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FEBRUARY 2012 | IN THIS ISSUE: News and resources from the Energy Center of Wisconsin.
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TAX CREDIT, OTHER FACTORS DROVE AC SALES IN WISCONSIN UP 34% IN 2010
More data on the sales and market share of high efficiency residential heating and cooling equipment in Wisconsin can be gleaned from the Energy Center's furnace and air conditioner tracking study. Since 1997, we've aggregated statewide trends in equipment sales; distributors providing data to the study represent between 65 and 75 percent of the market in Wisconsin. MORE...

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Energy management best practices
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Energy efficiency in commercial food service
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BEHIND THE SCENES

Energy Center to study barriers to use of digesters on swine farms
Anaerobic digesters are underutilized on swine farms; in the top four states with a combined potential of nearly 4,000 eligible farms, only seven digesters are deployed. With support from AgStar and DOE, the Energy Center and Great Plains Institute will issue findings in summer on the barriers and solutions to greater deployment.

Energy Center expertise includes alternate-fuel vehicle use
From compressed natural gas vehicles for commercial fleets to personal electric vehicles, we're helping Xcel Energy and Madison Gas and Electric assess a new slate of options in alternate-fuel transportation.

Multifamily buildings study underway in Minnesota
The Energy Center has teamed with Franklin Energy to study residential tenant perception and behavior on energy use for both tenant-paid and landlord-paid utility services. The study is funded by the state of Minnesota with results due early in 2013.

CAST

Erikka Byrge, LEED AP ID+C, has joined the Energy Center as project administrator. She has a professional background in corporate interior design and will provide project support for the ComEd and Nicor Gas New Construction Program. Erikka holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Architecture and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Sustainable Management.

ON THE ROAD

Energy Center staff are attending or speaking at several conferences in the next few months.

Keith Swartz will be presenting a seminar on energy modeling at the Illinois ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference in Chicago.

Doug Ahl will be attending the ASERTTI meeting in Washington DC.

Marge Anderson will be attending the board meeting of the New Buildings Institute in Washington D.C. and the Affordable Comfort conference in Baltimore.