Panel 4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

Using Energy Information Services as a Delivery Channel for Energy Efficiency
Don Anderson and Jennifer Taylor, ICF Consulting
Bill Von Neida, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Non-Energy Benefits (NEBs) in the Commercial Sector: Results from Hundreds of Buildings
Charles Bicknell and Lisa A. Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc.

An Evaluation of Savings and Measure Persistence from Retrocommissioning Of Large Commercial Buildings
Norman J. Bourassa, Mary Ann Piette, and Naoya Motegi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Assessing the Impacts of Energy Saving Products and Technologies: The Importance of Revealing Underlying Assumptions
Martha Brook, California Energy Commission
David M. Anderson, Michael R. Brambley, and Michael Kintner-Meyer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Real-Time Evaluation: Blurring the Line between Program, Evaluation and Market Research
David Cohan, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Richard Hazzard and Robert Bordner, Energy Market Innovations, Inc.

Building Performance Analysis: Energy Benchmarking of New York State Schools
Gregory Coleman and Cyrus Afshar, TRC Energy Services

Market Research in MT Program Design: Commercial Windows in the Pacific Northwest
Philipp Degens and John Jennings, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Gary Curtis, West Wall Group

Changing the Mind Set on Commercial Building Design
Mark Eggers, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Raising the Bar: How California’s New 2005 Standard Saves 478 GWh and 181 MW a Year
Charles Eley, Architectural Energy Corporation
Bill Pennington, California Energy Commission
Gary Fernstrom, Pacific Gas and Electric

California Self-Generation Incentive Program Evaluation
Brenda Gettig, Patrick Lilly, Alan Fields, Kurt Scheuermann, and Lori Kudo, Itron, Inc.
Pierre Landry, Southern California Edison

Realizing Demand Response Capabilities and Energy Savings in Small Commercial Retail Chain Customers
Michael J. Gibbs, ICF Consulting
Michael Messenger, California Energy Commission

Measurement and Verification Evaluation of Demand Response Impact For the New York Energy $martSM Peak Load Reduction Program
Dakers Gowans, Daniel Osei-Antwi, and Jim Bradford, Nexant, Inc.
Lee Smith, Reseach Development Authority

Non-Energy Benefits from Commercial & Industrial Programs: What Are the Benefits and Why Are They Important to Participants?
Nick Hall and Johna Roth, TecMarket Works

Comparing Commercial Building Energy Use Around the World
Adam Hinge, Sustainable Energy Partnerships
Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission DG Joint Research Centre
Paul Waide, International Energy Agency

Scenario-Based R&D Portfolio Analysis: Informing the Tough Decisions
Donna J. Hostick, David M. Anderson, David B. Belzer, Katherine Allen Cort, James A. Dirks, and Sean C. McDonald, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jerome P. Dion, U.S. Department of Energy

The High Performance Solution: A New Approach to Commercial New Construction
Jeffrey Johnson, New Buildings Institute
Abby Vogen, Energy Center of Wisconsin

How Can You Capture the Other Half of the Market? Efficiency Vermont’s Strategy for Small Commercial New Construction
Jonathan Kleinman and Arun Veda, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

EnergySmart Grocer: Mapping Industry Connections Delivers Success
Diane Levin and Linda Irvine, Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

Unlocking the Potential for Efficiency and Demand Response Through Advanced Metering
Roger Levy, Levy Associates
Karen Herter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
John Wilson, California Energy Commission

A Revolutionary Approach to Evaluation: NYSERDA’s Portfolio Model
Douglas Mahone and Cathy Chappell, Heschong Mahone Group Inc.
Paul A. DeCotis and Helen Kim, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Recent Advances in Energy Codes in Russia and Kazakhstan: Innovation, Energy Savings, Market Transformation
Yurij A. Matrosov, Center for Energy Efficiency
Mark Chao and Cliff Majersik, Institute for Market Transformation
David B. Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council

Beyond Energy Code-Based Models for Commercial Building New Construction Programs with an Emphasis on Lighting Initiatives
Brian McCowan, Gary Epstein, and Mark D’Antonio, Energy & Resource Solutions, Inc.
Doug Baston, Northeast by Northwest

Amplifying Real Estate Value through Energy & Water Management: From ESCO to “Energy Services Partner”
Evan Mills, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Who Says Small Commercial Customers Can’t Be Reached? A Few Program Concepts for Attracting Small Customers to Energy Efficiency Programs
Marissa Myers, Quantum Consulting
Beatrice Mayo and Rafael Friedman, Pacific Gas & Electric

Improving Energy Efficiency in Federal Commercial Buildings
Cyrus H. Nasseri, U.S. Department of Energy
Sriram Somasundaram and David W. Winiarski, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Multivariate Methods for Evaluating Building Energy Efficiency
Thomas Olofsson, Staffan Andersson, and Jan-Ulric Sjögren, Umeå University

Using Logic Models to Improve and Enhance Nonresidential Programs
Jane S. Peters and Dulane Carr Moran, Research Into Action, Inc.
Scott Albert, GDS Associates
Victoria Engel, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Lori Megdal, Megdal & Associates

Energy-Related Commercial Building Construction Characteristics: An Assessment of National Current Practice and Energy Code Compliance
Justin Williams, Washington State University
Rahul Biyani, University of Washington
Susanne Gaines and Eric Richman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Commercial Building R&D Program Multi-Year Planning: Opportunities and Challenges
John D. Ryan, U.S. Department of Energy
Andrew Nicholls, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Energy Efficiency Programs for Niche Markets: The Labs21 Program as an Exemplar
Phil Wirdzek, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (ret.)
William Lintner, U.S. Department of Energy
Paul Mathew, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nancy Carlisle, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

A Proposed New Framework for Evaluation in California: The Sampling Roadmap
Roger Wright and Tim Hennessy, RLW Analytics
Marian Brown, Southern California Edison
Nick Hall, TecMarket Works
Lori Megdal, Megdal & Associates
Ken Keating, Ken Keating & Associates