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Consumer Electronics/Plug Load Summit - Advanced Power Strips
Date: Jun 23, 2010 08:00:00 AM to 3:30pm
Details:
A daylong opportunity for stakeholders to discuss how to optimize energy savings through utilization of advanced power strips, thereby addressing plug load within residential energy efficient consumer electronics programs.
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Addressing Plug Load and Consumer Electronics within Efficiency Programs Karen Villeneuve, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Advanced Power Strips Overview: State of the Market Chris Granda, Grasteu Associates
| AGENDA |
| 8:00-8:30 | Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30-8:45 | Welcome and Introduction to the Event: Addressing Plug Load and Consumer Electronics within Efficiency Programs Intro Speaker: Karen Villeneuve, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority |
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| 8:45-9:30 | Advanced Power Strips Overview: State of the Market (Sponsored by Efficiency Vermont)A look at consumer electronics basics, current evaluations, testing protocols, and control technologies. Presenter: Chris Granda, Grasteu Associates Mr. Granda is principal at Grasteu Associates, a consulting firm providing clean energy policy analysis, program design and evaluation planning to US and international clients. He was co-founder of Ecos, a leading implementer of residential energy-efficiency programs. |
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| 9:30-10:10 | Discussion Topic: Market Research/Evaluation • General evaluation practices • Determining baseline • Best practices |
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| 10:30-11:10 | Discussion Topic: Testing Guidelines/Specs • Current specs (standardization) • Testing environment (performance) |
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| 11:10-11:50 | Discussion Topic: Education/Marketing/Outreach/Training • Retailer/distributor training to inform consumer at point of sale • What does broad consumer education look like |
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| 11:50-1:00 |
Lunch/Networking |
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| 1:00-2:30 |
Breakout Strategy Workshop #1:
Evaluation/Testing/Market Research
Topics to explore will include: 1. What technologies/models should be considered for promotion? Who will perform the measure characterizations?
2. Can we all agree on uniform savings assumptions?
What are the criteria that we test to? Can we all agree on one model? 3. Should the testing procedures be twofold, computer modeling/laboratory evaluation and field studies?
4. How much can we pay for incentives, given the (potential) declining stand by losses per product
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Breakout Strategy Workshop #2: Education/Marketing/Outreach/Training Topics to explore will include: 1. How do we educate the mainstream public about the existence and value of eliminating phantom loads?
2. How do we teach older and other challenged populations to set up and use these products properly? 3. How do we work with Retail Partners to get them to stock these higher price point items and promote their sale? What training is needed to inform customer at point of sale? 4. What market research needs to be done to determine which messages resonate best with consumers? 5. What additional outreach opportunities can be employed? |
| 2:30-2:40 | Break, Wrap- Up Discussion, and Next Steps |
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NEEP Contact: Linda Malik, 781-860-9177 ext. 115, lmalik@neep.org |