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The 2008 ACEEE Summer Study is the 14th biennial ACEEE conference on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. A diverse group of energy efficiency professionals from around the world will gather at this ... meeting to discuss the technological basis for, and practical implementation of, reducing energy use in buildings. Presentations and discussions will relate to the theme, "Scaling Up: Building Tomorrow's Solutions." What started out at the Summer Study nearly three decades ago as a fringe activity is now mainstream: energy efficiency in buildings. Energy efficiency now represents our best hope to avoid the worst consequences of global warming and energy resource depletion. But to achieve this potential, the energy efficiency "engine" has to be greatly expanded. New programs, technologies, and financing sources need to be developed. A new generation of energy efficiency practitioners, researchers, and policymakers needs to be trained and deployed to solve the problems we face.

Panels and Topics (listings of the papers available)

1. Residential Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Building Industry Trends
Panel Leaders: Ren Anderson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Subrato Chandra, Florida Solar Energy Center
Session Topics: Residential building science focus on individual and whole house systems/technologies; HVAC, thermal envelope, DHW, and other loads; on-site renewables; design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance and operations issues in existing and new housing (including panelized and factory-built housing).

2. Residential Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
Panel Leaders: David Carroll, APPRISE and Rob Hammon, Consol
Session Topics: How to design and implement effective residential energy efficiency, renewable energy, green technology, and load management programs and policy initiatives, including: trend analyses; key market drivers and market diffusion models; consumer behavior and value; training requirements; new/overlooked energy saving opportunities; lessons learned: for markets and/or impacts including: new construction and building retrofits; single- and multifamily housing; low-income weatherization programs; innovative financing; and miscellaneous electric loads; peak loads; hot water distribution loads; space heating and cooling loads.

3. Commercial Buildings: Technologies, Design, Performance Analysis, and Industry Trends
Panel Leaders: Philip Haves, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Paul Torcellini, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Session Topics: Building science and engineering focus on retrofitting existing buildings and new construction technologies; energy-efficient and demand-responsive equipment and systems for space conditioning, lighting, daylighting, and water heating; building systems integration; occupant comfort; design software and interoperability; performance analysis; controls; performance monitoring; benchmarking; commissioning and diagnostics; on-site use of renewables.

4. Commercial Buildings: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
Panel Leaders: Richard Karney, U.S. Department of Energy and Priscilla Richards, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Session Topics: Designing and implementing energy efficiency and peak demand reduction programs for commercial buildings; lessons learned from programs targeting commercial buildings; programmatic challenges in promoting or advancing energy efficiency and progress towards zero energy buildings; R&D programs, incorporating advanced/emerging technologies and strategies into deployment program design and implementation; commissioning and performance contracting; efficiency and productivity; renewables programs.

5. Utility Regulation, Strategies, and Policies
Panel Leaders: Richard Sedano, Regulatory Assistance Project and Susan Stratton, Energy Center of Wisconsin
Session Topics: The evolution of utility-sponsored energy efficiency and demand response programs in competitive and monopoly systems;; reliability-focused energy efficiency; energy efficiency as a resource; the role of advanced metering and rates; regulatory barriers to comprehensive energy efficiency; and ESCOs.

6. Market Transformation: Taking Efficiency Mainstream
Panel Leaders: Linda Sandahl, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Marci Sanders, D&R International
Session Topics: Design, implementation, and performance of programs that intervene in markets to cause lasting increases in buyer demand for, and availability of, energy-efficient products and services, including: market conditioning; training; education; financial incentives; technology procurement; and government procurement initiatives, as well as market assessment and market research that inform these initiatives.

7. Human and Social Dimensions of Energy Use: Trends and Their Implications
Panel Leaders: Ingo Bensch, Energy Center of Wisconsin and Christopher Payne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Session Topics: Research on social, cultural, psychological, economic, or other human factors influencing the demand for energy, including: the social organization of energy markets and consumption patterns; organizational issues in the design, manufacture, distribution, purchase, and use of energy-efficient technologies; and the relationship between changes in energy efficiency and expectations of comfort, health, safety, productivity, risk management, and /or profitability.

