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["Organization Name","Contact Email","Organization Type","Area of Technical Expertise","Description of Capabilities"]
["4CORE - Four Corners Office for resource Energy","info@fourcore.org","Nonprofit - 501 (c) 3","Serve as the regional organization that promotes resource and energy efficiency. Implemented energy audits, rebates and low-income Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).The organization’s four focus areas include: Energy Efficiency, Innovative Solutions, Resource Efficiency Education, and acting as an Energy Information Hub. In September of 2009, 4CORE expanded its service territory to include the five counties of Southwest Colorado: La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, San Juan, and Archuleta. 4CORE continues to use a collaborative approach to align organizations across multiple sectors with the goal of increasing our effect by better utilizing existing community assets.","4CORE’s programs better the human condition and the environment by conserving energy and water resources, providing economic benefits and opportunities while decreasing the amount of pollution created by fossil fuel energy sources. This has been accomplished through the following programs: Low-income Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which has weatherized 573 homes to date.\nCommunity energy planning implementing the Resource Energy Action Plan (REAP) for our region.\nSustainable Building Education Program with over 2,339 participants to date.\nResource Smart Business Program provided 30 businesses in La Plata County tools to improve energy efficiency, employee health, and business sustainability.\nResource Information Hub, helping save over $593,539 through rebates and reduced utility bills to date.\nRefuel Program providing alternative fuels coaching to regional companies and fleet managers in cooperation with the Colorado Energy Office."]
["Affordable Solar Hot Water and Power AAA Air Care","asolarpro@gmail.com","Home performance with Energy Star contractor, Air Conditioning, Solar, AEE Energy Engineer, HERS, BPI, energy efficiency inventor.","BPI, Building Performance Institute Analyst and Building Envelope Analyst, member of RESNET Residential Energy Services Network, Florida Commercial Energy Rater, Alabama Weatherization contractor, CEA, Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Analyst, National Comfort Institute NCI Carbon Monoxide Analyst, Alabama Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning contractor, Journeyman plumber, Founding member of Efficiency First, member of ACCA, Air Conditioning Contractors of America, EnergyStar Partner, Home Performance with Energy Star contractor, Home Energy Score Qualified Assessor, Solar energy contractor.","BPI, Building Performance Institute Analyst and Building Envelope Analyst, member of RESNET Residential Energy Services Network, Florida Commercial Energy Rater, Alabama Weatherization contractor, CEA, Association of Energy Engineers Certified Energy Analyst, National Comfort Institute NCI Carbon Monoxide Analyst, Alabama Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning contractor, Journeyman plumber, Founding member of Efficiency First, member of ACCA, Air Conditioning Contractors of America, EnergyStar Partner, Home Performance with Energy Star contractor, Home Energy Score Qualified Assessor, Solar energy contractor."]
["Robert Bosch LLC","bgt.info@us.bosch.com","Technology and Engineering Services Provider","Direct Current Power Distribution Architecture in Commercial buildings to provide resiliency and reliability","Bosch has developed unique technology and can provide turnkey Direct Current power based microgrid solutions to large commercial facilities. By converting lighting and ventilation loads to accept direct current input and enabling a direct current coupled power distribution between on-site renewable energy sources and large facility power loads such as lighting and ventilation, Bosch can provide resilient and reliable energy efficiency solutions for these buildings. The direct current (DC) approach lowers the cost of providing energy efficient lighting, lighting controls, emergency lighting while increasing the utilization of on-site renewable energy from solar and is a very cost effective and reliable way to provide resiliency and load islanding capabilities during grid outages and other emergencies."]
["Robert Bosch LLC - Government Research and Develop","RBNAGOVUS.FUNDINGACQUISITION@us.bosch.com","For profit business","The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 375,000 associates worldwide. The company generated sales of 70 billion euros in 2015. Operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in some 60 countries. Including its sales and service partners, Bosch is represented in roughly 150 countries. This worldwide development, manufacturing, and sales network is the foundation for further growth. In 2015, Bosch applied for some 5,422 patents worldwide. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to create solutions for a connected life. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.”","Bosch offers energy and building technology with smart connectivity as well as services for industry, businesses, and private households. Technologies include a wide range of connected solutions and services for smart buildings, decentralized power generation, conversion, and storage, as well as software solutions for smart control of power grids.\nThe Bosch group is the world’s largest provider of MEM sensors that enable new applications and innovative solutions across a wide range of applications. Bosch Sensortec provides inertial motion sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, geomagnetic sensors and integrated combinations of these as well as MEMS microphones from its Akustica subsidiary. In addition, Bosch Sensortec is the market leader in the environmental consumer sensor space, providing barometric pressure sensors, humidity sensors, and integrated indoor air quality sensors.\nBosch Thermotechnik GmbH represents the Thermotechnology Division of the Bosch Group. Together with its subsidiaries, the company is a leading supplier of heating products and hot water solutions in Europe. Bosch Thermotechnology has strong international and regional brands and manufactures a diversified product range in European, American and Asian countries.\nBosch Security Systems, Inc. works closely with an extensive network of certified dealers and integrators to design dependable communications, security and life safety solutions for the market. Our broad portfolio of products and systems for communications, video surveillance, access control, and intrusion and fire detection are used by major schools and universities, government agencies, correctional facilities, retail stores, sports and entertainment facilities, casinos, and in many other commercial and industrial environments throughout the world.\nBosch’s Subsidiary, ESCRYPT -Embedded Security, is the leading system provider for embedded security world-wide. ESCRYPT has extensive expertise in embedded security and is familiar with the major industries.ESCRYPT provides a complete range of services"]
["Colorado Code Consulting llc","coloradocodeconsulting@gmail.com","Building and Energy Code Consultants; Code Officials; Code Trainers; Code Development; Research and Development","Expertise in Building and Energy Codes including compliance verification, Strong Building Science background.","Code plan review, inspections, training, compliance studies, contract management, research and development of tools for code compliance, building science education, networking and collaboration with stakeholders including national labs, regional energy offices and ICC Chapters, code development, creating methodologies and checklists for measurement and verification, marketing, webinars, working with utilities on gaining better code compliance in their territories."]
["Cambridge Federal, LLC","Sales@cambridgefederal.com","Cambridge Federal is a privately owned for profit and grants LLC, a certified SBAHUBZone, a VA certified Veteran Owned Small Business and a Maryland DoTcertified Small Business Enterprise.","We are certified Building Performance Institute Energy Analysts and Auditors. We specialize in residential and commercial weatherization, air sealing, and crawlspace encapsulation. We would like to partner on teams pursuing thefollowing strategic initiatives as identified on the HIT list; LED Troffers with Controls Energy Management and Information Systems (including submetering, control and automated fault detection and diagnostics) Shading Attachments","We recently took occupancy in the brand new Innovation Tech Center and have hired various interns from the local University and we would like to bring the University and the Innovation Tech Center together in an effort to support these initiatives. Please see the attached capability statement."]
["SK Collaborative","info@skcollaborative.com","SK Collaborative is a for-profit Limited Liability Company (LLC) based in the State of Georgia.","SK Collaborative provides residential green building consulting services around the country. We have over 7,000 units of single and multifamily housing, both affordableand market rate, in process or certified under various green building programs in 10 states and Mexico. SK Collaborative also performs envelope leakage testing onresidential and commercial buildings.","SK Collaborative applies proven green building techniques to real-life situations. Clients include developers, builders, remodelers, contractors, architects, andhomeowners. Services include consulting, design reviews and charrettes, training, technical writing, and building certification under LEED for Homes, EarthCraftHouse, ENERGY STAR, the National Green Building Standard, and Enterprise GreenCommunities. Founders, Carl Seville and Abe Kruger, are the lead authors of the first residential green building textbook, Green Building: Principles and Practices in Residential Construction and the LEED for Homes v4 Reference Guide. We train construction industry professionals across the country on sustainable construction practices. We have assisted with the design and implementation ofenergy efficiency programs for over thirty electric and gas utilities, includingENERGY STAR new homes, Home Performance with ENERGY STAR, low-incomeweatherization, and HVAC tune-up programs."]
["Radiator Labs, Inc","info@radiatorlabs.com","Energy efficiency startup, hardware/software","Steam heated buildings","Radiator Labs, winner of the 2012 MIT Clean energy prize, the 2014 Popular Science Innovation Award, and the 2014 Verizon Powerful Answers award, has developed a product that eliminates the waste implicit in steam heated buildings. The Radiator Labs system features the “Cozy”, a wireless, low-cost, and easily installed retrofit that drops on top of radiators, allowing room-level indoor temperature control in buildings with radiator heat, and granting this control to management and/or tenants via web and mobile apps.  By retrofitting whole buildings, the Cozy redistributes steam flow saving up to 40% in heating costs and yielding a potential cumulative annual savings of $7 billion over the 120 million residential and commercial radiators in the United States. The Cozy is currently installed in 12 buildings in the New York City area, the majority of which are part of a technology demonstration study funded by NYSERDA which is externally validating energy savings over a two-year study period."]
["Urban Future Lab / ACRE","info@ufl.nyc","Clean Technology Incubator","Smart grid and energy technology with applications including but not limited to energy efficiency, renewable energy, demand response, and microgrids.","Part of NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, ACRE is New York City's premier cleantech business incubator. As a business incubator ACRE is geared toward speeding up the growth, commercialization, and success of startups and early stage companies with a cleantech and green energy focus. It supports innovative start-ups that provide solutions to the most pressing climate and energy challenges, all while creating green jobs in NYC and training the next generation of entrepreneurs and engineers. ACRE is dedicated to growing an ecosystem of mission-driven start-ups, advancing the city as a role model for a low-carbon future. The incubator is part of a larger hub at NYU Tandon called the Urban Future Lab (UFL), the host of several programs focused on developing long-lasting sustainable educational, policy, and market solutions. It is operated by a team of highly skilled, highly experienced staff members with backgrounds in sustainability, accounting, building energy efficiency, design, fundraising, and international relations."]
["Energy Docs Home Performance Contractor","Info@EnergyDocs.net","Sole Proprietor","a.Measurement and Verification (M&V) of HVAC and energy features\nb. Instruction/mentoring hands-on and classroom training of deep energy retrofitting and to existing homes and new construction","a. Curriculum creator and instructor for PG&E energy efficiency classes that focus on commissioning and measuring delivered performance of systems within homes and light commercial buildings.\nb. Contractor with PG&E/California Energy Commission sponsored projects (Central Valley Research Homes Stockton, CA) installing all heating, cooling and ventilation systems under observation for the last two years.\nc. Commercial measurement and verification of energy efficiency measures (M&V) projects.\nd. Residential site facilitator and installer for emerging technologies projects in cooperation with national labs/engineering groups."]
["Energy and Resource Solutions, Inc.","rfpnotices@ers-inc.com","Energy Consultants","Our areas of specialization include assessment and implementation of energy efficiency projects; utility program planning, management, and evaluation; renewable/sustainable development assessment; continuous metering and monitoring; development of analytical tools and database software systems for project energy analysis; technology assessment; premium efficiency lighting design; and energy code compliance.","Our areas of specialization include assessment and implementation of energy efficiency projects; utility program planning, management, and evaluation; renewable/sustainable development assessment; continuous metering and monitoring; development of analytical tools and database software systems for project energy analysis; technology assessment; premium efficiency lighting design; and energy code compliance."]
["Grant Management Associates (GMA)","info@grantmanagementassoc.com","Grant Writing Assistance","GMA has extensive grant writing experience with Building Technologies.","GMA has worked with local government entities, utilities, tech providers and building energy analysist to successfully apply to these types of programs. We have been awarded over $42M in grants and contracts specific to this field. Please visit our website for more info about our successful projects, our clients and our services."]
