Download or read book California Latino Households and Energy Efficiency Upgrades written by Laura Parsons and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Capturing Cultural Diversity in California Residential Energy Use and Conservation written by Catalina Lamadrid and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Retrofit California Overview and Final Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy efficiency retrofits (also called upgrades) are widely recognized as a critical component to achieving energy savings in the building sector to help lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To date, however, upgrades have accounted for only a small percentage of aggregate energy savings in building stock, both in California and nationally. Although the measures and technologies to retrofit a building to become energy efficient are readily deployed, establishing this model as a standard practice remains elusive. Retrofit California sought to develop and test new program models to increase participation in the energy upgrade market in California. The Program encompassed 24 pilot projects, conducted between 2010 and mid-2013 and funded through a $30 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Better Buildings Neighborhood Program (BBNP). The broad scope of the Program can be seen in the involvement of the following regionally based Grant Partners: Los Angeles County (as prime grantee); Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), consisting of: o StopWaste.org for Alameda County o Regional Climate Protection Authority (RCPA) for Sonoma County o SF Environment for the City and County of San Francisco o City of San Jose; California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) for the San Diego region; Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD). Within these jurisdictions, nine different types of pilots were tested with the common goal of identifying, informing, and educating the people most likely to undertake energy upgrades (both homeowners and contractors), and to provide them with incentives and resources to facilitate the process. Despite its limited duration, Retrofit California undoubtedly succeeded in increasing awareness and education among home and property owners, as well as contractors, realtors, and community leaders. However, program results indicate that a longer timeframe will be needed to transform the market and establish energy retrofits as the new paradigm. Innovations such as Flex Path, which came about because of barriers encountered during the Program, have already shown promise and are enabling increased participation. Together, the pilots represent an unprecedented effort to identify and address market barriers to energy efficiency upgrades and to provide lessons learned to shape future program planning and implementation. The statistics reflects the scope of the marketing and outreach campaigns, which tested a variety of approaches to increase understanding of the benefits of energy upgrades to drive participation in the Program. More traditional methods such as TV and radio advertisements were complimented by innovative community based social marketing campaigns that sought to leverage the trusted status of neighborhood organizations and leaders in order to motivate their constituents to undertake retrofits. The remainder of this report provides an overview of Retrofit California including brief summaries of the pilots' main components and highlights, followed by the major findings or takeaway lessons from the approaches that were tested. Eleven of the pilots will be continued, with modifications, under the ratepayer-funded Regional Energy Networks. Involvement in the RENS by many of the Retrofit California partners will ensure that early lessons learned are carried forward to guide future programs for energy upgrades in California.

Download or read book Large Scale Residential Retrofit Program written by Mark J. Berman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Energy Efficiency for Low Income Housing written by Annette C. Guy and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Identifying Determinants of Very Low Energy Consumption Rates Observed in Some Urban California Households written by Alan K. Meier and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Home Builder Information Guide California Energy Commission s New Solar Homes Partnership written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Residential Energy Efficiency Potential California written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy used by California single-family homes that can be saved through cost-effective improvements. Prepared by Eric Wilson and Noel Merket, NREL, and Erin Boyd, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis.

Download or read book Small Business Upgrades written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document describes how Berkeley, California, and the nonprofit Community Energy Services Corporation helped fund energy efficiency upgrades for small businesses.

Download or read book Three Essays on Residential Energy Efficiency Policy Evaluation written by Tianxia Zhou and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation evaluates residential energy efficiency policies using rich datasets including hourly electricity consumption for more than 158 thousand California houses in the serving area of Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). Chapter 1 evaluates the California Building Code (Title 24). In 1978, California adopted building codes designed to reduce the energy used for heating and cooling. Using a rich dataset of hourly electricity consumption for 158,112 California houses, we estimate that the average house built just after 1978 uses 13% less electricity for cooling than a similar house built just before 1978. Comparing the estimated savings to the policy’s projected cost, we conclude that the policy comfortably passes a cost-benefit test. In settings where market failures prevent energy costs from being completely passed through to home prices, building codes can serve as a cost-effective tool for improving residential energy efficiency. Chapter 2 evaluates the air-conditioning units (AC) Energy Efficiency rebate program implemented by SMUD. We have three primary findings. First, the AC Energy Efficiency rebate program is effective in reducing cooling energy use. In the SMUD serving area during 2012-2013, participating households reduced cooling energy use by a considerable amount, averaging 329.50 kWh per household in one summer (1.51 kWh per day in a high-temperature day). Second, there is clear evidence of rebound effects, and the magnitudes of which are significant. The rebound effects from AC units upgrades are 26.77% of direct savings on average. Moreover, such rebound effects can be considerably larger among households who use less electricity in the past years. Chapter 3 explores the heterogeneous treatment effects in the Title 24. This chapter has two contributions. First, we adopt and adapt the Causal Tree model to make it work well with Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) setting. The Causal Tree method uncovers statistically significant differences in the treatment effects among subgroups that are not found using the ad-hoc subgroup definitions. Second, we explore the heterogeneous treatment effects of Title 24 among subgroups of households. We find no strong evidence suggesting the existence of heterogeneous treatment effects. There is absolutely no meaningful pattern displayed in the treatment effects across subgroups (e.g., treatment effects don’t vary systematically with the sizes of premises or the income of households).

Download or read book Mexicans in California written by Ramon A. Gutierrez and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numbering over a third of California's population and thirteen percent of the U.S. population, people of Mexican ancestry represent a hugely complex group with a long history in the country. Contributors explore a broad range of issues regarding California's ethnic Mexican population, including their concentration among the working poor and as day laborers; their participation in various sectors of the educational system; social problems such as domestic violence; their contributions to the arts, especially music; media stereotyping; and political alliances and alignments. Contributors are Brenda D. Arellano, Leo R. Chavez, Yvette G. Flores, Ramón A. Gutiérrez, Aída Hurtado, Olga Nájera-Ramírez, Chon A. Noriega, Manuel Pastor Jr., Armida Ornelas, Russell W. Rumberger, Daniel Solórzano, Enriqueta Valdez Curiel, and Abel Valenzuela Jr.

Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Tool and Materials for Zero net Energy California Buildings written by Murray Milne and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Green Energy and Efficiency written by Alberto Ansuategi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the major issues associated with green energy and energy efficiency, this book examines the economics of energy from the theoretical as well as applied perspectives. It makes a valuable contribution to existing discussion around environment and climate change issues, and provides an analysis of the socioeconomic and policy-oriented aspects of this topic. Each chapter is self-contained and tackles the fundamental issues and latest developments of a particular sub-topic. Combining rigour and accessibility, this book allows non-specialized readers to understand the complexity of the topic, and to likewise access the most relevant and up-to-date literature. It simultaneously enables more specialized readers to broaden their understanding of complex energy topics and it provides a comprehensive overview of the cutting-edge developments of the issues covered by the book. This book covers important themes including regulation for green energy, the promotion of green energy and efficiency, the challenges and options of renewable energy, and efficiency in economic sectors. It is intended for researchers and postgraduates with an interest in energy, climate change and environmental economics, and also policymakers and energy companies.

Download or read book Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: