ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager Benchmarking

      Learn more than the mechanics of benchmarking. This seminar provides you with not   only the “how” but the “why” and “what if” available  through benchmarking. Understanding the concept of energy performance is a key aspect of this seminar.

ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry Energy Performance Indicator Benchmarking Tool

July 20, 2010 Connecticut

This seminar is specifically developed for the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund’s Business Sustainability Challenge participants. The seminar will provide an overview of “why” benchmarking is critical to success in manufacturing. After a brief overview of the “why”, a detailed step-by-step roadmap on the “how” to utilize this important tool will be provided. Attendees will learn the key information required to utilize the tool and how to establish a common metric to allow for comparison of each facility in their portfolio. 

Even if you have created your own benchmarking tool, this seminar will provide invaluable insight into the “why” and “how” of benchmarking, including:

• The primary purpose for benchmarking
• Utilizing benchmarking to position projects
• Detailed road map for utilizing the EPA Energy Performance Indicator Benchmarking Tool and how your own tool applies
• The benchmarking process including gathering the key data for entry
• Determining the common metric across all facilities in your portfolio
• How to create graphs and reports for internal meetings
• Benchmarking and capital funding

Daryl DeJean will be teaching the Basic Concepts and  Mechanics and Benchmarking in ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager at a monthly lunch and learn seminar on August 11 at the International Facility Management Association San Diego Chapter.

LED Applications and Resources Seminar As a follow-up to the LED Basics seminar, this seminar will discuss cost-effective LED applications. During this seminar the audience will
learn about the US DOE initiatives to help you determine if LEDs are appropriate for your applications. An overview of the various DOE quality assurance initiatives will be provided to help you differentiate good products and applications and to widely distribute technical information regarding LEDs. The seminar will also cover how you can apply this information to your situation.

For more information, you can either download the flyer at the following link,

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LED Basics

LED is the hot buzz word in lighting. Find out if Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are the right light source for you. This seminar provides basic information on how LEDs differ from existing light sources. This seminar will explain LED terminology and how LEDs work. It will also provide an overview of key aspects of LEDs, such as energy efficiency, color rendering and color quality and lifetime expectations.

LED Basics
(Seminar #5948)
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
(8:00 a.m. check-in & continental breakfast included)

For more information and course content, please  refer to the link :

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Alternatively, you can download the flyer.

Bernie Kotlier, Director, Green Energy Solutions, IBEW-NECA California Labor Management Cooperation Committee (LMCC), Daryl DeJean and Lee Stevens will be teaching the Business Class to the Alameda County Chapter of IBEW-NECA. If you are interested in attending, please contact us. 

April 14 Shelton, CT ;April 15 Berlin, CT

Sponsored by the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund

To register, please click on the following link:

Connecticut Light & Power 4/14/2010 High Performance Lighting Seminar - REGISTER

CT Energy Info 04/15/2010 High Performance Lighting Seminar - REGISTER

     1. Comparison of Light Sources

     2. Applications

     3. Resources

ENERGY STAR® BENCHMARKING 101

Tuesday July, 27,2010 ; Tuesday August 31, 2010 and September 28, 2010

Session # 1: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm – Continental Breakfast

Session # 2: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm 

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Come and join us in a three hour hands on seminar  in learning how to benchmark from scratch or brush up on your current benchmarking. We will review the data requirements and the mechanics of ENERGY STAR® benchmarking from start to finish. Bring your own facility‘s data and enter the data under guidance of one of the most active ENERGY STAR Service and Product Providers, Emerging Technologies Associates, Inc.. 

We will review the five-step data transfer process of SDG&E Automated Benchmarking Service (ABS): this will include tips on initiating ABS correctly and troubleshooting for the most common errors in inputting your facility data within the ENERGY STAR benchmarking tool, Portfolio Manager. 

You will learn how accurate benchmarking is required for certain SDG&E® customers to participate in the Energy Efficiency Programs and how to create a baseline, verify and track your energy improvement projects. 

Finally, we will generate together and review the Statement of Energy Performance for your building and will briefly review the requirements of AB 1103 energy use disclosure. 

To take full advantage of the class, please bring at least one year of utility bills (electric, gas and water) and building attributes (Data Worksheet will be provided by SDG&E prior to seminar). 

This seminar will provide invaluable insight into how to properly establish an account and benchmark with ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. ETA will provide the attendees with:

• A written step-by-step procedure
• Tips to benchmarking accurately to meet ENERGY STAR’s requirements
• How to properly log on and create an account in Portfolio Manager
• How to set up a facility, meters and key building attributes
• How to verify data inputs to eliminate errors
• How to generate a Statement of Energy Performance
• How to review existing benchmarkings and recommend corrections as necessary
• How to use Portfolio Manager to track water consumption
• How to verify and track progress of improvement projects
• How does benchmarking tie in with the incentive programs
• An explanation of what the rating means for each market sector
• A review the importance of the Statement of Energy Performance results in meeting industry standards for indoor and environmental conditions based on ASHRAE Standard 62 for ventilation, ASHRAE Standard 55 for thermal comfort and IESNA Lighting Handbook for lighting quality

LIGHTFAIR International 2010, Wednesday May 12, 2010 - Friday May 14, 2010, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV

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