["Greenhill Contracting Inc.","greenhillcontracting@yahoo.com","Independent, for-profit Corporation","Design of structures and systems and Building Science Expertise. Design Ventilation for extremely tight structures. Want to work on better design for harnessing all the potential energy for Multifamily residences.","Applied Building Science, High Performance Enclosure Design, Building High Performance structures. Winner of RESNET lowest HERS score 2015 and 2016, DOE HIA 2014, (3) DOE HIA 2015, NYSERDA award for builder with lowest HERS index since 2012-2015."]
["The Center for Building Knowledge at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (CBK)","cbk@njit.edu","Higher Education Institution","Education, Deployment, Measurement & Verificati","The Center for Building Knowledge at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (CBK) is a 25-year old research, technical assistance and training organization with deep expertise in energy efficient building technology and policy. CBK is somewhat unique among academic research institutions in that many of its senior staff are professionals who have left practice to pursue research and training activities, rather than teachers who pursue research as part of their university responsibilities. As a consequence, Center staff are closely attuned to what is currently happening within the building profession in the US, especially in the area of energy efficient, high performance facilities. CBK also has substantial recent experience with DOE’s Building Energy Asset Score, creating a new, national online training and certification program focused on Asset Score. The “Certificate of Proficiency in Asset Score” was part of CBK’s work for the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation and launched in earlier this year."]
["Nidec Motor Corporation","contactus@nidec-motor.com","Public company","High efficiency electric AC & DC motors & controls","Design, testing & manufacturing of high quality advanced, high efficiency motors and controls (integrated and remote) for all types of residential, commercial & industrial applications"]
["The Levy Partnership, Inc.","admin@levypartnership.com","Small business","Building science research, demonstrations, dissemination; expertise in residential and multifamily; expertise in manufactured and modular housing.","• Project management\n• Data collection and analysis\n• Field testing and inspections\n• Energy modeling\n• Building science consulting\n• Program certification (i.e. ENERGY STAR, Zero Energy Ready Home, Passive House, LEED, etc.)\n• Experiment design and execution; test plan development\n• Report writing\n• Information dissemination – conferences, articles, etc.\n• Partner and site recruitment\n• Utility program development and management"]
["Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES) Ball State University","ceres@bsu.edu","University Research Center ","Design, Environmental Systems, and Energy;\nDesign Process, Methodologies, and Conceptual Structures; Applied Research, Building Systems, and Systems Integration; Alternative Technologies, Community Models, and Settlement Patterns; Green, Sustainable, and Regenerative Design\n","The Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES) at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, is an interdisciplinary unit focused on energy and resource use, alternative energy, and conservation. CERES seeks collaborations with the business community and the public to demonstrate the supply and cost efficiency of renewable energy (PV solar, wind) conversion technology to the manufacturing and installation sectors of the emerging green economy. CERES serves local, state, and regional communities by offering programs in state-of-the-art energy conservation and end-use practices; developing projections, implications, and implementation strategies for energy solutions; developing energy analyses and policy; and disseminating findings to professionals, educators, policy planners, students, and laypersons. To demonstrate the cost competitiveness of renewable energy installations, CERES offers teaming partners technical information and analysis on equipment and expected performance specific to climate/region, leverage in shaping the market by assisting municipal and state governments interested in adopting policies that incentivize the use of solar and wind technology, and developing capacity for training in energy codes, quality assurance in design, product development, and installation, particularly in government facility construction—courthouses, office buildings, school buildings, and residential quarters on or near military bases. CERES also creates visualizations of renewable energy and energy efficiency installations to illustrate their impact, a communication strategy critical to the education of local governments and laypersons in understanding the significance of distributed generation and the successful widespread and systematic adoption of green technologies. Partners can use these innovative modeling and visualization technologies to repurpose existing workforce and manufacturing capacities, leverage a distributed cultivation of the new green economy, and source local materials and resources for production and installation. Indiana’s central location in the upper Midwest allows convenient access by decision-makers and the public to a demonstration. CERES’ connections throughout East Central Indiana include ECI Energize Indiana, Indiana Office of Energy Development, economic development staff in over 300 Indiana cities and towns, and Bio-Town (Reynolds, IN, working to go completely off-grid). CERES also is working to develop an “eco-economic corridor” connecting Indianapolis and Muncie based on principles of responsible social, environmental, and economic development"]
["Bywater Partners, LLC","serviceinfo@bywaterpartners.com","Management Consulting","Bywater Partners LLC specializes in offering strategic and tactical guidance to companies in the utility, facility management and construction, energy services, renewable energy and distributed energy industries.","A. Marketing and Sales Assessment:\n• Marketing function/process capability assessment.\n• Sales function/process capability assessment.\n• Marketing and Sales Strategy Development:\n• Market expansion potential assessment.\n• Marketing Plan development.\n• Sales Goal and Sales Plan development.\nB. Market Research:\n• Customer/Consumer Needs Analysis.\n• Competitive Analysis.\n• Government/Regulatory Trend Analysis.\n• Market Size, Growth and Trend Analysis.\nC. Sales Process Design Support:\n• Sales process design-team coaching.\n• Sales performance measurement design.\n• Sales tool development.\n• CRM IT system needs specification, selection, configuration and implementation\nD. Sales Organization Development:\n• Sales organization design and personnel selection assistance.\n• Sales compensation and incentive system design.\n• Sales Plan alignment assessment.\nE. Sales Force Development:\n• Sales process implementation training.\n• Product and service knowledge training design.\n• Sales training needs assessment and specification.\n• Sales Training service provider identification and selection assistance.\nF. Other Sales Management-Related Services:\n• New Service Development idea generation sessions\n• Customer Ideation Session design and support.\n"]
["Stone Mountain Technologies, Inc.","smti@stonemtntechnologies.com","R&D / Manufacturing","Gas and waste heat fired absorption heat pumps for building space and water heating, with gas-fired COPs of 1.4 – 1.6.","We can provide pre-production absorption heat pumps for building space/water heating demonstration. Field test units already installed in 10kW (residential water heating), 23 kW (residential/light commercial space and water heating) capacities. 40 kW model will be ready for field demonstration this fall."]
["GS Research LLC","WonderWindowSaves@gmail.com","Small Business","Inventor of patent pending WonderWindow system that adds one or more layers of 93% VLT acrylic glazing to existing windows creating 1/2\" +/- insulating R2 airspaces.\nMaintains window operability.\nInterior applications for installation ease, but exterior application also practical.\nSolutions can be optimized for number of glazing layers & tint for each compass orientation, exterior shading condition, and climate zone.\n3-5 year paybacks typical over single glazing\nDouble digit returns for typical professional installations, single glazing over double pane, & multi-glazing over single pane\nCEO/Founder has 30 years experience as an architect, builder & developer:\nWinner of NAHB Green Multifamily Building of the Year Award\nAIA Citizen Architect Award for statewide adoption of high performance building standards (KY)\nMIT educated architect & builder with lifetime building science experience\nFounder of non-profit weatherization service providing 15-20% savings to over 20,000 low/mod-income residents","Turn existing windows into SuperWindows Add R2 to existing windows for $3/sf material cost Add R4 to existing windows for $8/sf material cost Add R6 to existing wndows for $13/sf material cost Installation services available for turnkey success"]
["Seventhwave (formerly Energy Center of Wisconsin)","dahl@seventhwave.org ","Nonprofit ","1.  Geothermal energy saving technologies\n2.  Commercial roof-top units\n3.  Ventilation and ventilation control systems \n4.  Advanced commercial HVAC (Variable refrigerant flow, radiant systems, etc.)\n5.  Commercial office equipment energy use\n6.  Lighting controls, daylighting, and task tuning\n7.  Residential heating and cooling systems\n8.  Field tests of plug and play smart connectivity devices\n9.  Residential energy use","1.  Field monitoring and verification \n2.  Applied research to improve performance of building systems\n3.  Project management\n4.  Independent technology assessment, reporting, and outreach\n5.  Technology transfer to utilities and energy efficiency programs\n6.  In-situ product performance measurement\n7.  Energy modeling of commercial buildings\n8.  Daylight modeling and lighting controls"]
["GARD Analytics, Inc.","leads@gard.com","Privately held corporation","Building Energy Modeling\nBuilding Energy Analysis\nBuilding Energy Codes and Standards\nBuilding Energy Modeling Software Development\n","GARD Analytics’ staff has been working with building energy modeling and economic analysis tools for over 25 years. The three principals of GARD Analytics specialize in utilizing and applying building energy simulation tools to analyze building energy efficiency, evaluating cost effective design and retrofit options for improving energy efficiency, comparing alternative building heating, cooling, refrigeration and power generation alternatives on the basis of annual energy cost and life cycle costs, and identifying markets where new technologies can compete with conventional building energy systems. Typically, these analyses are very extensive requiring parametric analysis techniques where large numbers of building and equipment simulations are performed to evaluate local, regional and national impacts of new technologies or new building energy codes and standards. However, we are experienced users of a wide variety of building energy simulation tools ranging from simple to detailed. Applying the right tool for the task ensures meaningful answers with a minimum of effort. GARD’s energy and economic analysis services include:\n\n• HVAC operating cost comparisons for new construction and retrofits\n• Parametric studies to support equipment development and marketing\n• Market segmentation analysis to identify competitive applications and regions for new and existing HVAC products\n• Utility rate impact analysis, including electric and gas deregulation, real-time pricing, fuel-switching, etc.\n• Energy management support including data analysis and simulations\n• Custom software development to extend the capabilities of current simulation tools including implementation in public release versions\n• Custom application development for a variety of software environments.\n\nEnergy and economic analysis tools can be extremely complex. Our in-depth knowledge of the internal workings of these tools allows us to apply them properly within their limitations. Our primary tool is EnergyPlus, and we have experience with eQUEST and DOE-2.1E. \n\nGARD Analytics can provide solutions and answer questions using a variety of energy analysis techniques. Beyond building energy modeling, analysis includes statistical analysis of existing building energy databases such as from U.S. DOE Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) and Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). The use of multiple linear regression models based on actual data can provide statistically valid answers based on real world data. Also, simplified engineering models implemented using spreadsheets can provide an easy to understand and modify solutions that can be easily deployed.\n\nGARD provides software that allows customers to analyze proposed system designs for energy efficiency and cost performance. These software tools include standalone application development for a variety of software environments as well as extensions to public domain simulation tools.\n\nGARD’s historical and current focus on this area is readily evidenced by our experience in the building energy analysis field. From an historical perspective, GARD has been a pioneer in the development of building energy analysis software beginning with an active role in the creation of the first public domain hour-by-hour programs in the late 1960’s. GARD Analytics personnel have remained actively involved in the development of subsequent generations of these applications over the past thirty-five years, and are currently involved in the testing and support of the next generation of energy analysis programs called EnergyPlus. This continuity, stretching over almost four decades, brings an immense depth of understanding to research and development issues relating to energy analysis and building simulation software.\n"]
["Southern Energy Management","info@southern-energy.com","Building Performance and Solar Provider","SEM provides building performance ratings, green building program verification and consultation for single,multifamily and commercial. Additionally SEM designs and installs of both residential and commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.","Southern Energy Management works with all building program certification for residential and commercial along with design and installation of both residential and commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) systems."]
["Danfoss","Baltimore@Danfoss.com","Technology provider","HVACR components including magnetic bearing oil-free centrifugal compressors, fixed and variable speed scroll compressors, variable frequency drives, expansion devices, refrigerant distributors, microchannel and brazed plate heat exchangers, pressure independent control valves, electronic controllers, solenoid valves, pressure controls, pressure regulators, pressure sensors, and district cooling and heating components and sub-systems","Application and component expertise in commercial HVACR and building efficiency"]
["VOCA Off Grid","vocaoffgrid@gmail.com","LLC offering Building Consulting","Building Envelope composition, thermal & moisture management, Passive solar design, Product selection","• We provide planning, design, product advisory, material procurement, and project management consulting for Energy Star, LEED, WELL, Passive House, & Net-Zero certified building projects. \n• Analysis includes Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) costing, energy consumption modeling, building code compliance, and long-term value addition. Our focus is on implementing pre-fabricated, modular, and open source methods for exceptionally resourceful & efficient construction projects.\n"]
["Build it Green","bigrfp@builditgreen.org","Non-Profit 501(c)3","Non-Profit 501(c)3","Build It Green's Mission is to help professionals adopt green practices and grow the market for\nefficient, healthy homes. Our pioneering work is transforming how homes are built and\nrenovated in California and beyond. To achieve its Mission, BIG serves as an ally and partner to\nthousands of building and home professionals-builders, contractors, architects, raters, and\nrealtors. We offer training, support, and programs to help them build and retrofit greener\nhomes and grow their businesses in the process.\nIn collaboration with our professional network and with industry partners and public agencies,\nwe set technical standards and design and deliver market-friendly solutions, from energy\nefficiency incentives to green home certification.\nOur capabilities include:\n• Program design\n• Program implementation\n• Policy development and implementation\n• Codes and standards development\n• Professional training and mentoring\n• Green real estate and green MLS development\n• Zero Net Energy homes technical support\n• IT systems and tools development\n• GreenPoint Rated certification adoption\n• Contractor recruitment\n• Call center/energy advisor/customer support\n• Marketing and communications\n• Quality control and desktop review"]
["Local Governance Research Laboratory, Askew School of Public Administration, Florida State University","askew-localgov@fsu.edu","University Based Social Science Research Group focused on urban energy and sustainability","Social Science research on individual’s energy consumption and behavior in buildings, developer and builder behavior, governmental policy behavior","Extensive experience and capability in survey research,  policy analysis, econometric modeling, and behaviorial experiments."]
["Southern Research, Not-for-Profit Research Institute","http://www.southernresearch.org/contact-us/","Not-for-Profit Research Institute","clean energy, advanced energy and efficiency, technology validation, process engineering, system integration, lab, bench and pilot testing, process modeling and technoeconomic analysis, thermochemical conversion. Additional expertise in combustion testing, waste water treatment and water reuse, sustainable chemistry, solar energy storage, and technology performance evaluation. With 4 locations in Southeastern Unites States and 50 experienced personnel, Southern Research’s Environment & Energy (E&E) Division conducts research and provides technical services in many areas associated with clean energy, chemical process, and environmental technology development and evaluation. Southern has a unique, ISO 9001 certified Clean Technology Development Center in Durham NC where we independently, and in collaboration with partners and clients, develop, optimize and commercialize advanced clean energy technologies.","Southern has a working group dedicated to independent technology performance validation and demonstration. Technology buyers use these evaluations to reduce the risk associated with adopting new technologies. Technology sellers often use these evaluations to create an edge in the marketplace. Because we understand the needs of industry, our evaluations are done with the next step in mind. We understand our clients and work to ensure our research helps answer any questions or concerns about a technology’s state of readiness. This accelerates the technology development pace and prepares developers to sell their technology to industrial clients. This group has designed and executed numerous technology validations in a wide range of industries including advanced energy, building efficiency, thermoelectrics, conversion technologies, and GHG and criteria pollutant mitigation. This group has designed and executed high level field demonstrations, TEAs and LCAs of energy technologies for EPA, DOD, and state and commercial clients. E&E has developed, published, and applied several generic and technology specific protocols and test processes to support these activities."]
["Natural Resource Research Institute","ready2assemble@d.umn.edu","Non-academic research institute","Our expertise is structural envelopes consisting of panelized solutions that are rooted in designs of smaller-scale, reconfigurable living spaces, that embrace superior fabrication quality and intelligent innovation. The core of the technological readiness is a well-defined eccentric internal connector platform that employs plate connector technology, mechanical connection technology, electrical connection technology, and an elaborate exterior envelope sealing system. The affordability of is directly tied to the efficiencies of the CAD/CAM factory-building process.","Our expertise is structural envelopes consisting of panelized solutions that are rooted in designs of smaller-scale, reconfigurable living spaces, that embrace superior fabrication quality and intelligent innovation. The core of the technological readiness is a well-defined eccentric internal connector platform that employs plate connector technology, mechanical connection technology, electrical connection technology, and an elaborate exterior envelope sealing system. The affordability of is directly tied to the efficiencies of the CAD/CAM factory-building process."]
["Sain Engineering Associates, Inc. (SEA)","info@saineng.com","Private, for profit company","Building energy monitoring and analysis/ energy evaluations","SEA’s capabilities include building energy analysis and energy/equipment use monitoring and diagnostics. SEA would like to help demonstrate, from the HIT List, the capability to rapidly deploy Energy Management and Information Systems and Whole Building Diagnostics in a large portfolio of buildings. This will allow the channeling of data into meaningful strategies for building owners."]
["ComEd","EmergingTech@ComEd.com","Electric Utility","Utility Energy Efficiency Program Management","ComEd administers one of the largest energy efficiency programs in the U.S., and as a potential partner in a Next Generation of Building Efficiency Packages project ComEd could assist the project with field test participant recruitment, energy savings measurement & verification, historical energy consumption data, trade ally and local stakeholder networks, as well as other capabilities.  ComEd serves the greater Chicagoland area which is home to over 3,451 low-rise and high-rise buildings we serve with energy efficiency offerings that range from direct install of lighting fixtures to monitoring based commissioning services. Additionally, ComEd has experience working with local, state, and federal government organizations and research institutions, including a partnership with UI Labs to develop Smart City applications and DOE to develop a controller to allow the connection of multiple micro-grids, to develop next generation energy efficiency programs."]
["Infinite 8 Institute, L3C","info@infinite8institute.com","For-profit Consulting Firm","Sustainable Development, Green Buildings, Living Buildings, Economic Impact/Feasibility Studies,Small Business Innovation Accelerators/Incubators, Green Impact Bonds.","Infinite 8 Institute, L3C is a certified Federal Contractor, specializing in the design and finance ofsocial impact systems. This includes the design and finance of green and sustainabledevelopment. Our organization collaborates through green initiatives with individual consultantsand consulting agencies around the world, such as the Rand Corporation in Europe. Locally wework with agencies with a wide range of green initiatives, such as the integration of sustainablefood systems in high poverty areas, green and sustainable ecosystems strategic planning,economic and feasibility analysis, creating financing through innovative and new financinginstruments, such as Green Impact Bonds, as well as experience in the management of large-scale development projects, as well as technical expertise and knowledge concerning the LivingBuilding Challenge, the highest green building certification in the world. Our organization iscurrently a supplier for Google, Intel, and is was recently selected for the IBM Global EntrepreneurProgram, which provides access to IBM's global network, technology, and infrastructure for young entrepreneurs."]
["Performance Systems Development of New York, LLC","businessdevelopment@psdconsulting.com","building energy analysis and energy modeling professionals, technology provider","building science training and M&V analysis, federal tools and data standardization expertise, software development and integration, program design and implementation, workforce training and development","Founded in Ithaca, NY, in 1998, PSD specializes in program design and implementation, engineering and training services, and innovative software solutions for the building energy efficiency industry. Our staff of highly-credentialed professionals are skilled energy simulation modelers experienced working with a range of modeling tools, including TREAT, OpenStudio, EnergyPlus, Rem/Rate, EnergyGauge, and more. Additionally, PSD staff bring deep experience executing M&V and QA/QC activities for new construction and retrofit projects across commercial, residential, and multifamily buildings and programs. Our staff are active members of technical societies, both leading and chairing several BPI and ASHRAE technical committees, and regularly develop and deliver trainings for certifications such as Building Energy Simulation Analyst (BESA) and Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP).\nPSD brings understanding and experience working across a range of federal software tools and data standardization efforts. PSD was recently awarded a contract through the DOE to work with utilities including Xcel Energy, along with NREL, Cadmus and others to integrate a range of these federal tools to support the scaling-up of commercial energy efficiency programs in the U.S. PSD has been a longtime advisor to the US EPA in the development of the Portfolio Manager tool web services connection, has worked with HUD and Fannie Mae in the development of data standards (including HPXML), and was one of six US-based vendors competitively selected by DOE and LBNL to submit our M&V algorithms for interval data baseline creation to support the transformation of M&V delivery into utility level automated systems. Additionally, PSD was awarded a DOE contract to support residential energy code research including the testing of interventions. PSD has been selected as a SEED developer and has developed the SEED to Portfolio Manager data connection. PSD was also selected by PNNL to provide technical support to the DOE Commercial Building Asset Score and developed a range of innovative applications for the Asset Score tool. Under contract to LBNL, PSD was selected by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to develop curriculum and deliver training on the OpenStudio modeling kit, and is also heavily involved in the development of additional OpenStudio measures. PSD staff serve on committees for a wide range of DOE efforts including the Building Performance Database, the DOE Asset Score, the DOE Home Energy Score, BuildingSync, and BEDES."]