8. Energy and Environmental Policy: Planning for Greater Impacts
Panel Leaders: Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission and Leslie Black Cordes, Environmental Protection Agency
Session Topics: Energy as an element in state, regional, and national strategies, programs, and plans; climate policy and CDM as a driver for energy efficiency; energy efficiency in air quality planning; the design and impact of energy policies and tools including building codes, equipment standards, financial incentives, education and labeling, voluntary programs, and R&D for energy efficiency; community-scale and local energy initiatives; state and national energy efficiency programs; international experience with and coordination of energy efficiency policies.

9. Strategies for Appliances, Lighting, Electronics, and Miscellaneous End Uses
Panel Leaders: Doug Avery, Southern California Edison and Ted Pope, Energy Solutions
Session Topics: Trends and patterns in the use of appliances, devices, and other products; energy consumption patterns in the miscellaneous product sector; research on standby, low power and active mode(s); trends in new product technology; impacts on product energy consumption from new network and communications functionality; product opportunities to save energy and water; domestic and international voluntary and mandatory product initiatives; product labeling efforts; monitoring and testing; improvements in appliance efficiency and lighting efficacy.

10. Visions of the Future: Big New Ideas for Energy Efficiency
Panel Leaders: David Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council, Kenneth James, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, and Paul Komor, University of Colorado, Boulder
Session Topics: Energy efficiency has become an important and cost effective energy resource. Now, with an emerging consensus about the impact of energy generation and consumption on climate change and other environmental problems, diminishing supplies of oil and gas with volatile prices, and growing problems with reliability of the power grid, the demand for energy-efficiency practitioners, programs, and technologies is skyrocketing. This panel will focus on the big ideas for meeting this new demand. The panel will be far-reaching and involve both interactive and more formal presentations. Some of the big questions needing big ideas include: How will we train the needed army of efficiency practitioners? What new ways of doing business will help fill the demand? What technologies are needed and how will they be delivered? Where will funding come from?

11. Sustainable Communities: Systems Integration at the Community Scale
Panel Leaders: Therese Langer, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and Mike Myers, Lockheed Martin
Session Topics: Whole community energy and resource efficiency; community scale renewables and energy supply; transportation and location efficiency; community design and building location impacts on energy use; new urbanism and energy/resources use; community-wide efficiency programs; water efficiency, treatment, and planning.

12. Display Presentations
Panel Leaders: Elizabeth Brown, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pat Love, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
isplay Items: Interactive software; video displays; charts and graphs; photographs; etc.

2008 Champion of Energy Efficiency Awards
ACEEE is proud to announce the opening of nominations for the 2008 Champion of Energy Efficiency Awards. Presented at ACEEE's 2008 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings conference, these awards recognize leadership and accomplishment in the energy efficiency field. Winners will be selected based on demonstrated excellence in the following categories:

Research and Development. Excellence in research and development including baseline or background research, as well as R&D of products and practices.
Energy Policy. Excellence in energy policy including writing, educating, promoting, or supporting energy efficiency in energy policy, at the federal, state, or local level.
Implementation and Deployment. Effective design and implementation, including achievement of significant impacts on energy use.
Leadership. Exceptional personal leadership demonstrated in the development, implementation, or growth of important energy efficiency initiatives.

Host Sponsors
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Southern California Edison
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sponsors
California Energy Commission
California Institute for Energy and Environment
Duke Energy Corporation
Iowa Energy Center
National Grid
New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
NStar Electric and Gas
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing
Xcel Energy

Contributors
American Electric Power
Bonneville Power Administration
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund & The Connecticut Light & Power Company
D&R International
Energy Trust of Oregon
GDS Associates
ICF International
Institute for Electric Efficiency
Johnson Controls
KEMA, Inc.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lockheed Martin
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
San Diego Gas and Electric
Southern California Gas Company

Supporters
Cardinal Glass Industries
Carrier
Conservation Services Group
Gas Technology Institute
Heschong Mahone Group
Itron
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation

2008 Summer Study Organizing Committee
Michael Baechler (Co-Chair), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Rich Brown (Co-Chair), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Rebecca Lunetta, Glee Murray, and Steven Nadel, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Econom

Location: Asilomar Conference Center

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