Commercial Buildings Initiative

Working Group: Voluntary Programs

The Voluntary Programs, Incentives and Green Building Initiatives and the Finance and Appraisal working groups have combined into one group to take advantage of overlapping membership and some overlapping content. This group may re-divide into two groups sometime in the future.

Group Co-Chairs

Gregg Ander, Chief Architect, Southern California Edison (SCE)
Javier Mariscal, Codes and Standards Program, Southern California Edison (SCE)

WORKING DRAFTS:

Please suggest language that addresses any concerns or issues you may have directly into the document as tracked changes. Send documents to Garth Otto (gotto@naseo.org) with the subject line indicating the working group you are submitting to, i.e. “CBC Input on XXXX Working Group.”

Calls and Meetings

First meeting, April , 2010:

Draft Scope

The Voluntary Programs, Incentives and Green Building Initiatives Working Group includes utility, state, and local programs and incentives such as rebates, loan guarantees, tax credits, subsidies, etc. This also includes green building initiatives and linkages to other sustainability areas such as indoor air quality, transit-oriented development, and green supply chains and procurement. Relevant corporate social responsibility initiatives may also be included.

Voluntary programs can push early-adoption and be drivers of advanced technologies and advanced practices
Categorize project, process and participant characteristics of success stories and best practices
Relationship of voluntary programs with mandates and regulatory policy
- Get over voluntary program resistance to raising the bar (moving their best practices into minimum practices)
- Ex: Massachusetts uses a 2-tiered “stretch” code
- Linkage with codes and standards
CSR: market positioning, attractiveness and image, stockholder beliefs as drivers beyond traditional cost-effectiveness
- Can ripple up to supply chain
Can help the market break through rate-limiting cost-effectiveness paradigm
Voluntary programs can be drivers for market transformation through technology diffusion, learning curve, capacity building, market demand

The Financing and Appraisal Working Group explores innovative financing solutions for financing investments in building new commercial buildings and retrofitting existing commercial buildings. This includes risk assessment, life-cycle cost analysis tools, performance contracts, loan guarantees, mortgage-based securities, and others.

Appraisal practices should recognize the EE of a building, but challenge is in moving the market to value those investments (market value does not equal price tag)
Present value of future savings energy cost savings is an asset value, how close we are to do this. High performance building capture this, would be greater than two percent.
Parse out energy values in labeling programs like LEED and calculate what the positive ROI is.
Methods to capitalize market value of energy savings