["Home Performance Coalition","info@homeperformance.org.","The Home Performance Coalition’s (HPC) vision is that all homes are healthy, comfortable and energy-efficient. Forged by the merger of Affordable Comfort, Inc. (ACI) and the National Home Performance Council (NHPC), the Home Performance Coalition’s mission is to transform the market for the home performance industry through research, education, collaboration and advocacy.\nThroughout each organization’s history, both ACI and NHPC have collaborated with other stakeholders in the existing residential market and in 2013, the boards of directors for both organizations met to discuss a formal alliance that would unite their missions. Recognizing the opportunities that could be realized through such an endeavor, the boards voted to merge, and the Home Performance Coalition was created.\nToday, the Home Performance Coalition presents excellent educational and networking opportunities, conducts critical research and policy analysis, and supports collaboration and business development throughout all sectors of the home performance and weatherization industry. HPC is collaborating with numerous organizations in the residential retrofit arena and serves as an “umbrella” organization that brings together the ideas that can help scale the industry.","Conferences\nThe Home Performance Coalition’s regional and national conferences continue in the proud tradition of ACI events, convening professionals from all sectors and welcoming contractors, HVAC professionals, remodelers, builders, utilities, manufacturers, local, state, and federal government agencies, nonprofits, and everyone working to create healthy, comfortable, resource-efficient homes.\nThe Home Performance Coalition’s educational agendas present essential information for industry professionals at every stage of their careers—from the fundamentals of building science to strategies for marketplace transformation. At HPC events, individuals come together to discuss technical problems, exchange new techniques, source new tools and materials, debate business development strategies, and examine the role that residential energy efficiency plays in creating strong, healthy communities, the development of green jobs, and environmental stewardship.\nPolicy & Research\nThe Home Performance Coalition researches and analyzes the market conditions, programs, and policies that influence the home performance and weatherization industry’s growth. For example, in December 2015, HPC convened a Market Innovation Forum, bringing together a group of experts to identify innovative programs and financing that could transform the home performance market. HPC will convene another 40 home performance experts in a new Policy Innovation Forum to identify and develop realistic and achievable policies that will help guide us along a pathway that ensures growth in the retrofit market. Other HPC policy and research projects are briefly described in # 5 below.","In addition to organizing national and regional conferences, the Home Performance Coalition is currently involved in a range of research and policy projects, including the following:\nNational Efficiency Screening Project\nThe National Efficiency Screening Project (NESP) is a group of organizations and individuals that are working to improve the way electricity and natural gas energy efficiency resources are screened for cost-effectiveness. NESP recommends using the Resource Value Framework (RVF) to improve cost-effectiveness testing, with the end goal of improving efficiency screening practices throughout the United States, educating decision-makers about which efficiency resources are in the public interest, and what level of investment in such programs is appropriate.\nClean Air Act Section 111(d)\nSection 111(d) of the Clean Air Act requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop regulations for categories of sources which cause or significantly contribute to air pollution which may endanger public health or welfare. The Home Performance Coalition\nIn addition to organizing national and regional conferences, the Home Performance Coalition is currently involved in a range of research and policy projects, including the following:\nNational Efficiency Screening Project\nThe National Efficiency Screening Project (NESP) is a group of organizations and individuals that are working to improve the way electricity and natural gas energy efficiency resources are screened for cost-effectiveness. NESP recommends using the Resource Value Framework (RVF) to improve cost-effectiveness testing, with the end goal of improving efficiency screening practices throughout the United States, educating decision-makers about which efficiency resources are in the public interest, and what level of investment in such programs is appropriate.\nClean Air Act Section 111(d)\nSection 111(d) of the Clean Air Act requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop regulations for categories of sources which cause or significantly contribute to air pollution which may endanger public health or welfare. The Home Performance Coalition\nand its partner Efficiency First are working to ensure that residential energy efficiency has a voice in the discussion about these regulations.\nBPI Standards Development\nThe Home Performance Coalition works with the Building Performance Institute (BPI) and others to drive consensus on how industry data is collected, tracked, and managed. Current projects include:\n• Data Transfer Standard, or HPXML (BPI-2100)\n• Data Collection Standard (BPI-2200)\n• Home Performance Certificate (BPI-2101)"]
["Clean energy Trust","info@cleanenergytrust.org","Non-profit clean energy business accelerator "," Emerging technology, innovation, first-of-a-kind pilots","Clean Energy Trust has launched the Campus Cleantech Pilots program, where higher education campuses will open their facilities for first-of-a-kind pilot and demonstration programs for emerging technologies. "]
["Newport Partners LLC","info@newportventures.net","Building consulting firm","Building science (especially residential), with expertise in building envelope; mechanical systems (heating, cooling, ventilation); energy performance; indoor air quality; durability and disaster resistance; building codes and standards development and training; market analysis; federal agency program development; builder and contractor training, outreach, and partnerships.   ","Woman-owned and well established small business with extensive experience in residential building performance. Lead contractor supporting the development of DOE's Zero Energy Ready program. Selected as a DOE BTO Building America research team to develop a Smart Range Hood for pollutant control and improved IAQ. Clients include manufacturers, federal and state agencies, builders, associations. Staff includes engineers, trainers, HERS raters, and research and market analysts. Active in code and standard development and training with organizations such as the ICC, ASHRAE, and various state agencies."]
["CALM Energy, Inc.","BTO@calmenergyinc.com","C-Corp","Advanced onsite building energy management system that interoperates with the utility via AutoDR.","Our Version 2 Building Energy Management System has been deployed commercially in buildings using machine learning based artificial intelligence (Energy Watchdog).  The Energy Watchdog solution provides automatic and continuous improvements in reducing energy usage of lighting, pumps, HVAC, etc. based on weather, occupancy, and thermodynamic characteristics of the building.  We have the means of aggregating buildings for automated demand response at a targeted level on the grid.\nOur R&D and deployment capabilities include integration of DER with buildings and to the electric grid with solution services to continuously monitor and control buildings for continuous optimal operations and maintenance.  Our patented machine learning based technology is focused on building to grid interoperability and in-building optimization given grid dynamics.  We also provide software services to utilities for decision support systems as well, and have commercially deployed these systems at utilities. "]
["Building & Environmental Thermal Systems Research Group (BETSRG), Oklahoma State University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering","betsrg@okstate.edu","1. Public land-grant University","1. Technical expertise in building and environmental thermal systems and their components. Skills and experience on both experimental design as well as modeling and simulation. ","Experience: Experimental testing, modification, and data analysis of unitary equipment (HP, AC, RAC, etc.). System modifications include evaporator flow distribution control and vapor injected compression. Development of maps for electronic expansion devices and vapor injected compressors. Holistic model development of positive-displacement compressors, expanders and their sub-systems.  Experimental test design, construction, and data analysis to support compressor and expander modeling. Compressor and expander design optimization. Over 20 years involvement in the development of Energy+. Modeling and simulation of ground source heat pump systems, experimental measurements of ground source heat pump systems and ground heat exchangers.  Development of heat transfer models for ground heat exchangers and surface water heat exchangers.  Development of load calculation and building energy models.\nFacilities: A pair of psychrometric rooms for testing systems of up to 20 tons capacity, fully equipped with high speed data acquisition for real time controls as well as code testers for up to 15,000 cfm. Heat exchanger test setup for A1 and A2L refrigerants. Air flow test lab, previously used for heat exchanger frosting research.  Test room facility used for room heat transfer measurements (e.g. visible and infrared radiation from lighting fixtures). In process of design of compressor load stand environment to test low-GWP compressors.  Test boreholes, thermal response test unit for measuring ground thermal conductivity and borehole thermal resistance, pond for testing surface water heat exchange loops, core activated heated bridge deck.\n"]
["HVS Energy & Sustainability","support@hvsbenchmarking.com",": For-Profit Business: Hospitality Consultancy","HVS is the world’s leading consulting and services organization focused on the hotel, restaurant, shared ownership, gaming, and leisure industries. Established in 1980, the company performs more than 2,000 assignments per year for virtually every major hospitality industry participant. HVS’ Energy & Sustainability division supports hotel owners and operators in the reduction of utility costs through diligent facility management and informed, strategic investment into building equipment. Our pioneering approach in this area is financially-driven, owner/investor-facing, and hospitality-specific.","HVS provides turn-key project administration for a wide range of energy efficiency and capital projects relating to HVAC and MEP systems. Our clients (typically REITs and other institutional owners) routinely rely on us to act as their fiduciary agent – to support the highest and best use of capital for their buildings. We routinely deliver utility line item reductions in the range of 5% – 30%, correlating to tangible increases in operating profitability and improving the underlying valuation of assets. In addition to our Owner’s Representation and Project Management capabilities, HVS has also developed a first of its kind energy benchmarking platform for hospitality assets. Our platform is unique in that it provides actionable analytics that are targeted to both a financial and technical audience – our platform is used not only by building engineering teams to support day to day energy management, but also by asset management executives to support their investment decision making for both ROI and capital projects. With this unique combination of services, HVS is catalyzing the implementation of energy efficiency projects which would not normally be undertaken in a typical hospitality context."]
["Power TakeOff, Inc.","sales@powertakeoff.com","Corporation","Energy Management & Information Systems and Non-residential Utility Behavioral Programming specialized in real-time monitoring including EM&V of low/no cost operational and maintenance savings","We help businesses get their energy and operational data, make sense of the data, and recommend activities which they can easily implement to lower their energy costs and usage. As such, Power TakeOff's expertise is in utility scale data collection, non-residential data screening and big data analysis, visual display of data through kiosks and EMIS portals, and identification of low/no cost energy saving opportunities with correlated EM&V using a variety of daily level data methodologies. "]
