Volume 2

Panel 2 Introduction

Understanding the Residential Contracting Market and Implications for Market Transformation Program Design

Robert Bordner, Energy Market Innovations, Inc.; Robert Wirtshafter, Wirtshafter Associates, Inc.; Virginia Kreitler, Kreitler Research and Consulting; Jack Jenkins, Opinion Dynamics Corporation; Chris Ann Dickerson, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Shahana Samiullah, Southern California Edison Company

Targeting Refrigerators for Repair or Replacement

James Cavallo, Kouba-Cavallo Associates; James Mapp, Wisconsin Energy Bureau

Those are Incentives, Not Rebates: Using Utility DSM Funds to Leverage Investment in Low-Income Multifamily Housing

Elizabeth Chant, Vermont Energy Investment Corp.; Michael Sherman, Peregrine Energy Group; Jennifer L. Chiodo, Vermont Energy Investment Corp.

Transforming Private Multifamily Properties to Efficient Appliances and Lighting via Centralized and Negotiated Procurements

James W. Currie, Graham B. Parker, Linda J. Sandahl, Douglas B. Elliott, Terry L. Odell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Karen B. Greenberg, William E. Grimm, Southern California Edison; Ted C. Pope, Energy Solutions; Edward Wisniewski, Consortium for Energy Efficiency

Market Transformation of Energy Efficient Windows in the Midwest

Ross DePaola, Integrated Energy Services/WESTlab; James Mapp, Mary Meunier, Wisconsin Energy Bureau

An Affordable Cachet: Using ENERGY STAR® to Turn Around Old Neighborhoods, Legitimize Urban Modular Developments and Create “Buzz”

John Devine, Mark Burger, U.S. Department of Energy; Paulette Huber, Neighborhood Housing Services of Toledo, Inc.; Payson Tilden, Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency, Inc.; Terry Smith, Ohio Department of Development

How a Midlife Fling with “Trailer Trash” Changed the Market Transformation Strategy for Manufactured Housing in the Northwest

Tom Eckman, Northwest Power Planning Council/Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

Case Studies in Resource-Efficient Residential Building: The Building America Program

Ann V. Edminster, Natural Resources Defense Council; Betsy Pettit, Kohta Ueno, Stephanie Menegus, Steven Baczek, Building Science Corporation

Understanding and Overcoming the Energy Mortgage Barrier: Financing Energy Improvements in Existing Homes

Richard Faesy, Energy Rated Homes of Vermont/Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

Latin American Experiences with Residential CFL Projects

Rafael Friedmann, Consultant

Evaluation of EnergyGauge USA®, a Residential Energy Design Software, Against Monitored Data

Brian Fuehrlein, Subrato Chandra, David Beal, Danny S. Parker, Robin K. Vieira, Florida Solar Energy Center

The IFC/GEF Poland Efficient Lighting Project (PELP): Final Results

Christopher A. Granda, Alewife Associates; Sabrina Birner, June Consulting; Clifford J. Aron, Richard Woodward, CJ Aron Associates

The Home Cooling Program: Lessons Learned in Transforming the Residential Cooling Market

Marc A. Hoeschele, Mark J. Berman, Davis Energy Group; John Proctor, Proctor Engineering Group; Lance E. Elberling, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Impact of Residential CFL Retrofit Programs in Ghana

Ebenezer A. Jackson, School of Engineering, K. N. U. S. T., Kumasi, Ghana; Henry Vanderpuije, Volta River Authority, Akuse Ghana

SMUD’s New Residential Duct-Improvement Program Using an Aerosol-Based Sealant

Rick Kallett, Ed Hamzawi, Craig Sherman, Janis Erickson, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Making Energy Efficient Mortgages Work— Market Effects of a California EEM Program

Allen Lee, Julia Larkin, XENERGY, Inc.; Jim Staples, Staples-Hutchison and Associates, Inc.; Brian Thompson, Pacific Gas and Electric

Wisconsin ENERGY STAR® Homes Program: Providing Building Trades with Solutions to Cold Climate Building Problems and Recognition for High Performance Homes

Mary G. Meunier, Depart of Administration, Wisconsin Energy Bureau; Edward M. Carroll, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation; Joseph P. Nagan, Home Building Technology Services

Millwork 101: Transforming the Market for Energy-Efficient Windows

Philip E. Mihlmester, Michael Gibbs, ICF Consulting; William E. Grimm, Southern California Edison Company; James Stimmel, ICF Consulting

Low-Cost, Low-Energy Demonstration Residential Buildings in the Czech Republic

P. Neuwirthová, SEVEn—The Energy Efficiency Centre

The EnerGuide for Houses Program— A Successful Canadian Home Energy Rating System

Anil Parekh, CANMET Energy Technology Centre, Natural Resources Canada; Barbar Mullally-Pauly, Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada; Mark Riley, CANMET Energy Technology Centre, Natural Resources Canada

Evaluating Consumer Energy Aggregations: A Policy Perspective

H. Gil Peach, H. Gil Peach and Associates; Paul A. DeCotis, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority; Luisa M. Freeman, Applied Energy Group, Inc.

What’s Really Out There in Snowbelt Homes? A Characterization Study of Wisconsin Housing

Scott Pigg, Energy Center of Wisconsin; Monica Nevius, Energy Center of Wisconsin and Departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The South African Efficient Lighting Initiative: Evaluation of the Hartbeespoort Field Study

R. F. Price, B. G. Bredenkamp, Khanyisa (Pty.) Ltd.

If Home Energy Ratings are the Solution for Energy Efficient New Homes, What’s the Problem?

Samuel Rashkin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The Use of Triangulation in the Measurement of Near-Term Market Effects: The Case of the California Residential Lighting and Appliance Program

Richard Ridge, Mike Rufo, Kathleen McElroy, XENERGY, Inc.; Rob Rubin, Athena Besa, San Diego Gas and Electric Company

Successes from Rebuild America’s Housing Partnerships

Mark Ternes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jim Cavallo, Argonne National Laboratory; Cara Applegate, D & R International, Ltd.

An End-Use Energy Demand Monitoring Project for Estimating the Potential of Energy Savings in the Residential Sector

Kiichiro Tsuji, Osamu Saeki, Arata Suzuhigashi, Fuminori Sano, Tsuyoshi Ueono, Osaka University

Market Transformation Efforts for Residential Energy-Efficient Windows: An Update of National Activities

Alecia Ward, Alliance to Save Energy; Margaret Suozzo, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy; Joseph Eto, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

More Lessons Learned in the ENERGY STAR® Homes Program

Eric Werling, ICF Consulting; Blaine Collison, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Jay Hall, ICF Consulting

Equity Finance of Residential Real Estate: A Potential Market Transformation Program

Jamie Woods, Quantec, LLC