AUGUST 2010 | IN THIS ISSUE: Research results, news and resources from the Energy Center of Wisconsin. |
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT |
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BEHIND THE SCENES |
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EVALUATING THE NATIONAL WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
RETROFITTING OUR NATION'S HOMES The U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America program turns its focus to energy efficiency home retrofits with awards of up to $30 million over the next 18 months to 15 multidisciplinary teams. The Energy Center of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation and UW Madison are among several partners on a winning bid by the University of Minnesota. MORE... BIOENERGY RESEARCH Bioenergy represents a growing share of the United States' renewable energy supply. The Energy Center’s bioenergy research team provides businesses, utilities, government agencies and others with objective research on bioenergy. We study opportunity fuels, residues, production byproducts and crops and assess their availability to help users develop secure supply plans for bioenergy generation. MORE... |
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 Meet Mark Vincent, a project manager at the Energy Center of Wisconsin. Mark is an electrical engineer and is working with the Energy Center’s Buildings Team analyzing building energy use as part of our commercial high performance building initiatives. |
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Are you headed to the ACEEE Summer Study on Buildings? Don’t miss these presentations from Energy Center staff. Panel 10, Monday, August 16, 8:30am: If We Ramp Up, Will They Come? Assessing Employer and Workforce Readiness to Accelerate Energy Efficiency in Three Midwestern States presented by Marge Anderson Informal Session, Monday, August 16, 4:00pm: Computer Power Management in Homes—Plotting a Path presented by Ingo Bensch and Scott Pigg Panel 10, Tuesday, August 17, 10:30 am: Small Footprint, Big Impact: Supercharging the Workforce with Interactive Online Education presented by Marge Anderson Panel 6, Tuesday, August 16, 10:30am: Integrating Technical Education and Training into Energy Efficiency Program Delivery: A Strategy to Drive Program Participation and Create Short Term Impact and Long Term Market Effects presented by Kathryn Schiedermayer Panel 7, Wednesday, August 18, 8:30am: A Reflection of Ourselves...How Households Interact with In-Home Feedback Devices: Results from a Treatment/Control Experiment presented by Andrew Mendyk Panel 9, Wednesday, August 18, 8:30am: Energy Savings Opportunities with Home Electronics and Other Plug-Load Devices: Results from a Minnesota Field Study presented by Scott Pigg
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program provides energy efficiency services to more than 100,000 homes every year. The Energy Center is part of the independent evaluation team taking a comprehensive look at how much energy this program saves. 
