Seen & Heard: An overview of NEEP's activities in the field

This quarter, NEEP staff participated in many meetings, conferences and other public forums around the region. Here is a sample of places NEEP staff were "Seen and Heard" in the second quarter of 2009.

Ed Schmidt, Director of Regional Initiatives:

• Sharing an update on HVAC efforts and strategy at the Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration NE/Mid-Atlantic Conference at Hauppauge, NY May 4-5
• Running a panel on Heat Pump Water Heaters as an EE Program Opportunity at the ACEEE Hot Water Forum in Pacific Grove, CA June 8-10
• Participating in a CA PUC daylong public input session on Whole House Programs in San Francisco, CA June 11

Julie Michals, Director, Regional Evaluation, Measurement and Verification Forum:

• EPA/DOE NAPEE EM&V Project Working Group Kick-off Call, April 2
• PJM Market Implementation Committee Meeting, Wilmington DE, April 15
• ISO New England Regional Energy Efficiency Initiative Meeting, Springfield MA, April 22
• AESP Board of Directors Quarterly Meeting, Charlotte NC, April 29-30
• Platts 2nd Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Forum, Washington DC, May 18
• EM&V Forum Quarterly Project Committees Meeting, Newark, NJ, May 21
• AESP Brown Bag moderator - Examples from Around the World: Best Practices in Labeling and Reducing Energy Use in Consumer Products and Commercial Buildings, June 4
• EM&V Forum Quarterly Steering Committee Meeting, Webcast, June 19
• Cape Light Compact Strategic Planning Retreat, June 22
• New York Evaluation Advisory Group and Subcommittee meetings (ongoing)
• Massachusetts Program Advisor Working Group and Evaluation Planning meetings (ongoing)

Carolyn Sarno, Senior Program Manager for High Performance Buildings:

• Vermont Energy in Schools Conference, April 7
• Rhode Island High Performance Schools and You, April 14
• K1 K-12 Educational Summit, April 15
• Guest lecturer at Rhode Island School of Design on CHPS and the benefits of high performance schools, April 17
• Boston Society of Architects workshop on  high performance buildings, April 21
• ISO / Young Presidents Meeting, April 23
• Rhode Island Energy Team Public Meeting on Rhode Island’s plans for ARRA funds, May 4
• US Department of Energy/Energy Smart Schools Stakeholders meeting in Washington DC, May 12
• "Lunch and Learn: meeting on High Performance buildings at the Newport, RI Architectural Collaborative, May 13
• ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Regional Conference, May 15
• Warwick Rhode Island - National Grid RI Energy Efficiency Summit, May 20
• Rhode Island Energy Team Public Meeting on Rhode Island’s plans for ARRA funds, June 11
• CHPS Board of Directors meeting, June 12
• Rhode Island Green Building Summit, June 23
• National Grid Presentation on MA Stretch Code and CHPS, June 30