Current Members

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Company Name	First Name	Last Name	Job Title
Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.	Cheryl	English	Vice President, Technical Services & Industry Relations
Acuity Lighting Group, Inc.	Richard	Heinisch	Manager, Technical Services
Adapt Engineering	Steve	Hathaway	Director of Energy Services
Adapt Engineering	Tammy	Stempel	Sr. Sustainable Building Advisor
Alabama Power Company	Robert	White	Product Manager
Alliance to Save Energy	Jeffrey	Harris	Vice President, Programs
American Council On Renewable Energy	Thomas	Weirich	Vice President of Corporate Relations
American Energy Services	Frank	Cappella	Business Development Representative
Architecture 2030	Edward	Mazria	CEO
Autodesk	Erin	Hoffer
Bayer MaterialScience	Jerry	Phelan
BELL Architects, PC	David	Bell	Architect
Bergmeyer Associates, Inc.	Michael	Davis	Principal
Blue Hill Partners LLC	Joyce	Ferris	Managing Partner
Blue Hill Partners, LLC	Walter	King	Analyst
BOMA International	Karen	Penafiel	Vice President, Advocacy
Boston Redevelopment Authority	Galen	Nelson	Green Business Manager
Building Energy Performance News	Anthony	Buonicore	CEO
Building Intelligence Group	Jeffrey	Seewald	Consultant
Building Intelligence Group, LLC	Paul	Ehrlich	President
Building Owners and Managers Association	Ron	Burton	VP - Codes, Standards & Regulatory Affairs
Business EcoSystems	George	Gosieski	Partner
California Energy Commission, PIER	Martha	Brooks	Public Interest Energy Research Buildings Program
Cemtrex	Paulson	Ambookan
Chatham Hill Residential Design and Build, llc	Michelle	Roberts
Chevron Energy Solutions	Marty	Kurtovich	Senior Business Development Manager
Colorado Governor's Energy Office	Conor	Merrigan	Commercial Buildings Program Manager
Destiny USA	Melissa	Perry
Digital Lumens	Tom	Pincince	President and CEO
Duke Energy	Sue	Laufenberg	Commercial Market Manager
E3 Coalition	John	Fergus
E3 Coalition	James	Olson
E3 Coalition	Todd	Osman
Earth Advantage Institute	Brian	Lynch	Commercial Program Manager
EC Harris	Bernie	Devine	Consultant
Eco Bottom Line	Jeff	Kent	Principal
EcoInsight, Inc.	Michael	Doane	VP, Business Development
EcoSocio Energy Solutions	John	Mueller	CEO
EE Capital Management	Brian	Hunt	Partner
Element Strategic Partners, LLC	Annika	Barnes	Principal
Element Strategic Partners, LLC	John	Muligan	Principal
emersion DESIGN	Shawn	Hesse	Architect
Energy Efficiency Partnership of Greater Washington	John	Johansen	Deputy Director
Engineering Excellence Energy and Environmental Services LLC	Adam	Pulskamp
Fuoco Group LLP	Joel	Ackerman	Director
Engineered Tax Services	Joel	Ackerman	Director of Business Development
Garner Energy Solutions	Aaron	Needham	President/CEO
Green Building Finance Consortium	Scott	Muldavin	Executive Director
Green Building Initiative	Erin	Shaffer	VP Federal Outreach
Green Roundtable / NEXUS	Barbara	Batshalom	Executive Director
Green2Green Consulting	Catherine	Cotter	President
GreenCon	Jose	Ventura	President
Hannon Armstrong	John	Christmas	Senior Vice President
HaydenTanner, LLC	Molly	McCabe	President
ICF International	Deborah	Miller	Vice President
ICF International	William	Prindle	Vice President
ICF International	Andrew	Schulte	Senior Associate
IEc	William	Helman	Principal
Image Engineering Group	Don	Penn
Industrial Economics, Incorporated	John	Weiss	Senior Associate
Institute for Market Transformation	Andrew	Burr
Institute for Market Transformation	Cliff	Majersik
KMC Controls, Inc.	Ben	Dorsey	VP Marketing
Livingston Energy Innovations, LLC	Jonathan	Livingston	President
LUMEnergi	Peter	Schwartz	VP Business Development
M.E. GROUP, Inc.	Jo	Barr	Senior Marketing Manager
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources	Alissa	Whiteman	Program Manager
McGraw-Hill Construction	Harvey	Bernstein	Vice President, Industry Analytics, Alliances & Strategic Initiatives
McGraw-Hill Construction	Donald	Cotchen	Manager
McGraw-Hill Construction	Michele	Russo	Director, Green Content & Research Communications
Metrus Energy	Bob	Hinkle	CEO
Metrus Energy	David	Kenny	Director of Project Development
MultiStack	Howard	Kelly	Communications and Marketing Director
National Association of State Energy Officials	Jim	Arwood	Regional Coordinator
National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP)	Elizabeth	Osborne	Policy Analyst
National Lighting Bureau	John	Bachner	Executive Director
National Lighting Bureau	Jim	Yorgey	Secretary/Treasurer
New Buildings Institute	David	Hewitt	Executive Director
New York University	Barry	Hersh	Associate Professor
New York University	Constantine	Kontokosta	Clinical Assistant Professor
North Atlantic Energy Advisors	Douglas	Baston	President
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships	Carolyn	Sarno	Senior Program Manager
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance	Jack	Davis	Market Manager, Office Real Estate
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance	John	Jennings
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA)	Skip	Schick
ORNL EERE Program	Melissa	Lapsa	Manager, Communications and Outreach
Pacific Gas and Electric Company	Robert	Marcial
PBJ Interests	Robert	Dafler	Principal
Pegasus Sustainable Century Merchant Bank	Bill	Anderson
Pegasus Sustainable Century Merchant Bank	Govi	Rao	Partner
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	William	Bahnfleth	Professor and Director
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	Jeffrey	Brownson	Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	James	Freihaut	Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	Lisa	Iulo	Assistant Professor of Architecture
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	Richard	Mistrick	Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	Stephen	Treado	Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering
Perkins+Will	Kavita	Gupta	Director of Business Development
PNC Real Estate	William	Lashbrook	Senior Vice President
PWA Engineering, LLC	Brad	Henry
Sage Energy Consulting	Geri	Nicholson	President
Sage Energy Consulting	Tad	Wood	Vice President
RCx Building Diagnostics	Peter	Arnoldt
RCx Building Diagnostics	Katharine	Flynn	Energy Engineer
Real Energy Advisors	Mark	McDonald	Founder
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology (SVIT)	Falguni	Patel	Lecturer
SOLAR NV	Barry	Guca
South Eastern Arizona Governments Association	Susan	Buchan	Pathways Out of Poverty Program Manager
Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance	Ben	Taube	Executive Director
Southern California Edison	Gregg	Ander	Chief Architect and Manager, Design and Engineering Services
Southern California Edison	Javier	Mariscal	Tech Specialist III, Codes and Standards Program
Southland Industries	Shane	Stanfield	Project Engineer
Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance	Richard	Duncan	Technical Director
Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA)	Kurt	Riesenberg	Executive Director
SRS Consulting Engineers Inc.	Phil	Fung	Managing Principal
SustainabilityNexus	Robert	Loftur-Thun	Principal
Sustainable Engineering Group, LLC	Jon	Evans	Senior Project Engineer
The Estimating Group	Mary	Yagelski	Estimator
The Performance Building Institute	Mark	Sands	President
The Weidt Group	David	Eijadi	Principal
TRACO	Sneh	Kumar
Transilvania University of Brasov	Ilea Nicolae	Danut Gelu	Professor
U.S. EPA	Gerard	Bulanowski	Green Building Coordinator
United For A Sustainable America	Anthony	Cannon	Managing Director
Urban Land Institute	Uwe	Brandes	VP, Initiatives
Urban Land Institute	Matt	Johnston	Research Manager, Initiatives
US Green Building Council	Chris	Pyke	Director, Research
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Laurel	Colless	Head of Research Development - Sustainable Technologies
Wellford Energy Advisors	Sharon	Heaton	Managing Director
Wells Fargo Bank	James	Finlay
Winstead PC	William	Weinberg	Shareholder
Wivern Associates	Minot	Weld	Broker
Unaffiliated	Sonal	Kemkar	Technical Project Manager, Engineer