December 15, 2008 2:00-3:30pm Eastern

Facilitators: Kara Rodgers, CEE
Experts: Harry McDonough, National Grid; TBD

What's It About?

Water heating is a highly attractive area of investment for gas efficiency programs because it represents a major residential end-use of natural gas. However to successfully harness the potential of water heating programs, administrators need to understand the opportunities and challenges associated with them. During this seminar, expert energy efficiency program administrators drew on their own experiences in day to day program management to share insights and lessons learned, with the end goal of providing participants with a better sense of how to implement successful gas water heating efficiency programs.

This session also explored options for running gas water heating efficiency programs, such as why some programs choose to run programs for storage-type water heaters while others choose to run programs for tankless water heaters, and address specific and technical questions submitted by participants.

What is Ask the Experts?

This event is part of the Ask the Experts series of free workshops presented in webinar format to help new or prospective efficiency program administrators tackle energy efficiency program issues in depth. Hear from top program administrators about how they approached designing effective residential gas heating programs, what worked, and what lessons they learned. The format is both informative and interactive, so be sure to bring your questions.

Who Should Attend?

The intended audience for this webinar was program staff looking to implement or expand their gas water heating program. This opportunity was of most value to those charged with planning for or administering energy efficiency programs. Attendees were already familiar with the basic elements and terminology of energy efficiency rebate and incentive programs and gas water heating technologies and came with questions about how to implement successful residential gas water heating efficiency programs.

Participants came out of this session with an appreciation for the complexities of making program decisions and a deeper understanding of some of the considerations that should be kept in mind.