NEEP - Make Energy Efficiency Matter - Seen & Heard July/August '10

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July & August 2010
SEEN & HEARD
•Jim O'Reilly, Director of Public Policy, spoke at a recent Restructuring Roundtable on the role of codes and standards as complimentary policies to ratepayer programs. • Natalie Hildt, Manager of Public Policy Outreach delivered public comments before Maine's Public Utilities Commission in support of the Efficiency Maine Trust's first Triennial Plan. • Natalie also provided comments in support of VEIC as long term provider of Efficiency Vermont programs, on the Connecticut 2010 IRP and on planning for that state's 2011 Conservation and Load Management Programs. • Carolyn Sarno, Senior Project Manager for High Performance Buildings, and Susy Jones, High Performance Buildings Associate, served as " table" leaders" at the Green Round Table Policy Summit in late June. They facilitated discussion and answering questions on the Massachusetts Green Communities Program and ways to help communities become more energy efficient. • Susy Jones attended the Rhode Island Sustain-mobility Training on June 5, sponsored by National Grid. Susy gave an overview of Northeast CHPS and NEEP's new Operations and Maintenance Guide for Schools. • Don Vigneau, Building Energy Codes Project Manager, attended the Building Safety Association of Vermont's Annual Meeting. BSA-VT is working with the Vermont Investment Corporation and Navigant Consulting on recommendations to move towards residential and commercial energy codes that would be consistent with recommendations proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy for inclusion in the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The new codes could save up to 30 percent more than existing requirements. The residential code is expected to have a formal public hearing this summer. Navigant is conducting a similar evaluation on the IECC commercial energy provisions, reviewing ASHRAE 90.1-2010 standard as a source for commercial requirement improvements. The outcome of both of these processes will be two Vermont adoptions: a residential energy code (RBES) and a commercial energy code (CBES).

July & August 2010

SEEN & HEARD

•Jim O'Reilly, Director of Public Policy, spoke at a recent Restructuring Roundtable on the role of codes and standards as complimentary policies to ratepayer programs.

• Natalie Hildt, Manager of Public Policy Outreach delivered public comments before Maine's Public Utilities Commission in support of the Efficiency Maine Trust's first Triennial Plan.

• Natalie also provided comments in support of VEIC as long term provider of Efficiency Vermont programs, on the Connecticut 2010 IRP and on planning for that state's 2011 Conservation and Load Management Programs.

• Carolyn Sarno, Senior Project Manager for High Performance Buildings, and Susy Jones, High Performance Buildings Associate, served as " table" leaders" at the Green Round Table Policy Summit in late June. They facilitated discussion and answering questions on the Massachusetts Green Communities Program and ways to help communities become more energy efficient.

• Susy Jones attended the Rhode Island Sustain-mobility Training on June 5, sponsored by National Grid. Susy gave an overview of Northeast CHPS and NEEP's new Operations and Maintenance Guide for Schools.

• Don Vigneau, Building Energy Codes Project Manager, attended the Building Safety Association of Vermont's Annual Meeting. BSA-VT is working with the Vermont Investment Corporation and Navigant Consulting on recommendations to move towards residential and commercial energy codes that would be consistent with recommendations proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy for inclusion in the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The new codes could save up to 30 percent more than existing requirements. The residential code is expected to have a formal public hearing this summer. Navigant is conducting a similar evaluation on the IECC commercial energy provisions, reviewing ASHRAE 90.1-2010 standard as a source for commercial requirement improvements. The outcome of both of these processes will be two Vermont adoptions: a residential energy code (RBES) and a commercial energy code (CBES).