Local Government Training: How A Home Energy Retrofit Program Can Help Meet State and Federal Goals

Oakland Federal Building

April 2, 2009 

Agenda

8:30    Welcome, Introductions and Agenda

• Leif Magnuson, EPA Region 9

8:45     AB 32 Overview and Key Role Local Governments Play in Helping to Meet CA Greenhouse Gas Goals Through Successful Home Energy Retrofit Programs

•  Dana Papke, CARB

9:15    Who Performs a Retrofit and How are the Qualified?

•  Bob Knight, CA Building Contractor's Association

9:30    What is a Comprehensive Home Energy Retrofit?

•  Matt Golden, Sustainable Spaces

10:15  HERS II: California Energy Commission's new Tool to Measure a Home's Energy Performance

• Bill Pennington, California Energy Commission

10:35  Solar for Low-Income Homeowners

• Mary Biasotti, GRID Alternatives

10:45  Questions and Answers

11:00  Break

11:15  Proposed Utility Home Energy Efficiency and Retrofit Programs and How they can Support a Local Government Program

• Michael Wheeler, CA Public Utility Commission
• Dennis Guido, PG&E

12:00 Lunch

12:45  Unlocking the Home Retrofit Market through Property Tax Assessment Financing

• Cisco DeVries, Renewable Funding

1:15   Integrating Home Energy Retrofits, Green Building and Climate Action Planning

• Bruce Mast, Build It Green

1:45  How to Design and Implement a Successful Home Energy Retrofit Program and Policy

• Brian Gitt, Bki Inc

2:15  Designing a Green Building Program in Alameda County

• Karen Kho, Stopwaste.org

2:45  Facilitated Discussion

3:15   Adjourn

Provided in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities
Commission, the California Air Resources Board and Alameda County.