatory product initiatives; product labeling efforts; monitoring and testing; improvements in appliance efficiency and lighting efficacy.
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Workforce Training for a Clean Energy Economy
Panel Leaders: Monica Brett, Southwest Energy Efficiency Partnership and Joe Deringer, Su.per.b
The exploration of how we provide training for people who can design, construct, operate, and maintain buildings that can actually achieve low energy potential; how we implement continuing education; addressing barriers that reduce the effectiveness of current training; proposing steps to help overcome key barriers.
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Sustainable Communities: Systems Integration
Panel Leaders: Ray Cole, University of British Columbia and Ian Theaker, Halsall Associates
Whole community energy and resource efficiency and integration; community-scale renewables and energy supply and storage; transportation and location efficiency; building location impacts on energy use; sustainable community planning, transit-oriented development, new urbanism and energy/resources use; sustainable community certification and labeling; community engagement; integrated resource planning; policies and programs for community utilities and services; water and wastewater efficiency, treatment, and planning.
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Display Presentations
Panel Leaders: Elizabeth Doris, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Display Items: Interactive software; video displays; charts and graphs; photographs; etc.
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