2011 ENERGY STAR Products Partner Meeting

The 2011 ENERGY STAR Products Partner Meeting was held November 7–10 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 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, 4 KB) and  companion piece (PDF, 481 KB) provide details on the topics covered. Please click on the following headings to find presentations by day, or scroll down to browse all available documents.

1. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7
2. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
3. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
4. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10
5. Marketing, Communications & IT Sessions (Monday–Thursday)

1. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7

• Welcome & Opening Remarks (PDF, 1 KB) – Alex Baker, U.S. EPA
• Lighting Specification Development Update: Luminaires and Lamps (PDF, 3 KB) – Alex Baker U.S.EPA
• Regional Efficiency Program Portfolio Updates (PDF, 3 KB) – Marylou Einfalt, ICF International
• Lighting Portfolio Planning
  • Next Generation Lighting Programs: Opportunities to Advance Efficient Lighting for a Cleaner Environment (PDF, 880 KB) – Peter Banwell, U.S. EPA
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Residential Lighting Programs: There's Still A Lot To Do (PDF, 214 KB) - Glenn Reed, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
  • Residential Lighting: Toward a Portfolio Approach (PDF, 381 KB) – David Bend, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
  • The "2X Lamp" – A Proposal to Harvest Additional Near Term Energy Savings (PDF, 854 KB) – Noah Horowitz, Natural Resources Defense Council

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2. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

• Marketing for Lighting – What Works & What Doesn't
  • Marketing for Lighting: What Works & What Doesn't (PDF, 1 KB) – Taylor Jantz-Sell, U.S. EPA
  • Best Practices for Marketing Energy Efficient Lighting: Lessons Learned from the Sponsors of Mass Save (PDF, 1 KB) – Stephanie Blicharz, Marketing Drive
• Resources for Educating Consumers on Energy Efficient Lighting
  • Resources for Educating Consumers on Energy Efficient Lighting (PDF, 2 KB) – Taylor Jantz-Sell, U.S. EPA
  • Lighting Campaign Update (PDF, 2 KB) – Monique O'Grady, LUMEN Coalition
  • Moving Lighting Forward, in Light of EISA (PDF, 747 KB) – Jamie Lalos, The Cadmus Group
• Claiming Savings Using a Market Share Approach: Lessons Learned (PDF, 502 KB) – Monica Curtis, WECC; Shannon Montgomery, WECC; Rebecca Smith, Lowe's; Tobias Swope, D&R International
• ENERGY STAR Updates and Welcome to Charlotte (PDF, 962 KB) – Peter Banwell, U.S. EPA; The Honorable Anthony Foxx, Mayor of Charlotte; Robert Niblock, Lowe's Companies, Inc.

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3. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

• Just Do ENERGY STAR – How to Prompt Consumer Action
  • Just Do ENERGY STAR (PDF, 573 KB) – Jill Vohr, U.S. EPA
  • Just Do ENERGY STAR: How to Prompt Consumer Action (PDF, 3 KB) – P. Wesley Schultz, California State University
• Overview of the Development of Lighting Test Methods and Standards
  • LED Lighting Standards in ENERGY STAR Programs (PDF, 2 KB) – Jianzhong Jiao, Ph.D., OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc.
• For Lighting Manufacturers: Navigating the Product Qualification Process (PDF, 508 KB) – Alex Baker, U.S. EPA
• Specification Updates: Appliances (PDF, 662 KB) – Amanda Stevens, U.S. EPA; Ryan Fogle, D&R International
• ENERGY STAR Electronics and IT Specification Updates (PDF, 449 KB) – Una Song, U.S. EPA
• Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program Update
  • Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program Update (PDF, 1 KB) – Melissa Fiffer, U.S. EPA
  • GE Appliances Recycling Initiative (PDF, 650 KB) – Kelley Kline, GE
• Successful Energy Efficiency Models for Consumer Electronics (PDF, 1 KB) – Steve Bassill, QDI Strategies; Adam Grant, NV Energy; Jeffrey Roesch, Sears Holdings Corporation
• New Initiatives: ENERGY STAR Most Efficient, Approaching Smart Grid, and Emerging Technology
  • ENERGY STAR Emerging Technology Award (PDF, 808 KB) – Becky Duff, ICF International
  • ENERGY STAR: Approaching Smart Grid (PDF, 192 KB) – Amanda Stevens, U.S. EPA
  • ENERGY STAR Most Efficient Pilot Update (PDF, 1 KB) – Peter Banwell, U.S. EPA
• Marketing Consumer Electronics with ENERGY STAR – What Success Looks Like
  • Marketing CE with ENERGY STAR – What Success Looks Like (PDF, 695 KB) – Martina Dimova-Martinez, Sears Holdings Corporation
  • Understanding Consumer Motivations (PDF, 955 KB) – Becca Yates, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
  • Marketing Consumer Electronics with ENERGY STAR: A Manufacturer's POV on What Success Looks Like (PDF, 2 KB) – John Taylor, LG Electronics USA, Inc.

