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June 2011 Residential Lighting Workshop, Warwick RI

In March 2010, NEEP invited a broad stakeholder group to its first Residential Lighting Workshop (Summit) in Boston aimed to identify and discuss issues related to the residential lighting market as it becomes transformed and the implications for energy efficiency program planning, design and evaluation. From presentations, discussions and breakout groups in this daylong event, the following next steps and needs were outlined:

• Lighting report/study on hard to reach demographic
• Regional sales data acquisition to gauge effectiveness of programs
• Retrospective paper/report on where we've been and how we got here and where should we go
• Barriers & Solutions Report: Can PAs get credit for what they're doing? Current programs affecting the future market? Looking at one year is an artificial boundary.

- Regulators could allow more flexibility: must understand efficiency programs are constrained under current rules. Need creativity to capture other savings.

• Keep integrated with whole house programs - work together to capture savings

• Collect case studies of lighting programs/successes throughout US

• Develop a one pager for customers/vendors/manufacturers to let them know how to work with programs

• Work with manufacturers on an installation guide-quality bulbs used for specific applications

• Develop a ‘myth buster' marketing piece that gains consumer confidence yet cautions them about the technology; provide FAQ's

• Form a "collaborative community network" regional or national for different audiences to be used as a platform for educating the consumer and sharing info

For 2011, NEEP ascertained that the Northeast efficiency programs required a strategy document that could address the needs and constraints laid out in 2010 by providing a roadmap for savings potentials still available in residential lighting. Project planning for a Residential Lighting Strategy (RLS) included creating a leadership advisory group comprised of various lighting stakeholders including efficiency program staff; lighting manufacturers, retailers, distributors; state and federal policy and regulatory interests; efficiency program evaluators; and related marketing interests. Their work and expert backgrounds would help define the elements required in a strategy that could be utilized in residential lighting program plans through 2020. This diverse group met several times with NEEP's consultant team headed by Glenn Reed of the Energy Futures Group (EFG) to provide the initial framework. This culminated in a second Residential Lighting Workshop held in June 2011 whose purpose was to gain additional feedback on the structure and elements of an RLS.

The following links are the primary outputs from the June 7th Residential Lighting Workshop held in Warwick, RI. These materials lay out in greater detail the specific elements and challenges to be addressed in an RLS, and discussion points/takeaways raised on this day. Still in process, the final document is expected to be completed by September 2011.

Northeast Residential Lighting Strategy - DRAFT Outline

Northeast Residential Lighting Workshop - Key Take-Aways

Northeast Residential Lighting Strategy - Advisory Committee

For more information on the Northeast Residential Lighting Strategy please contact Linda Malik, Residential Program Manager at lmalik@neep.org or 781-860-9177 x115.