Summer Outlook for Texas
Apr 24
PLMA Spring 2013 Conference April 23 to 25, 2013 Hilton Downtown, Austin, Texas
SPEER is a proud promotional sponsor of this years PLMA Spring Conference.
Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson and the Honorable Mark Strama of Texas House of Representatives will be keynote presenters. The sessions will focus on regulatory and policy updates from FERC, NERC and ERCOT, and explore innovative approaches to demand response programs, price and rate response, regional regulatory issues, legal challenges, and technologies.
Green Residential Course Package, in Austin – Postponed until September
Introduction to Green Buildings: Principles & Concepts
This one-day introduction course focuses on the evolution of green buildings, the concept of sustainability in buildings, and the principles, practices, and components that distinguish sustainable from traditional buildings. You’ll recognize competency and USPAP implications of appraising green buildings and identify benefits and costs of green buildings.
You’ll learn to:
- Understand the primary areas of green reporting.
- Understand highest and best use implications.
Consider the three approaches to value in context of green buildings.
Location: Austin, Texas
Early September
Case Studies in Appraising Green Residential Buildings
This course introduces participants to valuation methods for appraising the high performance house. Participants learn the appraisal procedures for valuing green residential properties to assist in supporting an opinion of value. The course focuses on the valuation process in different appraisal problems encountered in appraising green properties. The valuation process is examined as it applies in each of the three approaches to value.
You’ll learn to:
- Develop ways to assess potential contributory value of green or energy efficient items.
- Identify the GRM analysis as a tool for supporting adjustments for green buildings.
- Identify the use of paired analysis to support adjustments for green buildings.
- Identify the issues requiring careful verification of comparables for green buildings.
Develop the three approaches to value in context of green buildings.
This course is in the Valuation of Sustainable Buildings Professional Development Program.
Location: Austin, Texas
Early September
Final Advanced Meter Implementation Team (AMIT) meeting this week
Below is the information for the final meeting of AMIT (Advanced Meter Implementation Team), in which it will present its final proposed design to allow third-parties to receive automated downloads of customer meter data, and to provision equipment to read customer meters locally, to the ERCOT committee that will be taking the responsibility for making the systems changes proposed.
Just a reminder that there are meetings this Tuesday & Wednesday at ERCOT. Start time is 9:30 both days.
Web Meeting Information:
Dial In: 1-877-273-4202
Conf. Room #: 4856540
SPEER’s Energy Efficiency Summit Advanced Registration to End this Weekend
The Summit is scheduled to begin at 9:30am on Monday morning at the Omni Southpark in Austin, Texas. Advance Registration will end this weekend, so register now and get the advance registration prices. There will be registration available at the door, but prices will increase to $350 for Members and $400 for Non-Members.
The Summit will begin on Monday at 9:300am with the opening keynote by Ed Mazria, Founder and CEO of Architecture 2030, beginning at 10:00am. Mr. Mazria is an international leader on efforts to make buildings dramatically more energy and water efficient, leading the movement to establish 2030 districts in cities with goals to reach carbon neutrality by 2030. These districts have been established so far in Los Angeles, Seattle, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh.
Pat Wood, former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and former Chair of the PUC of Texas, will lead off the second day of SPEER’s Energy Efficiency Summit. Wood is perhaps best know here for leading a multiyear collaborative stakeholder process that lead to the complete restructuring of the Texas electric utility market. Now a board member or advisor to a range of energy companies, Wood will address the potential of the efficiency and distributed generation industry to remake itself as well, and share his experience with collaborative initiatives such as SPEER.
Most of the first day (February 25) will be devoted to working groups focused on identifying the best strategies and solutions to advance energy efficiency in three areas: new buildings, existing buildings, and resource adequacy.
Most of the second day (February 26) will be spent hearing the results from the three working groups.
Click here for a printable flyer on the Summit.
Click here for a printable Summit Schedule
Click here for the Working Session Topics
Limited Seating Available for SPEER Energy Efficiency Summit in Austin
The SPEER Summit, February 25-26, 2013 in Austin at Omni Southpark, has had an overwhelming response and is shaping up to be a great event. Due to the design of the Summit being collaborative working group sessions to identify, develop, and prioritize strategies to advance energy efficiency, there is limited seating available, so if you are planning to attend register now.
