December 2008

CEE Members Lead Binational Effort on Existing Homes
While new construction provides an opportunity to build homes efficiently from the start, there is also a very large opportunity in retrofitting existing homes. Both CEE members and industry stakeholders want to pursue this opportunity. Read more...

CEE Water and Wastewater Initiative Aids Municipalities
How do you ask for an energy efficient design? When progressive municipalities and regional agencies try to develop energy saving projects for their drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities, they find few resources to help them answer that question. In an effort to help fill this gap, CEE is coordinating a project to provide model language regarding energy efficiency that municipalities can incorporate into formal documents used to request proposals and qualifications for new projects. Read more...

Opportunities and Challenges In Industrial Energy Management
In the wake of increasing energy saving goals, longer program planning horizons, and greater flexibility in program design, CEE members are encountering both opportunities and challenges in supporting the energy management needs of their commercial and industrial customers. Read more...

Board News: CEE Board Moves on HVAC Spec
Since last meeting, the CEE Board revised the residential HVAC tier 1 specification upwards to address residential HVAC. Motivating the tier revision is the ENERGY STAR® increase in performance requirements for central air conditioners and air source heat pumps occurring in January 2009. Read more...

New Legislation Extends Tax Deduction for Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings
Higher energy savings for commercial buildings received a major boost in October, when Congress passed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to help revive the nation's troubled economy. Read more...

CEE 2008 Annual Industry Report Corrections
If you have a printed version of the CEE 2008 Annual Industry Report, please note the following edits. Read more...

November 2008

Industrial Motor Programs Identifying System Opportunities
Rebates for industrial motors are a popular program design for CEE members to target efficiency gains in the industrial sector, however, several factors point toward the importance of moving beyond prescriptive programs for NEMA Premium® motors, including the 2010 enactment of new federal minimum efficiency standards, the growing acceptance and increasing market share of NEMA Premium motors; and a general raising of the bar for more aggressive energy savings in many efficiency programs. Read more...

CEE Supplemental Campaign Works with Members to Advance Their Goals
Working with the Motor Decisions Matter (MDM) Campaign, CEE member MidAmerican Energy hosted a motor management workshop on November 6, 2008 in Moline, IL. Read more...

New Focus on Systems Savings in Commercial Buildings
The latest CEE Industry Partners meeting in New Orleans featured a fresh look at the topic of office building efficiency. Members conducted a two-day series of commercial sessions called "The Office" to discuss the evolution of energy solutions from focusing on components to more integrated, building-wide systems solutions. Read more...

Eileen Eaton Promoted to Program Manager
In recognition of her efforts leading the Lighting for Tomorrow and the CEE Appliances Initiative over the past year, Eileen Eaton has been promoted to Program Manager. Read more...

October 2008

CEE Staffers Get Hands-on Experience Rebuilding a Home in New Orleans
Usually when a meeting ends, attendees just go home and unwind. Not so for a hardy band of CEE volunteers, who stayed on after the recent Industry Partners meeting in New Orleans October 14-16. Read more...

CEE Fifth Annual Industry Partners Meeting Delivers Ideas, Networking, Energy Savings
Response to the latest CEE Industry Partners Meeting was extremely positive, based on feedback from attendees and the results of productive discussions between energy efficiency and industry representatives. Read more...

Nominate a Technology for Climate Choice
The Climate Protection Partnerships Division of EPA is inviting technology nominations for Climate Choice recognition. Climate Choice is a voluntary partnership program that recognizes emerging and advanced technologies with the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Nominations will be accepted through December 1, 2008. Read more...

NV Energy Posts RFI
NV Energy (NVE) is issuing a Request for Information ("RFI") for their 2010-2012 Southern Nevada Demand Side Management (DSM) Plan to be submitted to the PUCN as part of the 2009 IRP. Read more...

September 2008

CEE Ramps Up Support of Whole House Programs
Ambitious savings targets, diminishing savings from individual end uses, and the challenges in administering "home performance" programs are pushing CEE members to work together on a whole house platform for energy efficiency. Read more...

Lighting for Tomorrow 2008 Winners Announced!
Washington, D.C.—The sixth annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition attracted a large group of beautiful new designs in energy efficient lighting, including 56 solid state lighting (SSL) models incorporating light-emitting diodes and 40 models using compact fluorescent lighting. Read more...

More CEE Members To Offer HVAC QI
Southern California Edison recently filed program plans for the next three years that include an ENERGY STAR?® HVAC Quality Installation and Quality Maintenance programs. Read more...

Commercial Sector to Explore Systems-Level Program Approaches at October Industry Partners Meeting
With energy efficiency goals increasing across the United States and Canada, program administrators are looking for new ways to achieve deeper, enduring energy savings. Read more...

CEE and NEMA Team Win With New Dimmable Ballasts
More dimmable ballast products are now meeting CEE specifications. For the past year, CEE and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) have been collaborating on specifications and a label for premium label ballasts that meet high performance standards. Read more...

Emerging Technologies Summit 2008
For CEE members interested in California energy efficiency efforts, the Emerging Technologies Summit in San Diego, following our CEE Industry Partners meeting in New Orleans, is a great conference to attend. Read more...

July 2008

New Federal Regulations Affect Industrial Programs
Since December 2007, when President Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) into law, industrial program administrators have voiced questions about how the new federal minimum standards for electric motors could affect industrial sector energy efficiency programs. Read more...

CEE Proposes Super Efficient Television Specification
CEE Consumer Electronics Committee is in the process of finalizing a proposal for a CEE television specification for consideration by the CEE Board of Directors in the coming weeks. Read more...

New Gas Water Heater Campaign Adds Impact to Existing Initiative. Member Sponsorships Sought
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