Blueprint for Clean Energy

This webinar will provide an overview of the Green Bank Network, its purpose, function and what it will provide members and the financial and clean energy community at large. The webinar will feature speakers from three founding member banks that will showcase real-world and upcoming market deals.

Paul Gardner of DNV GL summarizes recent work by the World Energy Council on the costs and value of grid-connected energy storage, with particular reference to use with solar and wind. Mike Hopkins, CEO of Ice Energy, shares one current market solution to energy storage deployment.

Oyvind Leistad, Program Director at Enova SF, discusses: Norway's energy policy background and current goals; Enova's mission and strategic approach; Case studies and lessons-learned.

This webinar discusses a report from the State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network, "Making It Count: Understanding the Value of Energy Efficiency Financing Programs Funded by Utility Customers." Chuck Goldman of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory moderates a panel that includes: Bryan Garcia, President & CEO, Connecticut Green Bank; Deana Carrillo, Executive Director, California Alternative Energy & Advanced Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA); Andrew Brydges, Director, Institutional Programs, Connecticut Green Bank.

Webinar on a recent report from the State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network. Topics include Regulatory context for financing programs, Adapting traditional energy efficiency regulatory planning, evaluation, and performance tools, Approaches to estimating the potential of energy efficiency financing strategies, Understanding cost-effectiveness in the context of energy efficiency financing, Tools and concepts for evaluating the impact of energy efficiency financing programs from multiple perspectives

The urgency of addressing climate change and the evolving electric grid require a "next level of energy efficiency" to mobilize energy savings that go beyond historical practice and integrate with a grid characterized by high levels of intermittent resources. This webinar will describe Stanford University's research project on this next generation of efficiency. It will outline five specific challenges ahead that must be overcome - increasing the magnitude of savings; diversifying energy efficiency resources; measuring and ensuring the persistence of energy efficiency savings; integrating energy efficiency savings with a carbon reduction framework; and understanding and valuing energy efficiency as part of an evolving grid. Ms. Grueneich will then discuss her research to address these challenges by harnessing new tools and opportunities, an updated policy framework, and market forces.

The next installment of the Blueprint for Clean Energy series will document the real energy usage in hundreds of multifamily buildings in the Northeast, real solutions to reducing their usage, and simple financial methods to make these buildings more energy efficient.

State and federal policy is critical to clean energy development. This installment of the Yale CEFF & CDFA Energy Finance Webinar Series features a discussion of policies that best drive clean energy finance. Panel experts will discuss which policies yield the greatest impact for energy markets and the prospects for these policies to become a reality.

As more firms are open to investing in clean energy, a wide range of financing programs are being designed to meet this demand and address credit challenges. This installment of the Yale Clean Energy Finance Forum & Council of Development Finance Agencies Energy Finance Webinar Series focuses on innovative state and local programs successfully catalyzing clean energy.

Access to secondary market capital can help enable dramatic scaling of the energy efficiency industry. This webinar is based on a new report from the State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network about accessing secondary markets for energy efficiency. The webinar explores in more depth several secondary market transactions that have been executed in different states and market segments, as a follow-up to the first webinar, “Secondary Markets: A Sustainable Capital Source for Energy Efficiency”.

This Blueprint for Efficiency webinar will feature case studies of joint utility efficiency programs, including stories of first-hand experiences with the process. In addition, we will highlight some emerging technologies that can be used harness the energy embedded in water, including case studies of net-zero energy wastewater treatment plants.

Access to secondary market capital can help enable dramatic scaling of the energy efficiency industry. However, the role of these markets is largely untested and only a handful of transactions have been executed to date. Program administrators face very real, near-term decisions regarding whether and how to access secondary markets.

Dr. Katrina Jessoe will discuss how the new UC Davis Center for Water-Energy Efficiency is advancing integrated water-energy management. She will share her current work studying the effect of behavioral and incentive-based conservation programs on residential water and natural gas savings. Her research partnership with the Southern California Gas, Burbank Water and Power, and the home water report company WaterSmart will provide insights on the cost-effectiveness of achieving energy efficiency through water savings.

The webinar “Catalyzing Energy Investment with Development Finance Programs” focuses on the impact that tested development finance tools can have on clean energy investment. Speakers discuss the role of leveraged bond financing structures, non-energy tax credits and direct foreign investment can play in catalyzing energy projects.

