Regional

Join us for the fourth annual Green Professionals Conference on February 16, 2012 in Portland, Oregon. The conference is intended to educate, motivate and provide a forum to network and initiate conversations.

More than just a job fair, the conference is designed for corporations, government agencies, elected officials, universities, trade schools and nonprofits to gather under one roof to stimulate economic growth by strengthening the green job workforce.

On December 2nd, PBS Newshour interviewed Bill Clinton and his support of energy efficiency.  Click here to watch the video.  The Segment starts at 28:58 minute mark.

1. Commercial Lighting Company

4930 Leary Ave NW

Seattle, WA 98107

Contact: Nick Schmitt

nickbschmitt@hotmail.com

2. Jim Perich-Anderson, LLC

12242 Shorewood Dr. SW

Seattle, WA 98146

Contact: Jim Perich-Anderson

jimperichanderson@gmail.com

3. Northwest Energy Consulting (NWEC)

10715 NE 109th St

Kirkland, WA 98033

Contact: Brad Weaver

bradlweaver@comcast.net

4. Washington Energy Management, Inc.

4451 Dyes Inlet Rd NW

Bremerton, WA 98312

Contact: James Ruppert, Jr.

Conduit, the NEEA inspired on-line of community of energy efficiency professionals and stakeholders, recently hit 1,000 users. The networking and information site was inspired from a regional collaboration instigated by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce. Conduit is open for trade allies and other interested parties to join and participate. Click here to browse the site or sign up as a user. 

Consistent with the statutory obligations under I-937, Washington State's three investor owned utilities filed 2012-2013 conservation targets with the Utilities and Transportation Commission along with a biennial conservation plan. The Commission has currently open dockets for these filings. I-937 requires the utilities to assess their 10 year conservation potential (that is cost effective and achievable analyzed using a methodology consistent with the Power Council) and file biennial targets that are a pro-rata share of that potential.

BPA announced its decision on how to handle its FY2011 overspend on energy efficiency (higher than anticipated energy efficiency project activity in BPA's federal fiscal year 2011 placed BPA's 5 year conservation budget into jeopardy, necessitating last minute negotiations with their retail utility customers and affected the activity of third party program implementers of BPA regional programs).

It has often been said that you can’t manage what you can’t measure. Data from the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) have important direct and indirect impacts on the building industry and U.S. economy. CBECS is a nationally representative survey of commercial building energy consumption and expenditures, and their energy-related characteristics in the United States.

The Environmental Business Alliance of Tacoma-Pierce County has been formed to help businesses become green in two ways: by improving their environmental performance and increasing their profitability. EBA is a partnership of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, Citizens for a Healthy Bay, Go Local and the City of Tacoma. The alliance provides businesses with access to resources and information about environmentally sustainable practices.

September 13, 2011

A conversation with Margie Harris, Energy Trust of OregonPresenter: Margie HarrisDescription: The Energy Trust of Oregon is one of a small handful of third party implementers of energy efficiency program activity. Margi Harris has served as its Executive Director since the Trust’s inception. This is an opportunity to hear from Margie her view of what the Trust has accomplished, where its headed, and the role that trade allies have and will play in the Trust’s activities.

October 26, 2011

With a scant few weeks left in its 2011 fiscal year, BPA has determined that budgeted resources for conservation are insufficient to cover what is turning out to be a banner year for conservation. A combination of aggressive BPA retail customer utility conservation acquisition teamed with a robust market response from the regionally offered and third party administered sector specific conservation activities has… well flat out busted the BPA conservation budget.