["North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG)","EandD@nctcog.org","Regional Council of Governments, Non-Profit","NCTCOG has significant expertise in coordinating and facilitating various projects and programs related to sustainable development, energy efficiency, water quality and conservation, and green infrastructure. For example, NCTCOG has served as facilitator in the recommendation of model codes, code standards, and regional amendments to the model codes (building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire, energy and green) since 1967 through the Regional Codes Coordinating Committee (RCCC). The RCCC and its five code advisory boards encourage the adoption of NCTCOG recommended model codes and regional amendments to reduce the variation of local construction codes in the region.  The standardization of model construction codes simplifies the construction process, advances the safety of building systems, promotes common code interpretation, facilitates the mobility of contractors, and reduces training and construction costs.  \nNCTCOG is also developing a website known as Conserve North Texas (CNT) that integrates resources addressing energy efficiency and renewable energy, transportation/fuel consumption, and water consumption and quality.  Ultimately, the website will serve as a one-stop-shop including regional indicators; technical tools such as energy savings, water conservation, or vehicle pay-back calculators; rating systems; financial resources; case studies; and other pertinent technical resources. These technical tools will assist stakeholders in determining return on investment of implementing various measures; improve data analytics; improve institutional capacity to inform energy policy and programs; and influence investments that lead to energy, water, and emissions reductions.\nAdditionally, in partnership with private and public entities, NCTCOG supports the Center of Development Excellence. The Center of Development Excellence hinges on 12 principles of development excellence including: development diversity, efficient growth, pedestrian design, housing choice, activity centers, environmental stewardship, quality places, efficient mobility options, resource efficiency, educational opportunity, healthy communities, and implementation.\nNCTCOG is also involved in multiple green infrastructure projects and programs, such as the integrated Stormwater Management (iSWM) Program for Construction and Development.  iSWM is a cooperative initiative that assists cities and counties in achieving their goals of water quality protection, streambank protection, and flood mitigation while also helping communities to meet construction and post-construction obligations under the state stormwater permits. \nAdditionally, in partnership with the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) and Go Solar Texas, NCTCOG supports Go Solar North Texas, a program which seeks to provide cities with resources, improve air quality by reducing demand for electricity during peak loads, increase local energy and grid reliability, and reduce costs.\n","NCTCOG serves a 16-county region of North Central Texas, which is centered around the two urban centers of Dallas and Fort Worth.  As the regional planning agency for the North Central Texas area, NCTCOG has significant experience in achieving collaboration and leveraging partnerships and existing committees and working groups as well as coordinating to capture and direct momentum from efforts already underway and ensure that new initiatives are integrated into regional activities directly. NCTCOG coordinates with local governments, school districts, and special districts to encourage the voluntary adoption and implementation of policies and programs. NCTCOG has the capacity to provide outreach services, develop and maintain websites, conduct training, and serve as a clearinghouse for information and resources and supports initiatives through promotion, coordination, participation, and evaluation. NCTCOG has extensive experience and capability in managing and administering grants; the agency received approximately $117 million in federal and state funding in 2015 alone. \nOrganizational knowledge includes developing work plans and performance measures, tracking and reporting actual versus expected accomplishments and milestones, and reporting on expenditures, procurement, and other fiscal activities. NCTCOG had a clean financial audit for FY2015 as well as a clean single audit with no findings, material weaknesses, or significant deficiencies. In addition, the agency qualified as a low risk auditee. NCTCOG can also demonstrate a history of meeting reporting requirements and submitting thorough technical reports through favorable metropolitan planning organization (MPO) Certification Reviews, which are performed by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration every four years to assess the quality of a regional transportation planning process, planning products, and compliance with applicable statutes and regulations. NCTCOG received its latest certification in June 2013, which is available upon request.\n"]
["Steven Winter Associates, Inc.","clients@swinter.com","For-Profit Business: Building Consulting Firm","field evaluations of building systems (high-R walls, heat pumps, solar thermal, ventilation, measurement & verification, commissioning and retro-commissioning, accessibility, code compliance, certifications (Passive House, ENERGY STAR homes and multi-family high-rise, LEED, NGBS, Enterprise Green Communities, WaterSense, Indoor airPLUS), energy modeling, energy audits, benchmarking, retrofit implementation consulting, residential HVAC design, building systems research, building resiliency, sustainable design services, ","Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA) specializes in building science, energy, sustainability, and accessibility consulting, as well as certification, research and development, and compliance services. With over 100 employees, SWA's engineers, architects, and consultants have led the way since 1972 in the development of best practices to achieve high performance buildings. SWA has a long-standing commitment to creating energy-efficient, cost-saving, and resource-conserving buildings by recognizing needs and being at the forefront of introducing new and emerging technologies into buildings. We work to improve building and communities by optimizing their construction and operation, improving their systems and building components, and enhancing the services they house. SWA maintains offices in Norwalk, CT, New York City, NY, and Washington, D.C.  SWA's offices are equipped with research-grade testing equipment and monitoring instrumentation for evaluation of building systems and a wide range of data acquisition systems, sensors, controls, and other instrumentation essential for building energy systems testing. "]
["Center for Energy and Environment","projectteam@mncee.org ","Non Profit","The Center for Energy and Environment has worked to promote the responsible and efficient use of natural and economic resources for over 35 years. CEE accomplishes this mission through research; program development and delivery; financing; and public policy initiatives. CEE's expertise is both technical and in building science including building energy use and analysis; indoor air quality research. CEE uses its network of relationships for recruiting program and research participants from the residential, commercial and institutional sectors.","CEE works in a wide variety of areas, as illustrated by some of our most recent research projects:\n1. Cold climate air source heat pumps\n2. Residential and commercial domestic hot water systems\n3. Combi systems\n4. Innovative envelope sealing in residential, multifamily and commercial buildings\n5. Commercial RTU optimization and control in cold climates\n6. Optimization of energy recovery ventilation systems\n7. Condensing boiler best practices in commercial and residential systems\n8. Duct sealing in commercial and high-rise multifamily buildings\n"]
["Bevilacqua-Knight, Inc.","bids@bki.com","Not tax-exempt Corporation.","BKi has comprehensive experience in the design and implementation of residential, multifamily, commercial, and financing energy efficiency programs. BKi offers services in training and technical assistance, community development, stakeholder engagement, program administration and technical regulatory support. The BKi Team has delivered hundreds of successful projects tailored to the distinctive needs of its clients: governments, utilities, industries, and nonprofit research organizations.\n\nBKi’s capabilities are bolstered by affiliate companies within its parent company GTI International, which together offer an expanded set of energy efficiency competencies. First, Davis Energy Group (DEG) develops innovative approaches for achieving energy efficiency in new and existing residential and small commercial buildings through systems and whole building research and development. A pioneer in the use of energy modeling to optimize building performance, DEG has applied this skill to develop and refine energy standards for California and to support programs such as California’s zero net energy initiatives (ZNE). Second, Fisher-Nickel (FishNick) is a professional services firm with deep expertise in commercial kitchen energy efficiency and appliance performance testing.\n","BKi and its affiliates’ capabilities are best described by the selection of key successful programs below:\n\nEnergy Upgrade California (Sept 2009 to 2013) – BKi was the lead program designer, strategist, and implementer for over $50M in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded local government building retrofit programs including Los Angeles County, the Association of Bay Area Governments, and the statewide Retrofit Ramp-Up team. Execution of the program required extensive workforce development, marketing, participant recruitment, utility coordination, and program tracking and reporting.\n\nSouthern California Regional Energy Network (January 2013 to present) – BKi currently administers residential and financing programs under the Southern California Regional Energy Network. The BKi team has developed the capability to implement all programs in-house with only one major subcontractor. BKi performs regulatory technical support, statewide stakeholder engagement, comprehensive CPUC reporting, and other essential administrative functions.\n\nFlex Path Single Family Program (January 2012 to April 2013) – BKi led the design and implementation of the Flex Path single family residential upgrade program, which was created to test market acceptance of a streamlined and flexible menu-based approach that would appeal to both contractors and homeowners. Piloted in Los Angeles County, Flex Path completed 1,698 projects in under nine months yielding participants an average of 15% modeled energy savings. \n\nMarin Clean Energy (2012 and 2014-15) – BKi developed the estimated savings impacts and cost-effectiveness calculations for Marin Clean Energy’s (MCE) Community Choice Aggregation program during the 2013–14 cycle portfolio and for MCE’s 2016+ energy efficiency program portfolio. BKi also prepared an evaluation, measurement and verification (EM&V) plan for the portfolio, including analysis and data collection strategies that ensured MCE was EM&V-ready throughout the course of its programs. \n\nUniversity of California, Davis: West Village ZNE project (2011 to present) – DEG has a key role in the largest planned ZNE community in the U.S., which features aggressive energy efficiency measures coupled with on-sites renewable generation. DEG works on cost-effective energy and green building solutions that provide favorable life cycle economics and ensure that the required level of energy efficiency is integrated to meet the community ZNE goals.\n\nFood Service Technology Center (1987 to present) – For nearly three decades, FishNick has worked under contract to Pacific Gas and Electric Company on its globally recognized Food Service Technology Center program. The company provides site surveys and site-survey training, energy efficiency educational seminars and training, and facility design and equipment specification assistance.\n"]
["Energy Resources Group, Inc.","info@erg.company","Energy Efficiency Consulting and Design Firm","Our core areas of competency are in the design and implementation of energy efficiency programs for both new construction and retrofits. The ERG team blends architectural and engineering expertise to ensure optimal efficiency from an integrated building systems perspective","ERG specializes in comprehensive energy audits, retrofit design & implementation, building systems design for new construction, building commissioning & recommissioning, energy efficiency cost/benefit analysis, building energy modeling and design, and application assistance for energy efficiency loans and subsidies. Area of Technical, Market or Building Science Expertise "]
["The Pennsylvania State University","CBITeaming@engr.psu.edu ","University","•  Design and validation of building energy sub-metering systems\n•          Building energy analytics:  utility bills, whole building interval data, sub-meter data, measurement and verification systems\n•          Assessment and evaluation of energy retrofit measures in small commercial buildings\n•          Design and analysis for electric microgrid / combined heat and power (CHP) / distributed energy / energy storage system opportunities\n","•          Collection, validation, analysis and reporting of building energy data; evaluation of energy retrofit performance via available utility interval, sub-meter and measurement and verification system data\n•          Experience assembling, managing and interacting with market players to conduct applied research in a regional setting (technical experts, service providers, equipment vendors; academic researchers, students, municipal, institutional, facility management and workforce professionals; utilities, tenants, owners\n•          Design and conduct of technology and process field demonstrations in customer facilities\n•          Development and delivery of building energy efficiency, distributed energy systems, and electric grid modernization student and workforce training materials\n•          Classroom and field training of students and those already in the workforce to assess existing buildings for energy efficiency retrofit opportunities.\n"]
["Green Building Alliance","info@gbapgh.org","Non-profit","Provider for green building education, knowledge, networking, technical assistance, and innovation","- Provides content and education for building industry stakeholders (owners, developers, architects, engineers, builders, contractors, designers, property managers, brokers, financiers, elected officials, government policymakers, and students) regarding emerging best practices in health, building materials, air quality, resiliency, university research, trade organization research, etc. \n- Serves as a trusted guide for a range of quality, third-party, effective building certifications, providing knowledge and technical support regarding LEED, Living Building Challenge, Passive House, Energy Star, WELL Building Standard, SITES, and other such programs. \n- Supports, incubates, and grows grassroots interest groups (e.g., Passive House Western Pennsylvania, Living Building Collaborative, etc.) \n- Educates the public about green building codes and the value of adopting them.\n"]
["Pittsburgh 2030 District","pittsburgh@2030districts.org","Non-profit","As a local, place-based initiative of the international 2030 Challenge, the Pittsburgh 2030 District is transforming Pittsburgh’s existing building stock by reducing energy use, water consumption, and transportation emissions towards aggressive goals - 50% below baselines by the year 2030; new construction has an zero net energy goal by 2030. The Pittsburgh 2030 District is also leading national development of an indoor air quality protocol to ensure that participating buildings consider health and efficiency in tandem.","- Advances, quantifies, and promotes building performance improvements, inspiring building investments beyond low-hanging fruit.\n- Develops educational events to equip people with the best available information about building performance, technology, products, design, and financing.\n- Piloting an indoor air quality Standard to identify, publicize, and increase investment in health-related efforts.\n- Surveying and benchmarking transportation modes for use as a city and regional planning tool.\n- Developing Collaborative projects and analysis related to building performance benchmarking, especially in partnership with the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, local universities, and the regional Data Resource Center."]