Joe Indvik of SparkFund discusses how SparkFund is unlocking the small project energy efficiency market, relays lessons learned, and challenges aspiring innovators to be a part of spurring energy efficiency.

This webinar focuses on the current activity and design of on-bill programs as part of our series of energy efficiency financing webinars held in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the SEE Action network. The webinar provides an overview of existing on-bill programs along with insights on key program design considerations.

Momentum is growing behind the innovative clean energy finance concept of Green Banks. Green Banks provide low-cost financing for clean energy projects in partnership with private investors. They reduce the cost of capital to lower the price of clean energy and leverage public dollars with greater private investment. To build on this movement, Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the Green Bank Act of 2014 to create a Federal Green Bank.

Energy Efficiency Finance 301 - Financing Solutions for Energy Efficiency: Case Studies in Energy Efficiency Finance Program Design

This presentation provides an overview of key principles of integrative whole-systems design and operation for high-performance facilities and mechanical systems that can cost less to build and less to operate. Integrative design seeks technical, economic and organizational synergies to achieve low cost of ownership and reduced environmental impacts.

EnergySavvy's cloud-based software is a 21st-century approach to managing energy efficiency based on data transparency and control. Its utility-scale software quantifies and delivers energy savings, making efficiency more reliable, deployable and bankable.

Our second webinar in the series will look at the use of credit enhancement strategies to manage risk and spur investment in energy efficiency.

As organizations move deeper into implementing sustainability and energy efficiency programs, they tend to come to a harrowing conclusion: there's no way to fully ignore or bypass the people. Affecting human behavior is notoriously difficult, but emerging research around behavioral economics offers some key insights on why people act the way they do, and how they can be nudged in a different direction.

Ever wonder how Olympic organizers ensure teams and spectators from 89 different countries make it to their events with relative ease? The answer is actually straightforward: long ago, in an effort to streamline communication at the games, they standardized on English and French as the official language of the Olympics. So then, what is the official language of energy efficiency?

Market leading real estate companies are using meter data analytics to manage their buildings better, and the reports of savings are impressive. NRDC decided to study it – are reports of 10% to 20% savings from meter-based analytics realistic? Their case study of three specific buildings says the answer is "Yes". The report documents the savings, identifies what changes accounted for savings, and provides a roadmap for successful implementation.

This webinar will define key terms in energy efficiency finance. We will discuss the rationales behind financing approaches such as Energy Performance Contracts (EPC), Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) and On Bill Repayment (OBR). We will also highlight the strengths and weaknesses of various sources of capital and the role of credit enhancement and financial products.

Continuously developing and being upgraded, the next version of the LEED rating system is known as LEED v4 and is set to come into effect in mid to late 2013. This update will open up LEED to a wider range of building types and manufacturing industries, delivering the benefits of green building up and down the supply chain.

This webinar will explore energy efficiency from the perspective of the utility. Janice Berman, the Senior Director of Energy Efficiency Strategy at PG&E, will discuss the efficiency programs at PG&E and how California’s energy policies—particularly “decoupling”—help utilities in the state to pursue efficiency without losing revenue.

What is being done to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) market growth? This presentation focuses on four key areas: mobile apps, EV charging infrastructure, renewable energy and the smart grid.

California is tackling energy efficiency financing on multiple fronts, including innovative utility-sector policies and programs that are being developed and implemented by the state’s investor-owned utilities and the California Public Utilities Commission for various end-use sectors.

California’s Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan is a comprehensive framework of efficiency goals and strategies spanning all groups and sectors. The Strategic Plan provides a roadmap for utilizing efficiency as the highest priority energy resource for meeting California’s energy needs.

Over the coming decades, networked public and roadway lighting will ultimately unlock the full potential of digital lighting to enhance livability, improve the economy and save resources.

Rob Mosher will discuss the prospects of energy efficiency in the 113th Congress, including what new laws dealing with energy efficiency we are likely to see in the next couple years. The talk will address specific pieces of legislation that are currently in the pipeline, their chances of becoming law, and the obstacles and trends surrounding energy efficiency legislatio

Dr. Judith Heerwagen and Kevin Kampschroer discuss how new ways of working are radically changing the nature of workspace, the technologies and tools needed to carry out work, and the environmental conditions necessary for health, productivity, and organizational effectiveness.

Can video games help save the planet? Our presenters believe the answer is yes! James Scarborough from the Stanford University Department of Communication and Yoav Lurie, founder and CEO of Simple Energy, will discuss how to make learning about appliance-level home use less time consuming and dull.

