FEMP Focus
See what we are featuring from FEMP this month! Click on the links below to find out more about these FEMP updates.
FEMP Welcomes New Leadership
Dr. Robert Ivester has joined FEMP as the new program director after serving in the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) for the past six years. Jay Wrobel, who also previously worked in AMO, has joined FEMP as the new supervisor for the Facility and Fleet Optimization team. FEMP would like to thank Leslie Nicholls for her leadership, and she will continue her leadership support as FEMP's strategic director.
Visit FEMP's website for more information.
Federal Utility Partnership Working Group (FUPWG) Seminars Were Record Breakers in 2018
Attendance at the 2018 Fall FUPWG seminar, hosted by Dominion Energy in Herndon, Virginia, broke another record with more than 300 attendees. Along with the Spring seminar, the average attendance at the FUPWG seminars in 2018 averaged 42.5% higher than in 2017. The Fall FUPWG agenda featured many key topics and the presentations received rave reviews from attendees; view them on the FUPWG website.
The 2019 Spring FUPWG seminar is scheduled for May 2-3 in San Diego, California. Please watch for more details to be posted on the FUPWG website later this month.
FEMP Offers ESPC ESA Webinar Series
FEMP is launching a four-part webinar series entitled, “ESPC ESAs: A New Way of Financing On-Site Renewable Energy” starting March 12, 2019 (rescheduled from January 29, 2019). A live webinar will occur quarterly and address various topics on financing and implementing on-site renewable energy projects that have the ability to benefit from tax incentives before they decrease. Each webinar will include information, project implementation best practices, resources, and Q&A.
Learn more about the webinar series and register for the first webinar.
Explore the 50001 Ready Navigator
The 50001 Ready Navigator is an online dashboard that provides step-by-step guidance to implementing and maintaining an energy management system in conformance with the principles of ISO 50001. EnPI Lite, a companion calculator to 50001 Ready Navigator, enables regression-based energy performance modeling for facilities. Both are web-based tools maintained by DOE. The 50001 Ready program also accepts energy performance improvement data from other readily available tools including the Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager®. After implementing the system, users can submit their facilities for 50001 Ready recognition directly through the Navigator.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is offering a series of new webinars through its Community of Practice; watch for new dates to be added to FEMP's Training Catalog.
FEMP’s Smart Labs Program Coordinates with University of California, Irvine’s Smart Labs and Design-Build Workshop
FEMP’s Smart Labs Program coordinates with the University of California, Irvine (UCI) on their no-cost, in-person Smart Labs and Design-Build Workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 29-30, 2019. Day one of the workshop will include the use of data analytics to optimize and maintain performance of Smart Labs, a detailed discussion of improving laboratory ventilation, and Green Lab programs and operations. Day two will be a half-day session allocated to a design-build of both new lab building and whole (science) building renewal including Smart Lab retrofits. Register for UCI’s Smart Labs and Design-Build Workshop here.
FEMP Helps Agencies Plan and Implement Distributed Energy Projects
FEMP recently launched a new six-phase process for planning and implementing distributed energy projects. Each phase in the process is divided into a series of steps, giving federal agencies detailed information and best practices to refer to and links to relevant publications and key resources. FEMP's six-phase distributed energy project process can help agencies efficiently implement on-site electric and thermal renewable energy, energy storage, and combined heat and power projects that are technically sound, reduce energy costs for the federal government, and support agency needs and missions.
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