Commercial Whole Building Performance: How to Make it Work in California

Amanda Potter (CCC) and Jan Berman (PG&E)

May 3, 2012

Why We Are Here

BehavioralOperational

Widget (or Retrofit)

How are savings methodology, program design and technology

evolving to support whole building performance ?

Sources of Commercial

Building Energy Savings

• Deeper savings are needed

if California is to meet its

goals

• Current customized

approaches are cost- and

time-intensive

• Data-driven programmatic

and M&V approaches could

drive down cost, capture

deeper savings and expand

accessibility to SMB

customers

The Whole Building Opportunity

Whole building approaches can help a

broad array of commercial customers to

achieve deeper savings

Retrofit savings

Behavioral savings

Operational savings

What is Whole Building

Performance?Holistic view of buildings as

integrated systems

We’ll be talking today about:

• Programmatic approaches

• Savings methodologies

• Customer needs

• Energy management tools

Why now?

• Interval meter data availability

• New enabling technologies

• Movement in the industry

• CA University MBCx program

• BC Hydro program

• Pilots/programs in more than 6 states

Today’s Goal

Clarify the path to implementing whole

building performance programs in CA

• Where are we now?

• Where do we want to go?

• What proof points are needed?

Today’s Agenda

Welcome 8:30 Why Whole Building Performance Matters

Kick Off 8:45 Program Approaches: Lessons from

Innovation

Break 10:15

Thought

Leaders

10:30 Savings Methodology and Keys to Industry

Acceptance

Lunch 12:00

Customer

Panel

1:00 Whole Building Performance in Practice:

Customer Needs

State of the

Technology

1:50 Enabling Technologies

Break 2:40

Round Table

Discussion

3:40 Proof Points Along the Path to Whole

Building Performance