["OZE-ENERGIES"," info@oze-energies.com","LLC","Created in 2006, Oze-Energies is an innovative company specialized in a new profession: Instrumented Energy Optimization® of existing Office buildings.  It focuses on buildings of more than 50,000 sqft or more.\n\nOze-Energies is the first player independent from energy suppliers, construction, building maintainers    in the energy management field which coupled connected sensors, remote metering, modelization, optimization, continuous diagnostic, monitoring and accompanying progress actions.  It is not enough to access continuous energy consumption information to gain energy efficiency.  It is also necessary to identify uses, interpret and analyze them to establish an action plan and assist the building owners over time.\n\nOze-Energies’ diagnostic and monitoring based on connected sensors) IoT (Internet of Thing) backed by an energy behavior modelization software (Big Data) unleash substantial energy savings which can range at 25% on average per year.  In other words, reducing buildings energy bills without renovation work while preserving comfort!  \n\nWith a better tracking and energy savings, owners can expect a better asset marketability of their buildings, increased occupation rates, and improved communication tools to other stakeholders (operators, tenants, etc.).\n","Oze-Energies capabilities are core to the energy savings with its team of in-house experts of metrology and heating engineers, backed by its optimization software.  The installation of communicating sensors, coupled with a monitoring software and its energy optimization (constituting Oze-Energies proprietary TECICE® solution, developed in-house), to measure the main data required (temperatures, consumptions, programming, CO2 etc.) in real time and continuously.  Using data accumulated for a few weeks and its algorithm of Big Data, Oze-Energies models the energy behavior of buildings.\nOze-Energies experts then identify and evaluate progress actions for equal comfort and without work. Acting partly on the settings of climatic equipment (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and secondly resizing energy contracts. \nFor a better tracking, Oze-Energies’s energy performance engineers also implement a continuous improvement approach to complement and sustain the results.  The ongoing support allows, if necessary, to obtain the ISO 50001 label based on the actual performance of the building.  \n\nOze-Energies relies on a network of partners in Europe to perform the on-site engineering work, with Assystem, and to install the monitoring system, with ISTA. Yet while they also have international operations, they have not yet deployed in the US. \nSimilarly, Oze-Energies’ main current customers such as Union Investment, HSBC, SwissLife, BNP Paribas own their building mainly in Europe.  While we hope to be their driving force in the US market as well, it might take a bit more time than by that the end of year 2016 to get them on board.  \nWe believe the Teaming Up opportunity presented by the DOE-BTO represents a great opportunity to accelerate our reach in the US and apply our innovative Instrumented Energy Optimization® to the market. With the right established partners, we can drive better and faster impact on Building efficiencies. \nIn summary to rapidly demonstrate our innovative approach and its results on specific projects funded by the anticipated FOA, we are looking for two types of partners:  on one hand large scale Building Owners and on the other hand Engineering & Monitoring systems Installer firms.  \n"]
["Essess Inc.  ","info@essess.com","For-profit corporation","Mobile Thermal Imaging, Data Analytics, Energy Efficiency, Building Diagnostics\nEssess is a vehicle-based thermal imaging company headquartered in Boston, MA. We specialize in mobile thermal imaging, energy efficiency, and data analytics and machine learning as they relate to building (including industrial infrastructure) diagnostics. \n\n","Essess leverages technology developed by MIT researchers to deliver scalable and actionable building envelope advice through a vehicle-based imaging system. The high-throughput speed of the imaging system gathers building envelope data an order of magnitude faster than manual imaging and analysis. In addition to its speed, the imaging system enables Essess to provide full quantitative measurement and analysis of the energy leaking from all buildings across large territories. These systems enable Essess to identify potential building envelope and HVAC improvements across 5,000 to 10,000 buildings and a myriad of safety and efficiency improvements at large industrial facilities per vehicle per day. Such quantitative information at scale allows for significantly better targeting and prioritizing of both buildings for remediation, including various kinds of insulation products and services, and investments for industrial facilities.\nEssess’ vehicle-based data acquisition system combines long-wave infrared, near infrared, LIDAR and a variety of other sensors to capture geospatially precise thermal data from objects and structures across large regions. We deploy the leading machine vision and deep learning techniques to automatically process, identify, and analyze objects as diverse as buildings, windows, doors, walls, soffits, roofing, transformers, streetlights, and road networks.  Our machine vision capabilities enable us to turn over 6TB of data collected by each vehicle each night into actionable intelligence that transforms the economics and scale of gathering data on the current building stock.\nEssess offers products and services to enable large energy consumers, electric and gas utilities, building material providers, and others to identify actionable and financially reliable building investments. Our core building efficiency offering is based around three main products: personalized Thermal Reports, Tiering Analysis, and a Drive-by Application. \nThermal Report: A direct mail (or email) campaign in which the personalized thermal reports are delivered by mail or electronically to customers. The campaign is delivered to building owners under the brand of the client (utility), contractor or other trade ally (or, for example, a retailer). The primary call to action in the message is for the owner to contact the client, contractor or trade ally. \nTiering Analysis: An objective ranking of the target buildings that we scan.  The ranking is based on savings potential and is delivered in a spreadsheet that includes all the data that we have obtained to do that ranking: energy leak type, quantity and financial profile, attic and wall insulation, R-value estimates pre/post remediation, retrofit conversion likelihood, emissivity percentile of walls and window and door frames compared to similar buildings, HVAC savings from envelope improvements, set-point issue identification, number of stories and estimated number of rooms, exterior surface material and annual heating and cooling load / loss.\nDrive-by Application: A web portal that the client or authorized representatives may access to view a thermal images of the target geography to identify all of the leaks on any street-facing facades of any structure in the scanned territory.  The portal can be used as a pre-diagnostic tool by contractors and during appointments with building owners to demonstrate the building envelope issues while the contractor or assessor is on-site.  All building data can also be exported to a Microsoft Excel file. \n\nIn addition to the Thermal Analysis Program, Essess offers drive-by thermal imaging for various types of industrial complexes including oil refineries and power plants.\n"]
["Consumer Energy Interfaces","cenergi@ucdavis.edu","Research and design lab at University of California, Davis","Consumer Energy Interfaces (cEnergi) at UC Davis is a transdisciplinary team that integrates behavioral science, design, computer science, and engineering in the theory, design, and evaluation of innovative energy feedback technologies in residential and commercial buildings. Energy feedback provides consumers with information about their energy use with the goal of changing behavior. We also have broader expertise regarding the consumer perspective on smart home technology in general and home energy management technology in particular.","cEnergi can contribute to aspects of projects regarding user engagement, consumer research, and behavior-based energy efficiency. In particular, we are capable of designing and evaluating behavioral interventions and user-centered technologies aimed at raising awareness and educating consumers about energy issues, as well as motivating individuals, households, or communities of consumers to reduce or shift their energy-consuming behaviors."]
["Gas Technology Institute (GTI)","teaming@gastechnology.org","Non-profit","• High efficiency gas technologies – residential gas ranges, commercial cooking equipment, kitchen ventilation, HVAC, water heaters, etc. \n• Laboratory and field evaluation of advanced natural gas technologies\n• Measured building heating and cooling performance\n• Emerging technology evaluation and demonstration, including integration into utility energy efficiency programs\n• Residential retrofits \n• Electric and mixed fuel zero-net energy homes\n• Codes and standards development \n","GTI is a leading research, development and training organization addressing global energy and environmental challenges to enable a secure, abundant, and affordable energy future. For 75 years, we have been providing economic value to the natural gas industry and energy markets by developing technology-based solutions for industry, government, and consumers. \nGTI provides programs and services to industry, government and consortia that seek competitive advantages through the development and implementation of technology. These services include contract research and development (R&D), collaborative R&D, technical and analytical services, and education programs. GTI programs help organizations outsource and leverage technology investments. \nOur research initiatives solve important energy challenges across the industry’s value chain—supply, delivery, and end use. From concept to commercialization, we offer an integrated systems perspective to expand the supply of natural gas and renewable energy, ensure a safe and reliable natural gas infrastructure, promote the efficient use of energy resources, and address carbon management concerns. \nGTI is located on an 18-acre site in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois, near O'Hare Airport. The facility houses nearly 250 of GTI’s professional and support staff, and over 300,000 square feet of laboratory, fabrication, testing facilities, office, library, and training space. GTI also operates offices and facilities in Washington, D.C., Houston, TX, Dallas, TX, Birmingham, AL, Woodland Hills and Davis, CA, Needham, MA, and Pittsburgh, PA.\nGTI also leads the Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofit (PARR), whose principal research partners include the University of Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, and the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.  PARR has been a Department of Energy (DOE) Building America (BA) team since 2009, with a primary focus on upgrading the performance of existing buildings and HVAC systems to reduce energy consumption. A significant part of that research has been guidelines on improving the performance of steam boilers, existing multifamily buildings, forced-air systems, duct distribution systems, ventilation, and combustion air-related research. \nPARR has actively contributed seven measure guidelines, four expert meetings, and data from 35 monitored field test sites to the program to date. In the past 5 years, PARR has directly upgraded 46 single and multifamily buildings, reported on those results, and developed information that was used to upgrade 4,440 others. Measure guidelines were developed on topics such as radon mitigation, combustion safety, hydronic distribution systems, and single and multi-family retrofit and high-efficiency gas furnaces. Over 36 laboratory tests on a variety of gas appliances were the basis of recommendations to be used by field practitioners to get optimum performance from these devices over a variety of installation scenarios. The results of the work were reported in 4 webinars. The team has also contributed to BA by providing data to the Building America Solution Center, the Codes and Standards team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and judging the Race to Zero Student Design Competition at NREL for the past 2 years. \n"]
["Elevate Energy","info@elevateenergy.org","Non-profit organization – 501(c)3","Elevate Energy (Elevate) has over fifteen years of experience in addressing complicated energy and home-safety challenges both in the Chicago region and throughout the United States. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission of smarter energy use for all, we work to ensure that the benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy reach those who need them most.\nElevate provides affordable multifamily owners and non-profits a suite of comprehensive energy and water efficiency services as well as support with green building certification and solar installations. These services are designed to be bundled with available financing, grants, and utility incentives. Elevate’s programs have resulted in energy efficiency improvements to more than 31,000 affordable multifamily units nationally. The improvements reduce energy costs while improving safety and comfort, helping to preserve vital housing stock for working families. Our retrofit program for multifamily buildings has been nationally recognized and is widely cited as a model.\nIn addition, Elevate provides green building consulting services to affordable housing and non-profits to integrate sustainable building standards and best practices into the design and construction of their facilities. For new construction and rehabilitation projects interested in reaching a green standard, Elevate provides green charrette facilitation, integrated design support, plan and specification reviews for green measures, construction oversight, energy modeling, and assistance with certifications, such as LEED, Enterprise Green Communities, and ENERGY STAR®.\nElevate can also help property owners assess their sites for solar suitability and better understand the financial and energy models necessary to make a sound investment decision. Elevate conducts load impact analyses and analyzes average sun, shading, slope and obstructions to determine potential solar capacity and system size. After the initial analysis, Elevate’s team helps property owner with the entire solar development process – system design, development of Requests for Proposals, contractor selection, application for incentives and grants, and capital planning.\nElevate is also an innovator in developing programs that allow households to benefit from smart grid technology. We developed, piloted, and scaled hourly electricity pricing programs for residential\ncustomers, and we continue to manage the implementation of these programs for both major electric utilities in Illinois.","Elevate’s team includes almost 100 staff members with a broad range of expertise. Our team includes engineers, construction specialists, LEED Accredited Professionals, data analysts, urban planners, energy analysts, project managers, writers, designers, marketing and outreach specialists, accountants, researchers, and other subject matter experts. In addition to the implementation of efficiency programs, we perform high-impact applied research to inform local, regional, and national energy efficiency and renewable energy stakeholders.\nOverall, Elevate and our partner organizations have had a tremendous impact in the multifamily market:\n 71,000 units assessed\n 37,000 units benchmarked in an online-tool (e.g., ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager ®, WegoWise)\n 31,000 units upgraded (over $97 million worth of energy efficiency recommendations installed)\n 3,200 units monitored through our remote technology\n 1,400 units designed and built to a green certification\n Over 6 million therms of gas and 17 million kWh of electricity saved\n 49,000 metric tons of CO2e avoided\n 1,070 jobs created"]
