Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, CA
The 2024 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings is the 23rd biennial event. Summer Study will bring together professionals from around the globe to the Asilomar Conference Grounds to collaborate, debate and advance the technologies, practices and research necessary to equitably decarbonize the building sector in a manner that addresses the urgency of the climate crisis.
The 2024 theme is Equity and Climate Action: Time to Deliver. In August 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), an unprecedented investment to transform our built environment and electricity sector to be safer and healthier, reducing carbon emissions and prioritizing the needs of underserved communities. At the same time, climate crisis is now a reality and is becoming more urgent and critical by the day. The Rhodium Group estimates that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US increased by 1.3% in 2022. While emissions from the electric power sector decreased in 2022, outside of the power sector, emissions increased slightly. The most significant increase was seen in direct emissions from buildings, which rose by 6% and was the only sector to rebound to pre-pandemic levels. This is our opportunity to right the ship, take advantage of this critical moment in history and identify the innovations that will deliver climate justice through deep emissions reductions in our buildings.
Click here to see a list of the organizations that participated in our 2022 event.
This talk is a call to action for immediate and thoughtful measures to address energy injustices. The persistence of energy injustices urges an intentional approach in policymaking that prioritizes and empowers communities suffering disproportionately from energy-related decisions. It highlights the pressing nature of the climate crisis and demands that government, industry, academia, community, and other stakeholders collaborate to address energy production and consumption challenges and opportunities.
Extreme heat and cold is becoming more common due to the impacts of climate change. These extreme events are uncomfortable for all but can be a matter of life and death for those who cannot afford to pay their energy bills or repair broken heating and cooling systems. This panel will explore how these issues have played out in Chicago, Arizona, and New York City.
Decarbonizing the buildings sector will require a dramatic ramp-up in efficiency and decarbonization implementation. New transformative policies can help drive this. In this plenary we will learn about four such policies:
- Clean heat standards
- Building performance standards
- Carbon pricing
- Equipment emissions standards and equitable funds
Sponsors
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Panels/Panel Leaders
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PANEL 1: Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Operations, and Industry Trends
PANEL 2: Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
PANEL 3: Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Operations, and Industry Trends
PANEL 4: Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
PANEL 5: Energy Efficiency and Equity: Tracking the Equitable Energy Transition
PANEL 6: Utilities and the Future
PANEL 7: Market Transformation
PANEL 8: Capturing Savings through Behavior
PANEL 9: Energy Efficiency Policy: U.S. & Beyond
PANEL 10: New Construction: From Codes to Net Zero
PANEL 11: Resilient and Healthy Communities
PANEL 12: Smart and Grid-Interactive Buildings
PANEL 13a: Workforce
PANEL 13b: Scaling Whole Building Retrofits
PANEL 14: Display Presentations
Speaker Resources
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Program
Refer to the Program at a Glance table below for an overview of the conference week. More detailed Session Schedules can be found below this table.
Session Schedules
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(click here for the Schedule Listing by Presenter)
Schedules are subject to change.
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PANEL 1 PANEL 2 PANEL 3 PANEL 4 PANEL 5 PANEL 6
PANEL 7 PANEL 8 PANEL 9 PANEL 10 PANEL 11 PANEL 12
Special Sessions
Monday, August 5, 2024
2:00 – 4:00 PM, Chapel Meeting Room
Why Achieving Supplier Diversity May Fail. It Could Be You…
Even the most robust supplier diversity strategies can fail if the end use customer isn’t on board. But does the end use customer understand what they stand to gain (or lose) as a result of supplier diversity? As technicians and practitioners in the energy industry we are on the frontline in ensuring supplier diversity strategies are successfully implemented, and unfortunately, we are often one of the primary barriers to its success. In this session we will talk about why supplier diversity isn’t a want but a need to realize our clean energy goals, identify and demystify barriers to its implementation, workshop strategies with various stakeholders on how you can be part of the operational solution and leave with actionable next steps on ensuring how you and diverse suppliers can be successful in your organizations.
4:00 – 6:00 PM, Nautilus Meeting Room
A Fireside Chat with Betony Jones, Director of Energy Jobs at US DOE
Hosted by the Workforce Panel co-leads, this fireside chat with the U.S. Department of Energy's Director of Energy Jobs, Betony Jones, will feature an in-depth discussion about the intersections between workforce programming, labor organizations, and building efficiency efforts. This discussion will center on opportunities for collaboration that can drive successful deployment of efficient buildings through well paid jobs in construction and other sectors. This session will also include time for Q&A with the audience on these topics.
BECC Solutions Session
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
1:00 – 2:30 PM, Scripps Meeting Room
f possible, please try to read the following documents before the session:
- Problem Statement
- A brief primer on how to use behavioral insights for this type of problem
“Bridging the Gap: Delivering IRA Rebates to LMI Multifamily Residents”
Work together on a real-life problem to help figure out solutions! This year’s BECC Solutions Session is sponsored by the US Department of Energy and will take place in person on Wednesday afternoon at Summer Study on Buildings. We will brainstorm behavior-informed solutions to an important challenge: addressing the split incentive issue and getting Inflation Reduction Act incentives to tenants in low-to-moderate income multifamily building tenants. This population segment can benefit greatly from the new federal energy upgrade incentives, but they too frequently fall between the cracks of energy retrofit programs. Your ideas will inform how Seattle City Light develops and markets its midsized multifamily building energy programs and, in the process, provide a roadmap for other utilities facing the same challenges. Share your experience shifting consumer behavior and learn new theories from behavioral science for tackling these types of problems. Help determine how to solve the problem and suggest where more research is needed. Your contributions will make a difference.
Speakers:
- Problem presenter: Shelby Ketchum, Seattle City Light
- Expert Panelists: Beth Karlin, See Change Institute & Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, Human Dimensions Research
- Moderator: Reuven Sussman, ACEEE
Format:
Solutions Session (present problem, develop solutions in small groups, pitch solutions). We will begin with a brief overview and review of theories and strategies for behavior change on this topic and then ask participants to help develop behavior-informed solutions.
SEM Summit
Monday, August 5, 2024
1:00 – 5:00 PM, Merrill Hall
Cost: $150 (register through the Summer Study registration link)
Kick off your 2024 Summer Study week with the North American Strategic Energy Management (SEM) Collaborative at the 7th annual SEM Summit! This year, the Summit is taking place on Monday, Aug 5th from 1-5pm in Asilomar’s Merrill Hall. Attendees will catch up with each other and touch base on progress made, in this high-level agenda:
- Connections with Smart and Interesting Peers
- Updates from Regional and National Initiatives
- Updates on Research and Working Groups
- Interactive and Engaging Discussions on SEM’s Hottest Topics (e.g., Decarbonization)
- The annual SEM Success Awards
To register for the SEM Summit, click on the Summer Study Registration button above and then select “SEM Summit” as your registrant type.
To find out more information about the North American SEM Collaborative, please visit our website: NASEMC.org.