Laura Langham

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E-Conservation Residential Energy Education
Program

• Laura Langham
• E-Conservation Program Manager
• Dr. Sarah Kirby
• Associate Professor
• and Housing Specialist

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North Carolina Cooperative Extension

• Mission North Carolina Cooperative
  Extension partners with communities to
  deliver education and technology that
  enriches the lives, land and economy of
  North Carolina.
• Personnel 381 faculty and staff at NCSU
• 694 faculty and staff in county locations
  (407 county agents)
• 46,081 volunteers.
• Facilities 101 county offices, 2 Regional
  Extension Centers,
• 6 4-H Camps and Education Centers
• Partners County Governments, USDA, other
  land grant
• universities, Energy Efficiency Contractors,
  etc.

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E-Conservation Residential Energy Education
Program

• Provides consumers with education about ways to
  reduce energy use and increase energy efficiency
  in the home
• Teaches consumers to be proactive in reducing
  energy consumption through no/low cost measures,
  maximizing utility and government energy
  efficiency offers, behavioral changes, and home
  retrofits
• State Energy Office Funding

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E-Conservation Program

• Reaches consumers through outreach efforts of
  local county Cooperative Extension Offices

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Participating Counties Last Contract Cycle


2008 - 2011
Plus Cherokee Indian Reservation
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E-Conservation Program

• Reaches consumers through
• Workshops
• Website
• Newsletters
• Fact sheets
• Media Releases
• Community service activities
• Energy Master Program
• Home Energy Assessments and Retrofits
• Social Media (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter)

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Residential Energy Assessments

• Funding for 100 Assessments
• with Retrofits

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Residential Energy Assessments

• 500 total cost per home
• 400 covered by E-Conservation
• 100 covered by Homeowner
• Distribution of the 500 per home
• 150 of cost goes toward home assessment
• 350 of cost goes toward identified low-cost
  retrofit
• (Materials and labor)

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Residential Energy Assessments

• Objectives
• Reduce energy use and lower homeowner utility
  costs by
• Providing each participant with a home energy
  assessment
• Conducting low-cost retrofits to participating
  homes
• Educating the homeowner about their home energy
  uses and needs
• Demonstrating how energy is being used in the
  participants home
• Providing each participant with home energy
  education that will
• Increase awareness, interest, and knowledge about
  home energy conservation strategies
• Encourage and enable participants to make
  behavioral changes that will reduce their energy
  use.

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Residential Energy Assessments

• Strategies
• Participants will participate in one or more of
  the presentations from the E-Conservation Home
  Energy Management Series led by Cooperative
  Extension Field Staff.

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Residential Energy Assessments

• Strategies
• Participants will
• receive a home energy
• assessment from an
• E-Conservation Energy
• Assessment Professional.

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Residential Energy Assessments

• Strategies
• Participants will engage in conducting basic
  retrofits, assisted by E-Conservation energy
  assessment/retrofit professionals.

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Residential Energy Assessments

• Strategies
• Participants will share their residential utility
  usage information with E-Conservation and
  participate in E-Conservation surveys.

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Residential Energy Assessments

• Strategies
• E-Conservation will
• Conduct E-Conservation Home Energy Management
  Series workshops statewide
• led by Cooperative Extension Field Staff
• Conduct an energy assessment of the participants
  home
• Performed by Professional Home Energy Assessor /
  Retrofitter

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Residential Energy Assessments

• Strategies
• E-Conservation will
• Educate participant and family about their homes
  energy conservation needs during the home
  assessment
• Led by Professional Home Energy Assessor /
  Retrofitter (Field Staff may participate)
• Provide participants with a written home energy
  efficiency assessment report
• Provided by Professional Home Energy Assessor

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Residential Energy Assessments

• Strategies
• E-Conservation will
• Install a package of energy conservation measures
  that will reduce overall energy use and household
  energy costs.
• Track utility usage of participating homes to
• Evaluate program impacts on utility usage
• Continue to engage and educate homeowners

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Residential Energy Assessments

• We are in the process of developing the
  guidelines for the residential energy
  assessments. They will address
• Air leakage
• Insulation
• Heating and Cooling
• Duct leakage
• Lighting
• Electronics
• Appliances
• Windows
• Homeowner Behaviors

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Residential Energy Conservation Measures
(Retrofits)

• Examples of Retrofit Items
• Water heater temperature check and adjustment
• Simple air sealing - Caulking and
  weatherstripping
• Checking HVAC filters
• Installation of
• Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
• Water Heater Wrap and Insulation for Water Pipes
• Low-Flow Faucet Aerators
• Low-Flow Showerheads

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Energy Master Program

• Overview of energy efficiency and renewable
  energy for homeowners who want to expand their
  knowledge and provide community support through
  volunteerism
• Empowers homeowners to make wise energy decisions
• Educates volunteers for the benefit of their
  communities

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Energy Master Program

• Intended for
• Homeowners
• Retirees
• Recent college graduates
• Realtors
• Educators
• Interested members of the general public

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Energy Master Program

• Course Content Sample
• Residential Energy Efficiency and Energy
  Assessments
• Provides information on home energy efficiency
  including how energy is used in North Carolina
  homes, costs and payback periods for various
  energy efficiency upgrades, demonstration of a
  home energy assessment by a home energy
  professional, and instruction on conducting a
  basic walk-through home energy assessment.

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• Goal of Collaboration

Expand and extend our ability to educate and
support homeowners in reducing their home
energy needs
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Collaboration Opportunities

• Assessments and Retrofits (100 homes)
• Sharing of utility usage for homes receiving
  program assessments and retrofits (100 homes)
• Expanding beyond the 100 homes in the
  E-Conservation budget and/or increase budget per
  household for retrofits
• Maximizing retrofits through existing rebates and
  offers 
• Supply materials such as light bulbs,
  sealing/insulation materials, etc.
• Other possibilities?

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Utility Usage Information
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Collaboration Opportunities

• Workshops
• Utility Company representative speak/co-present
  at homeowner workshops to share information such
  as rebates, online services, and energy
  conservation opportunities. 
• provides a venue to engage with a self-identified
  group of energy conscience homeowners.
• Provide freebies to customers who attend
  E-Conservation educational workshops.
• Provide Workshop Presenters with hands-on
  materials and literature to share with
  participants.
• Workshop Promotion to Customers

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Collaboration Opportunities

• Master Energy Program
• Provide resources
• Provide subject matter expertise
• Provide training materials
• Provide hands-on materials
• Support with funding
• Other possibilities?

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http//energy.ces.ncsu.edu/
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Questions?
Sarah Kirby, Project Director Laura Langham,
Program Manager Sarah_Kirby_at_ncsu.edu Laura_Langha
m_at_ncsu.edu 919-515-9154 919-515-8474