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4.THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10

• Focus on Laundry: Residential Clothes Dryer Opportunities
  • ENERGY STAR Emerging Technology Award: Heat Pump Clothes Dryers (PDF, 145 KB) – Becky Duff, ICF International
  • Scoping/New Program Opportunity: Clothes Dryers (PDF, 109 KB) – Sean Southard, ICF International
  • Super Efficient Dryer Initiative (PDF, 181 KB) – Chris Granda, SEDI; Chris Badger, SEDI; Chris Wold, CLASP
• Market Trends for Electronics
  • What's Happening with Consumer Electronics (PDF, 1 KB) – Essie Snell, E Source
  • Trends and Opportunities in Networks and Consumer Electronics (PDF, 816 KB)   – Richard Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • The Impact of Consumer Electronics on Home Electricity Use (PDF, 750 KB)  – Noah Horowitz, Natural Resources Defense Council
• How to Partner with ENERGY STAR to Promote Set-Top Boxes (PDF, 5 KB) – Gregg Hardy, Ecova; Noah Horowitz, Natural Resources Defense Council; Robert Turner, Pace plc; Steve Dulac, DirecTV; Elizabeth Crenshaw, EPB
• Marketing ENERGY STAR Appliances: Opportunities and Resources (PDF, 1 KB) – Rosemarie Stephens-Booker, U.S. EPA
• The Role of Online Research in Marketing Consumer Electronics
  • Online for Consumer Electronics: Online Shopping and Purchasing (PDF, 1 KB) – Aaron Heffron, The NPD Group
  • Syndication of Energy Saving Content (PDF, 810 KB) – Phil Canavan, CBS Interactive
• Residential Water Heater Specification Stakeholder Meeting (PDF, 256 KB) – Abigail Daken, U.S. EPA

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5. Marketing, Communications & IT Sessions (Monday–Thursday)

• Co-Branding with ENERGY STAR (PDF, 2 KB) – Melissa Klein, U.S. EPA; Stan Mertz, Applied Proactive Technologies
• Using Social Media to Promote Energy Efficiency (PDF, 4 KB) – Julie Colehour, Colehour+Cohen; Mike Brown, Sears Holdings Corporation; Jennifer Dolin, OSRAM SYLVANIA; Paul Parmley, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Shaping the Future of the Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR Campaign (PDF, 593 KB) – Melissa Klein, U.S. EPA; Julie Colehour, Colehour+Cohen
• Consumer Mindset
  • Consumer Mindset – A Retailer Perspective: Observations, Research, and Lessons Learned (PDF, 855 KB)  – Mary Henderson, Lowe's Companies, Inc.
  • Consumer Mindset Panel (Utility Perspective) (PDF, 1 KB) – Seth Kiner, Southern California Edison
  • Consumer Mindset (Behavioral Psychology Perspective) (PDF, 28 KB) – P. Wesley Schultz, California State University
• ENERGY STAR Mobile (PDF, 3 KB) – Paul Karaffa, U.S. EPA
• ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Recognition: Submitting a Competitive Application (PDF, 2 KB) – Hewan Tomlinson, U.S. EPA

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