Books:

Home Performance with Energy Star Compendium which profiles all current HPwES programs.

Geo Heat Pumps: Leading Energy Utility Marketing Programs, Fifth Edition 2010

APPA and GeoPowering the West were partners in bringing the Geothermal Heat Pump Report to Western customers and other utilities. Authored by Utility Programs Specialist Katherine Johnson, the report was first released in 2001. "The industry needed a collection of best practices, vendors and strategies for marketing the benefits to customers," explained Johnson.

The revision to the Third Edition was sponsored by Western Area Power Administration, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and American Public Power Association and features updates on advances in geothermal heat pump technologies as well as new funding opportunities.  The book has also been expanded to include information about DX (geothermal direct install.)  Published by Johnson Consulting Group, Western Area Power Administration plans to distribute it to members at upcoming workshops and conferences. 

If you are a Western Area Power Administration Member, to obtain a copy of Geothermal Heat Pump Report, contact your Energy Services Representative. Non-members may purchase the CD by emailing info@johnsonconsults.com.                        

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• Strategies and Initiatives to Proactively Respond to a New Customer Demographic. plus referenced utility snapshots for At-Risk Customers

  • DTE

  • We Energies

  • Integrys

  • KCP&L

• Breaking Down the Barriers to Efficiency Improvements in the Rental Housing Market: One Utility’s Approach, given at the 2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

• Best Practices and Lessons Learned from  EPA/DOE’s Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Program, given at the 2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

• Teaching Customers to Value Energy Efficiency:  A Comparison of CFL Fund Raisers, given at the 2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

• The Future of Residential Electric Water Heating is Off-Peak

• Fundamentals of Linking Demand Side Management Strategies with Program Implementation Tactics

• Light Bulb Fund Raiser Leverages Community Groups in Energy Efficiency and Peak Shaving Initiative

• Build a Better Mousetrap
   

Additional Publications:

Presentations: (click on presentation title to view presentation)

• Energy Efficiency Update from Europe, AESP Brown Bag 10-13-2011

• Getting out of the Starting Blocks: Challenges with PY1 Portfolio Evaluations, IEPEC, Boston2011

• Show Me the Money - Challenges Facing On-Bill Financing eceee Summer Study, France 2011

• Interactive Webinar: "Soup to Nuts: Building EM&V into Program Design", 2011

• Staying Out of Hot Water,  ACEEE Summer Study, Pacific Grove, CA  2010 

• Webinar: How to create and implement energy efficiency programs at your cooperative, NRECA 2010 

• Lessons Learned from the Field: OBF Financing, IEPEC, France 2010

• Developing a Successful Water Heater Program, DSM Technology Workshop, Bismarck, ND 2010

• Staying Out of Hot Water,  DSM Technology Workshop, Bismarck, ND 2010

• Deploying a Heat Pump Program, DSM Technology Workshop, Great Falls, MT 2009

• Heat Pump Technologies Road Map, DSM Technology Workshop, Great Falls, MT 2009

• Heat Pump Program Strategies, DSM Technology Workshop, Great Falls, MT 2009

• Breaking down the barriers to efficiency improvements in the rental housing market: A comparison of two utility approaches (OBF), IEPEC, Portland, OR 2009

• Breaking down the barriers to efficiency improvements in the rental housing market: A comparison of two utility approaches (OBF), eceee, France 2009

• Best practices for developing cost-effective evaluation, measurement and verification plans: Lessons learned from 12 northern California municipal utilities, eceee, France 2009

• Best Practices for Program Implementation: Lessons from the Geothermal Heat Pump Experience, Harvesting Clean Energy, Billings, MT 2009
• Why Demand Side Management (Energy Efficiency) is Coming to a Utility Near You,  Harvesting Clean Energy, Billings, MT 2009
• Motors and VFD Technology Road Map, DSM Technology Workshop, Bismarck, ND 2009 
• Motor Program Strategies, DSM Technology Workshop, Bismarck, ND 2009 
• Deploying a Motors Program to Your Customers, DSM Technology Workshop, Bismarck, ND 2009 
• Home Performance with Energy Star Overview
• Successful Water Heating Case Studies, DSM Technology Workshop, Bismarck, ND 2009

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