Thursday, June 12 at 11:00 am
Designed for attendees to benefit from shared knowledge and experience of those who have “been there”, solution spotlight sessions discuss tools and pathways.
Emerging Technologies That Make Cents
Multifamily retrofit projects often involve some combination of envelope improvement, water heating replacement, and/or HVAC upgrade. Project developers and engineers must balance energy and carbon savings ambitions with practical economics. The suite of efficiency and electrification solutions now available is growing but many are still applied in only a small fraction of projects. This session will feature a multifamily rehab project developer who will discuss today's landscape and look down the horizon of the future, sharing their most frequently deployed envelope/mechanical solutions and some exciting emerging solutions.
Making Virtual Power Plants a Reality
Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) offer a demand-side alternative to building out new power infrastructure and provide revenue and savings opportunities for customers who can contribute power to the grid. This session will provide on-the-ground examples of virtual power plants to show how to make this concept a reality. Specifically, the session will take a deep dive into Vermont where Green Mountain Power has implemented VPPs in two ways: through battery programs that shave demand during peak times of use, and by creating resiliency zones, where whole communities are able to turn the lights back on during an outage with batteries powered through solar.
Efficiency & Emissions Standards: A Policy for Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
There’s a reason why appliance standards have been a tool in the energy efficiency toolbox for over 50 years - they save energy and money! States across the nation have adopted and implemented energy- and water-efficiency standards for appliances that are not federally regulated. And still, new opportunities remain. For one, technology advancements, like appliances with decreased greenhouse gas emissions, present an untapped opportunity for standards. This session will focus on how appliance efficiency and emissions standards can be used by state energy and air agencies to reduce energy use and emissions despite uncertainties at the federal level.
Nancy Seidman, Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project