["CoilPod LLC","sales@coilpod.com","Limited Liability Company","We have developed patent pending technologies for the compressed air cleaning of the condenser coils of plug-in refrigeration and freezer appliances within buildings to reduce the plug load demand of the building and to insure that the appliances run more smoothly than they would with dirty coils.","We provide consultancy services to other entities regarding the energy savings benefits of instituting a preventative maintenance program of condenser coil cleaning for plug-in refrigeration and freezer appliances located in their own buildings and/or in the buildings of their clients or customers. Certain data has demonstrated that, with proper coil cleaning, electric energy savings as high as 50% can be achieved (or from about $220 to $625 per year for each appliance unit, the average being about $430).\n Our patent pending COILPOD dust containment hood allows for a quick and effective blowing out of heavily clogged, dusty coils using compressed air and a vacuum unit without polluting the surrounding area. This is essential in most, if not all, cases when the cleaning is done within buildings. The dust hood is available for sale to entities that wish to do such compressed air cleaning on refrigeration and freezer units that they either own or service for others owning such units. A consultancy arrangement is available to such entities as well.\n Our COILDOCS business unit is available to self-perform this type of compressed air cleaning service in the New York City metropolitan area and is also available to team with other interested coil cleaning service companies in other areas of the country who might wish to utilize the COILPOD technology approach (using either a subcontractor, consultancy and/or licensing business model).\n"]
["University of South Florida","cerc@usf.edu","University","Energy Efficiency","Researchers at the Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) at the University of South Florida (USF) have developed a new TouchChromic coating which when applied on a glazing or metallic surface can make it opaque or transparent or change its color by a simple touch of a metal. This film would help control the Solar Heat Gain and thermal transmittance via a low emissivity surface in buildings. The main goal of this proposal is to develop deposition method of a low-e TouchChromic smart film on window glass for energy efficient buildings. The low e-coating will be made prior to applying the chromic layer on window glass. The technology uses an inexpensive polymer composite which changes color when touched by specific metals. The TouchChromic coating will have a low-e surface to reduce thermal transmittance which can be applied on the building facade like walls and roofs. "]
["Empower Efficiency","info@EmpowerEfficiency.com","Consulting  ","• Science-backed behavior change for energy and other resource savings\n• Workplace engagement for building efficiency, employee productivity, and wellness \n• Commercial building systems and operations; new, emerging, and proven technologies for building efficiency\n• Commercial real estate market and market actors\n• Energy management systems and customer feedback technologies\n• Training development and program delivery for adult learners\n","Empower Efficiency designs energy efficiency projects and programs that combine workplace engagement initiatives with operational measures, new technologies, and health and wellness practices to deliver energy and cost savings in commercial buildings and increases in staff productivity and well-being for building occupants. \nOur core team and strategic partnerships offer a blend of academic research and years of experience designing and implementing energy efficiency pilots, programs, and projects for utilities and commercial buildings across the U.S. \nEmpower’s mission is to scale up new approaches to commercial building efficiency. We aggregate inventive and low-risk solutions to address multiple challenges and opportunities in buildings and building portfolios. Our projects can:   \n• Reduce operating costs and increase profits\n• Boost employee productivity\n• Address maintenance and other building operations issues\n• Support workplace health and safety requirements \n• Achieve sustainability goals or assist with building certifications\n• Assist with building disclosure compliance requirements\n"]
["Energy Smart Colorado, LLC ","Pitkin@EnergySmartColorado.com","501 (c) 3 non profit","Energy Smart Colorado (ESC) area of expertise includes enrolling commercial customers into energy retrofit programs (including pilot programs), providing assessments, energy advising to develop a building retrofit package consisting of selecting measures, product education, and reviewing financing strategies to commercial customers in 3 climate zones.  In non multifamily commercial buildings, ESC focuses on non-industrial accounts with less than 50 kW demand. ESC does provide assessment and advising services for multifamily or hotels of any demand usage.  Our service area includes a high percentage of multifamily units.  ","Energy Smart Colorado (ESC) operates in 47 different Colorado counties and provides energy efficiency program implementation support  including utility services of public education and marketing, participant enrollment support, advisory services, referrals to qualified contractors, assessment tools and data management.    ESC also supports 8 community Energy Resource Centers that serve as the “go-to place” in each local community where building owners can connect with experts and resources to act on energy efficiency improvements.  \nAs part of this work, ESC implements the Holy Cross Energy Commercial Efficiency program to help businesses reduce demand or shift loads and reduce overall energy usage.  ESC provides assessment and building owner advising services for Holy Cross Energy that covers 3 climate zones; 5B, 6B, and 7.  The service territory includes includes office buildings, retail stores, restaurants, medical centers, hotels, multifamily housing buildings, warehouses, and garages in each climate zone.  Climate zone 6B includes a mall.  \n"]
["University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)","livegreen@unmc.edu","University/Higher Education","Healthcare, research, education, operations, building automation, energy and HVAC optimization, energy efficiency, energy management, engineering research, building science, utility management, peak reduction, energy curtailment, central and distributed generation of chilled water, hot water and steam, integrated system analysis, HVAC design and optimization, and intersystem interdependence optimization, availability, reliability and redundancy of systems.","The UNMC campus is one of four campuses in the University of Nebraska system, the only public, land grant University system in Nebraska.  UNMC is an Academic Medical Center consisting of approximately 7 million sq. ft. The system is served from two central utility plants with 21.8 MW of normal power load, 16 MW of emergency power, 330 kpph of steam, 19,000 tons of chilled water, and 50 mbtu of heating hot water. UNMC has an outstanding record of energy utilization and efficiency improvement as demonstrated by a 25.6% reduction in overall energy consumption and usage on campus in the last 5 years. Campus energy reduction was accomplished while adding more than 1 million sq. ft. of campus space without major renovation to campus building envelopes, primary equipment or lighting systems. These accomplishments were achieved using 11 million dollars of 2009 ARRA funds along with more than 11 million dollars of matching funds from the University. These initiatives drove the employment of 8 fulltime energy engineers and technicians on campus.\n\nImplementation of a campus wide replacement of the building automation systems over the past 5 years allowed the integration control of both building and plant systems. Energy reductions were achieved through applications of state of the art HVAC building technologies and utility energy management design along with customized approaches for optimal operation of the system. The upgrade of the building automation system allowed implementation of control logic developed both commercially and in-house to significantly enhance building efficiency and occupant comfort.  Reconfiguration of the campus chilled water system, utilization of specialty components in the control systems, programming with the latest technology, and utilizing a trained and highly engaged workforce, UNMC continuously uses the campus to demonstrate the significant energy reduction possible by deploying an integrated system control strategy.\nAs a public institution focused on education and research, we have created a “living laboratory for energy efficiency”.  The strength of our program is based on the real life working application of the technologies that we have developed, applied and continually refined for the diverse building applications available on a university campus.  Utilizing a philosophy of building and plant integration has lead us to developing some unique strategies and technological advances that have been highly successful in reducing energy consumption. UNMC is highly engaged with the local electric utility to not only reduce overall campus demand, but to also actively curtail during peak demand periods. Utilizing smart grid principles at the central utility plant level, thermal storage techniques at the distribution and building level, and demand limiting curtailment techniques at the air handler and VAV level, UNMC has developed demand control and energy curtailment processes that have provided substantial energy reductions. \n\nUNMC is strategically positioned to stand up a Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Demonstration Site moving forward. We have targeted $10 to $15 million dollars of matching investment to further deploy the following technologies within the building and plant smart grid system to demonstrate the major potential advantages of these integrated systems.\n1. Implement new advanced lighting technologies throughout the campus along with system control integration. This includes the use of LED technology, smart sensors, light harvesting and demand limiting control.\n2. Implement “cutting edge” advanced High Impact HVAC control algorithms and technologies, such as those developed by DOE grants and research, demonstrate the viability and performance of these new technologies and to significantly reduce onsite energy consumption. \n3. Incorporation of 2 to 4 MW of base solar generation integrated into the smart electric grid that already exists on campus.\n4. Expand the weather forecast optimization to demonstrate the success on campus for preheating and precooling the structure as it relates to peak demand management.\n5. Engage the electric utility to further optimize communication technology to design new rates in order to minimize system costs.\n6. Expand and upgrade the electrical control and monitoring system on campus to enhance the existing smart grid application.\n7. The University of Nebraska’s College of Engineering and Technology is home to one of the nation’s few engineering degree programs focused strictly on the science of buildings with the Architectural Engineering Program and through a very strong intercampus collaborative effort with the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering. A main focus of interest is to drive the engineering education and research program curriculum from the classroom and laboratories directly to the field of application and proof through use\n8. Implement an ongoing training program to educate building and plant operators to increase the success in sustaining building and plant efficiencies of complex systems.  \n9. UNMC in in the process of constructing the Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning (iEXCELSM) at the UNMC campus in Omaha. Intent is to utilize this facility to enhance the training and operation of complex building and plant systems through virtual reality based education to reach and sustain optimal operations through excellence in education, design and operations in the future.\n In summary, UNMC has the applied technical capability, demonstrated experience, “living lab” facilities, research affiliations, educational focus, leadership capabilities and institutional support to be a significant partner in the anticipated Scaling up of the Next Generation of Building Efficiency Packages funding opportunity. \n"]
["Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA","projects@mwalliance.org ","Non-Profit, Regional Energy Efficiency Organization (REEO)","MEEA has a wide variety of expertise in respect to program design and implementation, research, building codes, benchmarking, training and certification and stakeholder engagement.","At MEEA, we leverage our unique position as the Midwest’s key champion and trusted information recourse on energy efficiency policies and programs to help our members and stakeholders identify, understand and implement cost-effective strategies that provide economic and environmental benefits.\n\nAs a collaborative network and influential membership organization spanning thirteen states, we provide a professional forum where energy providers, policymakers, implementers, manufacturers and advocates can make connections, seek advice and learn about energy efficiency. \n\nMEEA has been running the Illinois Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (IHP) and HVAC SAVE programs for several years, working to improve efficiency in residential homes across Illinois and Iowa. Along with residential programs, MEEA also administers the Building Operator Certification (BOC) for the Midwest region, addressing efficiency in commercial buildings of at least 50,000 square feet through building operator education to implement no-cost/low-cost facility improvements. \n\nMEEA has been a part of the Partnership for Advanced Residential Retrofits (PARR) alongside the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) and has completed many research projects through the DOE Building America program. PARR was expressly created to make residential energy efficiency retrofits more cost-effective and to demonstrate concepts that enable market transformation on a \n\n\n\nmass scale. PARR proposes to increase the quality and uptake of residential retrofits in cold climates while providing Building America with systems, whole home and community level solutions for the U.S.\n\nMEEA partners with state and local energy code officials, building professional, utilities and other code experts to increase accessibility to the latest code-related information and technologies, keep all stakeholders up to date on the latest activities across the Midwest, and coordinate code related activity across local and state jurisdictions as well as at the regional and federal level. MEEA is dedicated to educating stakeholders on the potential energy savings of energy codes, consumer benefits and cost of proposed revisions, market availability of new technologies and the issues around measuring compliance with building codes. \n\nMEEA staff helps to bridge the gap between the adoption of energy efficiency policies to achieving the energy savings goals. From increasing market adoption of energy efficient lightbulbs to training businesses and builders how to save energy and money in homes and offices, MEEA helps secure funding, formulate ideas and implement strategic efficiency programs throughout the region. \n"]
["The United Illuminating Company (“UI”), Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation (“CNG”) and The Southern Connecticut Gas Company (“SCG”)","ui.wiseuse@uinet.com ","The Companies are electric and gas utilities.","The Companies’ main area of expertise to be offered for this project is on utility energy efficiency program design and management.","The Companies administer energy efficiency programs in Connecticut, and could assist the project with program design, program management, energy savings economics, historical energy consumption data and contact to local stakeholders. The Companies also have experience working with local, state, and federal government organizations and research institutions and could provide their expertise in this domain. Amongst others partnerships and programs, the Companies have for example created the Customized Solution Partnership, in which we engage with our largest customers to realize substantial savings by implementing a wide range of energy saving solutions with a multi-year agreement."]
["Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)","BusinessEnergySolutions@oppd.com","Public Power Utility","OPPD is a publicly owned electric utility company. It generates, transmits and distributes electric energy and provides energy related Products and Services for a 13 county, 5000-square-mile service area in southeastern Nebraska and a population of approximately 810,000 people. \nEnvironmental protection, energy efficiency and optimized use of resources are OPPD’s key concerns for economical and sustainable production. For these reasons, OPPD created a commercial building Energy Efficiency (EE) program, one of its most popular products and services.\nTo help implement EE projects, OPPD relied on its expertise in creating innovative partnerships.  The EE team includes OPPD, the Nebraska Energy Office, business customers, advanced building technology providers and building energy analysis professionals. Together, they deploy advanced EE technologies and implement measurement and verification processes to produce and document savings.  This partnership’s proven track record of exceptional results averages 30% whole-building energy savings and has been as high as 60%.  These EE projects typically have a 2-3 year return on investment and lower the carbon footprint of each facility.\nOPPD and Offutt Air Force Base (AFB) work in partnership through an Areawide Public Utility Contract for Energy Management Services on the base. The team including OPPD, AFB facility operators and qualified advanced energy efficiency providers implemented a Strategic Energy Plan for Offutt AFB and to date have completed energy projects in 21 buildings. The measured savings results showed the energy use index (EUI) reduced by more than 30% for these buildings. Offutt AFB is planning to implement the Advanced Optimization Technologies on other building in the remaining 50 plus buildings at the base.\nOPPD and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) also work in partnership through an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement for Energy Related Products and Services on UNMC’s campus. Working hand-in-hand, the Nebraska Energy Office (NEO), UNMC, OPPD, and qualified advanced energy efficiency providers have successfully completed a Strategic Energy Plan to reduce energy demand and consumption on the UNMC Campus (39 buildings) by 30% by 2015, with 2010 as the baseline.\nThe UNMC and OPPD interlocal cooperative agreement allows them to enhance their partnership and advance the EE project process. This will rapidly increase the application of emerging and underutilized building technology packages that are both energy efficient and cost‐effective. The UNMC-OPPD team will create EE technology packages that improve efficiency across multiple building systems: envelope, lighting/electrical, plug, process, heating, ventilation, cooling, refrigeration, energy management and information, sensors and controls.  The goal is to expand UNMC Campus energy savings by an additional 20% by 2020.  As a result, this will achieve a larger objective of 50% total energy savings (per the EUI) from 2010 to 2020. The ultimate goal is for UNMC to become a Demonstration Campus and a national leader in EE by the year 2020.\n","OPPD is a long-time partner in EE programs which include its customers, the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the Nebraska Energy Office, other local public entities and advanced building technology providers. OPPD has established a track record of competent and cost-effective deployment of advanced building technologies.  Examples of these include commercial building Continuous Commission and Optimization pilot projects funded by the DOE, Digi-RTU Controller pilot project funded by American Public Power Association (APPA), Small Business Peak Demand Management Pilot projects also funded by APPA. This past EE project success along with OPPD’s continued excellent customer satisfaction (ranked highest in business customer satisfaction for the Midwest midsize segment according to J.D. Power) position OPPD to take on and expand emerging and underutilized building technology packages that are energy efficient and cost-effective.    \nSaving energy and reducing demand helps commercial and industrial customers save money and protect the environment. Reducing demand also delays the need for OPPD to build additional power plants.  In turn, OPPD offers the following programs to promote energy efficiency while helping its customers improve their bottom line.\n"]
["The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees","orcawards@ucf.edu","State Controlled Institution of Higher Education","The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), a research institute of the University of Central Florida (UCF), is the largest and most active state-supported renewable energy and energy efficiency research, training, and certification institute in the United States. FSEC has decades of application-oriented energy and buildings research, technical assistance, training, and project management experience (www.fsec.ucf.edu). During the past 35 years, FSEC has worked to improve the energy efficiency and overall performance of buildings constructed in Florida and across the nation. FSEC’s Buildings Research Division programs cover virtually every aspect of building science. FSEC conducts lab research, field research and simulation research and development. The buildings research team also produces and markets simulation software (EnergyGauge Summit and EnergyGauge USA) and conducts continuing education classes. Diverse activities include technology-level and market-level research on heating and air conditioning equipment, water heating systems, ventilation strategies, air distribution systems, building envelope components, miscellaneous electric loads, control systems, moisture control, and codes and standards development. FSEC’s focus on integration of building systems produces high-performance, highly efficient homes, schools, and commercial buildings. \nFSEC has a long history of developing and field-testing many new technologies and has been instrumental in overcoming market barriers in creating or increasing the use of high-performance housing innovations including radiant barriers, solar products, duct sealing programs, energy-efficient ceiling fans, home energy ratings, green designation standards, and proper air barriers. In 1985, FSEC conducted pioneering research that led to the rebirth of the million-dollar radiant barrier industry. In the 1990’s FSEC staff developed and demonstrated the Gossamer Ceiling Fan , which served as the basis for the EPA Energy Star designation for ceiling fans. FSEC is one of the nation’s leaders in the area of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) research, having tested more than 600 residences and 75 commercial buildings, our researchers have determined many causes of poor IAQ in homes, restaurants, and offices. FSEC has also conducted detailed end-use monitoring and systems evaluations for numerous large-scale utility monitoring projects.\nFSEC’s Buildings Research Division has had two long-term relationships with the US Department of Energy (DOE) — Team Lead for EnergyPlus  development work and Industry Team Lead for the Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction (BA-PIRC) . BA-PIRC is currently evaluating low-load comfort systems and smart ventilation systems. The Division has delivered on contracts evaluating Florida State energy code-related economic impacts and code effectiveness. Since 2000 FSEC has received 20 awards from the National Renewable Energy Lab for topics including thin film solar cells and advanced water heating systems, code compliance methodology, and has managed workshops and conferences.\n","FSEC’s Teaming Partner key personnel will be drawn primarily from FSEC’s Building Research Division which has 16 engineers and building scientists, most of whom have over 20 years of buildings science research experience including field and laboratory experiments, simulations, demonstration, and training. \nFSEC has several on-site research facilities, listed below. Most facilities are fully instrumented to measure environmental conditions and energy uses every few seconds. Facilities enable researchers to automatically control specific systems, and schedule automatic release of internal heat and moisture loads to simulate occupancy. \nBuilding Research Laboratories\n1. The 2,000 ft2 Building Science Laboratory is used to evaluate building airflow and ventilation issues and is easily configured for different air leakage targets and space conditioning systems up to 10 tons. \n2. The Flexible Roofing Facility (Figure 1) is used to compare the effect of roof covering, attic insulation, and attic ventilation strategies on cooling/heating energy use. It is a 24’ x 48’ frame building with partitioned roof and attic sections. \n3. The Flexible Residential Test Facility features two, full scale, geometrically identical 1,536-ft2 residential facilities, allowing for side-by-side testing.\n4. The Manufactured Housing Laboratory is a 1,600 ft2 building that features the capability to easily exchange space conditioning equipment and enables use of one of three duct systems: crawlspace, attic, and interior.\n5. The Nightcool Experimental Facility is comprised of two scaled, 12’ x 16’ test structures, each with 192 ft2 of conditioned area. \n6. The Hot Water Systems Facility is a 10’ x 16’ frame building established to evaluate seven hot water systems at a time. Controls and instrumentation includes automatic water draws and energy, and temperature, water, gas flow, and ambient condition measurements. \n7. The Climate-Controlled AC Laboratory is capable of testing air-conditioners and heat pumps with cooling/heating capacities up to 3.5 tons. The facility includes an indoor chamber, an outdoor chamber, and a computerized control room. \nFSEC also has field diagnostic tools such as pressure, flow, and air velocity gauges, blower door and duct blaster systems, infrared cameras, and temperature, relative humidity, and illumination monitors and loggers. Staff are also experienced in running building modeling software, from the FSEC written EnergyGauge hourly annual energy use simulation software, to DOE’s EnergyPlus and BeOpt, and computational fluid dynamic models such as Fluent. \n"]
["TRC Energy Services (TRC)","effprocurement@trcsolutions.com","Consulting Services","TRC provides comprehensive energy efficiency and Zero Net Energy (ZNE) services to our government and utility clients to maximize energy conservation potential in the building sector. From exploratory research to comprehensive technology assessments, building science, engineering, and program planning, design, and implementation, TRC supports the full spectrum of clients’ efficiency opportunities.","Market Transformation: TRC empowers clients to transform the efficiency marketplace through analysis of innovative technology solutions via market research, saving impact analysis, computer simulation, laboratory or field studies, demonstration and pilot projects, and development of strategic plans and roadmaps.\n\nRegulatory Consulting: TRC is a strategic partner to code-setting bodies, supporting development of regulatory mechanisms for building energy efficiency codes and appliance standards. As an example, TRC has helped shape complex and ambitious California codes and standards for more than a decade. TRC offers expertise in customized feasibility and market assessments, savings evaluations, building simulation analysis, compliance improvement analyses, and stakeholder outreach. \nEnergy Resource Planning & Engineering Services: TRC energy engineers support clients’ high-priority needs in energy performance benchmarking, audits (e.g., walk through, ASHRAE Level I, II & III, etc.), site inspections, energy modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, energy savings calculation reviews, and independent measurement and verification services for diverse programs and customers. \nProgram Design, Implementation & Evaluation: TRC designs, delivers, and evaluates flexible, cost-effective efficiency programs ranging from pilots to large-scale programs or full portfolios. TRC programs deliver deep energy savings, position our clients as leaders in the energy industry, and many have earned major awards from organizations like ENERGY STAR, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, and Clean Energy States Alliance.\n"]
["Los Angeles Better Buildings Challenge (LABBC)","info@la-bbc.com ","Third Party Utility Program ","Project Development, Technical Assistance, Marketing & PR Support, Financing, Rebate Application Support, Benchmarking Support, Energy Audits","• The Los Angeles Better Building Challenge (LABBC) supports property owners and managers in executing cost-effective and energy and water efficient building performance upgrades. \n• The LABBC brings an unbiased perspective to the efficiency conversation and helps property owners and managers take advantage of all available resources and incentives. \n• To date, LABBC has supported over 72M sq. ft. of energy reduction and developed various energy efficiency programs to provide engineering support and project management, as well as assistance accessing rebates, tax incentives, and financing\n"]
["LINC Housing Corporation","linc@linchousing.org","Nonprofit multifamily affordable housing owner/developer","Building owner with dedicated sustainability staff to support project implementation","LINC Housing owns and operates a varied portfolio of multifamily affordable properties within the state of California. As a team member in research projects, LINC can provide opportunities to test new technologies and approaches and compare predicated engineering analysis with actual results through pre/post installation monitoring. Our staff has extensive knowledge and expertise related to energy efficiency technology, policies, and resident engagement in the low-income multifamily environment."]

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["Category 1: Multi-purpose Plug-and-Play Sensor Packages"]
["Category 2: Virtual Sensors and Predictive Models"]
["Category 3: Sub-metering, Continuous Commissioning, Automated Fault Detection & Diagnostics"]
["Category 4: Occupant-Centered Sensing and Controls"]
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["Question 1","1. What technologies represent the current state-of-the-art for this category?"]
["Question 2","2. What are appropriate performance metrics (i.e., ways of measuring or evaluating the performance of a technology), as well as quantitative values for current state-of-the-art, commercially available products for those metrics and future target values for 2020 to characterize and compare different technology solutions under this category?"]
["Question 3","3. The category description includes a list of qualitative capabilities that describe an “ideal” technology.  What additional capabilities or criteria, if any, are missing from this list?"]
["Question 4","4. Regarding current R&D:  a. What technologies are currently under research or investigation?  b. What advantages are these technologies intended to have over those that are commercially available?  c. Do these technologies add any capabilities of an ideal technology (as listed in the Background section) that commercially-available technologies lack?  d. What limitations do these technologies face (e.g., cost, complexity, accuracy, reliability, range)? What additional research is required before they will be commercially available?"]
["Question 5","5. What technologies currently under development might be suitable for large buildings under construction or major renovation?  What technologies currently under development might be suitable for residential buildings or small commercial buildings?  What are the remaining R&D challenges that must be resolved before these technologies could be commercially available?"]
["Question 6","6. Are there intermediate innovations or key enabling technologies that require R&D before improvements in the listed categories are possible?  What are these enabling technologies or innovations?"]
["Question 7","7. What R&D opportunities remain for improving the performance or reducing the cost of existing technologies?  To what extent can existing technologies be improved?"]
["Question 8","8. What are market-acceptable equipment costs, labor costs, maintenance costs, commissioning costs, other costs, and time requirements for technologies in this category (expressed as a function of an acceptable unit [e.g., gross sq. ft., sensor, device, etc.] for each specified parameter)?  Please provide separate responses specific to residential and/or commercial buildings."]
["Question 9","9. What effects could improvements in the technologies within a category have on interest in and adoption of products for building energy management? How might the influence of improved systems differ between the new construction and retrofit markets?"]
["Question 10","10. What market barriers or other challenges, if any, prevent the wider use of existing state-of-the-art technologies?"]
["Question 11","11. What market opportunities would be created by improvements to commercially-available technologies?  What specific capabilities are required from these improved technologies to unlock the market opportunities identified?"]
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