DOE Announces Webinars on the Distributed Wind Power Market, Lighting Retrofits Financial Analysis Tool, and More

DOE Announces Webinars on the Distributed Wind Power Market, Lighting Retrofits Financial Analysis Tool, and More

The following press release was published by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy on Aug. 16, 2013. It is reproduced in full below.

Upcoming Webinars

August 21: Live Webinar on the 2012 Distributed Wind Market Report

Webinar Sponsor: EERE's Wind and Water Power Technologies Program

The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled "2012 Market Report on U.S. Wind Technologies in Distributed Applications" on Wednesday, Aug. 21, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Alice Orrell, energy analyst at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Heather Rhoads-Weaver, principal consultant at eFormative Options, will provide a detailed overview of the Energy Department's. Jennifer Jenkins of the Distributed Wind Energy Association will provide an industry-focused update, reflecting on current market conditions and trends.

No registration is required. Join the event here.

August 22: Live Webinar on the Street and Parking Facility Lighting Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool

Webinar Sponsor: EERE's Federal Energy Management Program and Better Buildings Alliance

The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Using the Street and Parking Facility Lighting Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool" on Thursday, Aug. 22, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The webinar will show how property owners, utilities, energy-efficiency organizations, cities and other government entities can use the tool to compute annualized energy and energy-cost savings, maintenance savings, greenhouse gas reductions, net present value, and simple payback associated with potential lighting upgrades.

Register to attend the webinar.

September 3: Live Webinar on Tying Energy Efficiency to Compensation and Performance Reviews

Webinar Sponsor: EERE's Better Buildings Challenge

The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Tying Energy Efficiency to Compensation and Performance Reviews" on Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The webinar will share details from the successful initiatives that Better Buildings Challenge Partners Alcoa, HEI Hotels, and TIAA-CRE have in place to reward employees for meeting energy efficiency goals. Organizations with building portfolios can learn how partners implemented sustainability performance scorecards, energy-focused recognition events, incentive compensation and other methods to encourage energy use reductions in their facilities. The webinar presenters include Walt Brockway of Alcoa, Bob Holesko of HEI Hotels and Nick Stolatis of TIAA-CREF Financial Services.

Register to attend the webinar.

Past Webinars

July 24: Live Webcast on DOE Analysis Related to H2USA

Webinar Sponsor: EERE's Fuel Cell Technologies Office

The Energy Department presented a webcast titled "DOE Analysis Related to H2USA" on Wednesday, July 24. The webinar provides an informational briefing on models, tools, and various analyses relevant to H2USA, new public private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles. This new partnership brings together automakers, government agencies, gas suppliers, and the hydrogen and fuel cell industries to coordinate research and identify cost-effective solutions to deploy infrastructure that can deliver affordable, clean hydrogen fuel in the United States.

View the past webinar.

July 9: Webinar on a New Energy Zones Mapping Tool for the Eastern Interconnection

Webinar Sponsor: Argonne National Laboratory

The Energy Department presented a live webcast titled "New Energy Zones Mapping Tool for the Eastern Interconnection" on Tuesday, July 9. This webcast demonstrates the EISPC Energy Zones Mapping Tool, a web-based decision support system used to locate areas with high suitability for clean power generation in the U.S. portion of the Eastern Interconnection, which has been developed for the Eastern Interconnection States Planning Council (EISPC) by Argonne National Laboratory in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The tool includes nine clean (low- or no-carbon) energy resource categories and 29 types of clean energy technologies.

View the past webinar.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

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