In addition to our keynote speakers, Larry Weis, General Manager of Austin Energy will welcome all Summit attendees on day two.
We look forward to seeing you in Austin!
Look Who’s Registered for SPEER’s Energy Efficiency Summit
The response to the Summit has been overwhelming so far. Join the stellar group of organizations and companies who will be participating (click read more) by registering for the Summit. This Summit is shaping up to be an event you won't want to miss with participants working collaboratively to identify, develop, and prioritize policies and strategies needed to push energy efficiency forward in Texas and Oklahoma. The focus of this First Annual Summit will be the working group sessions focused on new buildings, existing buildings, and resource adequacy.
The Summit opens on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 9:30am, with keynote speaker Ed Mazria, Founder and CEO of Architecture 2030. The first day of the Summit will also include a panel discussion with city leaders from Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Austin. At the conclusion of day one, there will be a hosted networking reception, sponsored by Dow Chemical, from 5:30pm - 6:30pm. The second day of the Summit kicks off at 8:30am with Pat Wood, former chairman of FERC, and former Chair of the PUC of Texas as the keynote speaker at 8:45am. A light breakfast and lunch for both days are included in the registration fee.
A special thank you goes to our Summit Sponsors: Dow Chemical, Mitsubishi, Environments for Living, TexEnergy Solutions, BASF, CCRD Partners, the Texas Home Energy Raters Organization, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the CleanTX Foundation. For more information on becoming a sponsor please visit our Sponsorship information page.
Early Bird Pricing Ends Friday, February 1, 2013
Our Early Bird Registration and discounted hotel prices will expire on Friday, February 1, 2013 for the SPEER First Annual Summit. Make sure you REGISTER NOW to receive the early bird pricing. To book a room at the discounted rate, please call 800-THE-OMNI to book your hotel room and tell them you are attending the SPEER First Annual Summit.
The SPEER Energy Efficiency Summit Working Sessions Topics have been developed by three working sub-committees over the last several months. We encourage you to look these over and plan to be a part of these important discussions. You can click here to get a description of Working Sessions Topics or visit our Summit page for more information and a schedule.
About the Energy Efficiency Summit
The SPEER Energy Efficiency Summit is designed to explore, further develop, and prioritize policies and strategies needed to push energy efficiency forward in new buildings, existing buildings, and electric markets in Texas and Oklahoma.
Ed Mazria, founder and CEO of Architecture 2030, will deliver the keynote address to kick off the Summit in Austin on February 25. Mr. Mazria is an international leader on efforts to make buildings dramatically more energy and water efficient, leading the movement to establish 2030 districts in cities with goals to reach carbon neutrality by 2030. These districts have been established so far in Los Angeles, Seattle, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh.
Pat Wood, former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and former Chair of the PUC of Texas, will lead off the second day of SPEER’s Energy Efficiency Summit. Wood is perhaps best known here for leading a multiyear collaborative stakeholder process that lead to the complete restructuring of the Texas electric utility market. Now a board member or advisor to a range of energy companies, Wood will address the potential of the efficiency and distributed generation industry to remake itself as well, and share his experience with collaborative initiatives such as SPEER.
To become a member of SPEER visit our Join Us page and fill out the form to receive more information.
A special thank you goes to our Summit Sponsors: Dow Chemical, Mitsubishi, Environments for Living, TexEnergy Solutions, BASF, CCRD Partners, the Texas Home Energy Raters Organization, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the CleanTX Foundation. For more information on becoming a sponsor please visit our Sponsorship information page.
EE Programs to meet most of load growth to 2025
A new study released by Berkeley Lab concluded that energy efficiency will rise sharply over the next 12 years to meet a majority of load growth in the US. Much of the increase will come from the South according to the study.
See the article from R&D Magazine here: Doubling Down on Efficiency.
A short version of the paper can be found here in the Energy Efficiency Journal.
