Lead Performer: Performance Systems Development – Ithaca, NY
October 17, 2017
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Lead Performer: Performance Systems Development – Ithaca, NY
Partners:
-- Cadmus – Waltham, MA
-- Steve Kromer (SKEE) – Washington, DC
-- National Renewable Energy Laboratory – Golden, CO
-- PECO – Philadelphia, PA
-- Philadelphia Gas Works – Philadelphia, PA
-- Southern California Regional Energy Network – Los Angeles, CA
-- The Energy Coalition – Irvine, CA
-- Vermont Energy Investment Corporation – Burlington, VT
-- Xcel Energy – Minneapolis, MN
DOE Total Funding: $1,000,000
Project Term: October 1, 2015 – June 30, 2018
Funding Opportunity: Advancing Solutions to Improve the Energy Efficiency of U.S. Commercial Buildings (2015)
Project Objective
The primary goal of the OpenEfficiency Initiative (OEI) is to scale up commercial building energy efficiency in the U.S. through the streamlined delivery of customer-focused energy efficiency programs. The OEI will capitalize on existing DOE investments to create an integrated open source technology platform—the OpenEfficiency Platform (OEP)—capable of supporting a range of energy efficiency program types. Working closely with a group of utility program administrators, the OEI will support the design, planning, and use of the OEP in a series of commercial pilot programs for whole building energy efficiency, local government benchmarking, and auditing.
Project Impact
Utility program administrators will leverage integrated DOE tools in a number of efficiency incentive program pilots to demonstrate increased process efficiency and increased program adoption. Through ongoing cross-program collaboration, the sharing of lessons learned, and identification of industry best practices, the OEI will result in a powerful and self-sustaining platform for the cost-effective delivery of a range of commercial energy efficiency programs.
Contacts
DOE Technology Manager: Charles Llenza
Principle Investigator: Gregory Thomas, Performance Systems Development