Clean Energy Ambassadors

Making Clean Energy Work for Consumer-Owned Utilities and Their Communities

Free Lunchtime Utility Webinars

Clean Energy Ambassadors invites you to join our free webinar, the third Tuesday of each month at Noon Central Time. 

Upcoming Webinars:

Register Here for our June 18th webinar: DSM From Scratch: Simple, Cost Effective Efficiency Programs

July 16: Smart Meters 101

Aug. 20: Customer Communication Tips and Tricks

Sept. 17: How to Create Effective Trade Ally Partnerships

See archives from previous webinars in our Forum on the right side of this page.

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Holland Board of Public Works ENERGY STAR New Home Program

The Holland Board of Public Works (HBPW) is designing a new program to promote ENERGY STAR® version 3 certified homes. We thought it might be helpful to write about this topic because when researching rebates for newly built homes around Michigan, very few municipal utilities had a program in place. While we have not yet launched our program, we thought that the information we have collected thus far would be helpful to other municipal utilities in the planning processes of similar homes. We…

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Posted by Katie Novakoski on May 6, 2013 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Best of the Best: Low-Income DSM Programs

The ACEEE put together a list of some of the most effective and successful utility energy efficiency programs when it came to low-income customers. Almost two dozen programs are thoroughly reviewed and have comprehensive lessons learned identified. The report, titled "Meeting Essential Needs: The Results of a National Search for Exemplary Utility-Funded Low-Income Energy Efficiency Programs" can be…

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Posted by Anthony Cutler on April 19, 2013 at 6:21pm

Corn Belt Power and members host "Build it Right" workshops to promote comfort, energy efficiency

“When you begin a residential construction project, getting all the contractors together before starting is as important as it is for a commercial project – but this doesn’t happen very often. Planning ahead can save time and money – and give you a better new or remodeled home,” said Bill McAnally at a recent “Build it Right” worship. McAnally, energy-efficient building expert, McAnally Consulting, was keynote speaker at the construction and remodeling workshops recently sponsored by…

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Posted by Jim Sayers on April 15, 2013 at 10:36am — 1 Comment

Turn-Key DSM programs - Industrial Lighting Made Easy!

If your utility serves industrial or manufacturing customers, one of the most cost-effective DSM incentives is lighting retrofits. But where to start? With the Department of Energy's Turn-key DSM Lighting Web site, the DOE has made the program development process less painful with a comprehensive, guided step-by-step process. From the website:

"The Turn-key DSM Lighting Web site…

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Posted by Anthony Cutler on April 11, 2013 at 9:30pm

New Resources for Community Energy Planning

Community energy planning is not a new idea, but it's back in the news lately, as local leaders everywhere try to ease the pinch of higher gas prices and to create more green jobs. If your community is ready to visit--or revisit--this important topic, here are some new references.


One new release: the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has a new report: Local Energy Planning in Practice: A Review of Recent Experiences.It looks at the work of local governments which, like Arlington County, Virginia, have developed plans to capture these benefits for their communities. We're impressed that the ACEEE team has applied knowledege and tools that have been around for decades, to try to come up with a "best practices" strategy for today.

 

Another source of inspiration is the website of the Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference. This is now an annual conference, which is largely focused on local planning in action. That is, what kinds of local programs and activities might you aim for, considering which have proven exciting and successful already? See www.beccconferenece.org and don't miss the YouTube videos of conference "lightening presentations". Also, look for a trend among presentations that use social networking, competitions, and other new marketing techniques. CEA has tapped these resources from time to time for our own work.
Here are some more resources for community energy planning:

 

 

 
 
 

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