This webinar will focus on Connecticut's innovative C-PACE program, which enables upfront financing with no capital outlay to cover the costs of energy efficiency improvements on commercial, multifamily and industrial properties. Repaid over an extended period of time (as much as 20 years) via the owner's property tax bill, C-PACE loans lower operating costs for tenants and positively impact property values for owners.

In response to Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal for a $1 billion New York State green bank, Reed Hundt of the Coalition for Green Capital, Mark Muro of the Brookings Institution, and Richard Kauffman of the Department of Energy will be leading a discussion on state-level financing initiatives for clean energy and energy efficiency projects.

Join us for a webinar to explore key learnings from EDF about how large organizations are overcoming common barriers to investing in energy efficiency. You will learn about EDF’s newly released framework, The Virtuous Cycle of Organizational Energy Efficiency, and hear firsthand success stories of Climate Corps organizations that have cut millions in energy costs.

What is “intelligent efficiency”? In this revealing webinar, Dr. Neal Elliott and Ethan Rogers from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and Paul Hamilton from Schneider Electric will present their groundbreaking work pioneering the concept of taking a systems-based approach to dramatically scale energy efficiency.

Blueprint for Efficiency is proud to kick off our 2012-2013 webinar series with Opower! Barry Fischer, head writer and editor of Opower's Outlier Blog, will present "Unlocking the 'power' of big data: Analyzing energy consumption across 50+ million US households."

Gene Rodrigues, Director of SoCal Edison's Energy Efficiency Division, discusses how one of the nation's largest electric utilities established itself as an industry leader by providing a number of innovative efficiency programs for its diverse customer base of over 14 million people across 180 cities.

Clay Nesler, Vice President of Global Energy and Sustainability for the Building Efficiency business of Johnson Controls, describes a future "Day in the Life of a Smart Building” scenario that includes the use of smart devices, improved building management systems, and a variety of other advanced technologies that will help dramatically reduce energy consumption in our built environment.

Paul Scheihing, Acting Director of the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technology Program, and Stephen Pierett, Environmental Manager at Volvo’s New River Valley Plant, discuss the Superior Energy Performance partnership between U.S. industry and DOE.

Jeramy LeMieux, Diversey’s Global Environmental Health Safety Senior Auditor and Climate Savers Lead, discusses how one of the world's largest providers of cleaning and hygiene products has worked to achieve its aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals using an innovative portfolio-based approach that balances financial payback and energy reduction.

Claire Broido Johnson, General Manager at Serious Energy, discusses how Serious Capital provides solutions for energy efficiency that reduce energy bills by 5 to 15 percent or more without upfront costs from the owner or tenant.

Susan Mazur-Stommen from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) leads a discussion on using behavior-based strategies to achieve energy savings. She tackles several barriers to behavior-based program implementation, including the concept of the free-rider, and offers insights on how utilities should begin providing a more customized energy delivery experience that delivers a branded product rather than an invisible commodity.

Kateri Callahan, President of the Alliance to Save Energy, kicks-off this year's Blueprint for Efficiency series by discussing the changing landscape of energy efficiency and highlighting the potential for energy efficiency legislation. Kateri also explores the necessary tenants to deliver energy efficiency at scale and showcases trends being deployed by private sector companies.

Ludy Biddle of NeighborWorks of Western Vermont shares strategies and lessons learned for engaging communities on energy efficiency upgrades. The webinar provides details on community outreach plans and the benefits of using neighbor-to-neighbor efforts.

Tamara Jones of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance shares insights into energy efficiency efforts in the southeast. Jones talks about program designs and lessons learned from the 13 communities participating in the Southeast Community Retrofit Ramp-Up Consortium, a partnership established to create of expand building improvements across eight states and territories.

Chris Pyke and Lane Burt of the U.S. Green Building Council talk about the Green Building Information Gateway (GBIG), a visual, GIS-based tool for understanding where green buildings are located and how they are performing.

Kirsten Brooks, of United Illuminating, joins Barry Fisher and Chris Corcoran of OPOWER to discuss the application and opportunity of behavioral efficiency in the US. Progressive utilities, including UI, on behalf of the CT Energy Efficiency Fund, are now incorporating behavior-based efficiency into their overall energy saving approach.

Wendolyn Holland of DOE shares the wealth of opportunities available within the DOE National Laboratory Complex. The National Lab infrastructure that emerged out of World War II played a key role in winning the Cold War and the Space Race.