2015 ENERGY STAR Certified Homes Stakeholder Meeting Presentations

The 2015 ENERGY STAR Stakeholder Meeting was held October 14th and 15th, 2015 in Portland, Oregon.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would like to thank the co-sponsors of the meeting and all the partners and industry stakeholders who attended, presented, and helped make the meeting productive and insightful. The final meeting agenda (PDF, 2.82 MB) provides additional information on the meeting. The 2015 Partner Incentive Overview & 2015 Market Penetration (PDF, 673.31 KB) provides an overview of Utility Sponsor support for the Certified Homes Program. Please click on the following headings to find presentations by day, or scroll down to browse all available documents.

1. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

2. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

1. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

• Welcome and Introductions (PDF, 2.21 MB) — Jon Passe, US EPA
• Keynote (PDF, 2.04 MB) — Susan Stratton, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
• Module One: Key Programmatic Updates
  • Revision 08 is Great: What it Means for You (PDF, 2.92 MB) — Dean Gamble, US EPA
  • New ENERGY STAR Certified Homes Sales Kit and Training (PDF, 2.87 MB) — Bill Taylor, Advanced Energy
  • New ENERGY STAR Certified Homes Construction Kit (PDF, 638.95 KB) — Justin Mackovyak, ICF International
  • Tipping the Scale: Helping Utilities Meet Cost Effectiveness Tests (PDF, 1.34 MB) — Dean Gamble, US EPA
  • Key ENERGY STAR Products Update (PDF, 1.27 MB) — Peter Banwell, US EPA
• Module Two: Program Design and Economics
  • Listening to Builders: ENERGY STAR Certification in a Tiered Program (PDF, 3.1 MB) — Jim Miller, AEP Ohio & Megan Melby, Columbia Gas of Ohio
  • Program Delivery in the Age of Rising Energy Code and ENERGY STAR 3.1 (PDF, 1.72 MB) — Troy Preslar & Becky Robbins, Rocky Mountain Power
  • Maryland’s Utility Programs: Strategies for Evolving with ENERGY STAR (PDF, 1.04 MB) — Rick Gazica, ICF International
  • Meeting California’s Zero Net Energy Goal: A Statewide Collaboration (PDF, 1.81 MB) — Matt Christie, TRC Solutions
  • Updates from DOE: Solution Center and Zero Energy Home (PDF, 5.74 MB) — Jamie Lyons, US DOE

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2. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

• Module Three: Rating and HVAC
  • Quality and Consistency: Not the Same Thing, Equally Important (PDF, 1.68 MB) — Steve Byers, Energy Logic / EPX
  • Understanding the Role of the HQUITOs
    • Wes Davis, ACCA (presentation coming soon)
    • Jonathan Coulter, Advanced Energy (PDF, 1.83 MB)
    • Harmonizing the HERS Index and ENERGY STAR (PDF, 1.53 MB) — Steve Baden, RESNET
  • More Science, Less Art: Understanding How HVAC Impacts Your Business (PDF, 2.23 MB) — Dean Gamble, US EPA
• Module Four: Process Management, Energy Savings, and Evaluation
  • Riding the Top of the Wave (PDF, 1.69 MB) — Brian Shanks, Beazer Homes
  • Projecting Total Energy Use in Program Homes: How Good Are We? (PDF, 2.76 MB) -- Adams & Poe
  • Taking Credit for the Joneses: How to Achieve a Net-to-Gross Greater Than 100% (PDF, 755KB) -- Wade Morehead
  • True Tales of Comfort and Savings (PDF, 1.87 MB) — Neil Grigsby & Anna Zamir, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

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Please visit the ENERGY STAR Meetings Archive to learn about past meetings.

Updated as of November 10, 2015