TRMs usually provide a single location for all of the baseline and technical assumptions, equations, and requirements which utilities and implementers have developed for their prescriptive (deemed) savings values.
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This week’s post is brought to you by my Mom and Shaq O’Neal for lessons in retrocommissioning, solving problems, and fixing stuff for lasting effects. Last week, October 20, I did the Des Moines IMT Marathon. This was my first marathon in 19 years, and sparing the boredom, a reasonable target is qualifying for Boston. They make it easier for old codgers like me by handicapping times for age and associated decrepitness. At the finish line, what goes through my mind? (1) How was the experience, which totally depends on Boston qualification because if I don’t make that, it means…
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Surprisingly, to me that is, it has been a long time since I wrote, or ranted, about the virtues and ignorance of those who think energy studies – audits, feasibility studies, assessments, - are a waste of time and money. This is your lucky day because I have a large, multi-year evaluation of a NYSERDA audit program that proves my point. The classic Neanderthal mindset is that doing energy studies for end users is a waste of money as they simply serve as shelf and desk clutter, and get tossed when the owner of the study moves to a different…
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Any black box that actually saves energy will have been tested by a reputable independent entity according to industry standard practice. Without those tests, it is buyer beware.
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This week’s post is brought to you by the National Resources Defense Council. Yes indeed; states are leading the way in energy efficiency and considering the bumbling federal government that can’t get anything done or come close to living within its means, supporters of Shaheen-Portman in our industry should think long and hard or short and easy about what they wish for. Most states have a genuine interest in the well being of their citizens across the entire state. They balance their budgets, sometimes by force (law), and this is also the expectation of state governments and citizens alike. Expectations…
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This week, or last week I should say, I spent considerable time researching for my upcoming paper, “Know-How and the Incessant Energy Diet”, to be featured at AESP’s National Conference in San Diego – get your tickets and reserve your seat today. In doing so, I read a few evaluation reports for retrocommissioning (RCx) – the program of choice for the paper. When I arrived at the attribution section, as in, what are the savings attributable to the program, I scoffed at the findings. For a refresher on terminology, refer to recent post Energy Program Evaluation Asylum. I didn’t scoff…
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Cogged V-belts are more efficient than standard V-belts due to reduced slip and the resultant friction losses. In addition, cogged V-belts have increased flexibility compared to the standard V-belts…
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