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Bank of America - More
than a Million
 For
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, HMG is managing the "More Than A
Million" (MTM) partnership between PG&E and Bank of America. Under MTM,
PG&E is offering a 'fleet-wide' approach to energy efficiency rebates
and incentives for the portfolio of buildings occupied by Bank of America. HMG
leads the Dedicated Technical Support Team that provides coordinated and
streamlined energy efficiency and demand response services. In return, BofA has agreed to a nominal target of saving at
least 1 MM watts of electricity through participation in PG&E
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Very
Low Energy Comfort Systems
 For
Southern California Edison, HMG is conducting research on technologies
and strategies, collectively called Very Low Energy Comfort Systems (VLEC),
that assist residential buildings to meet the needs for thermal comfort
while significantly reducing or eliminating the need for traditional
HVAC. The goal of this research project is to establish the feasibility
of VLEC strategies for various California climate zones, research
impacts of VLEC strategies on human thermal comfort, and determine
impacts of microclimate modification on VLEC systems.
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Energy Benchmarking
Workgroup
 HMG chairs the Benchmarking Team,
tasked with working with California utilities and State agencies. The
goal of the team is to benchmark, based on California Energy Commission
guidelines, all State-owned buildings in order to set the baseline and
track progress towards the Governor’s Executive Order for a 20%
reduction in energy consumption in California State buildings by 2015. |
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Codes and Standards Research and
Policy Development
 For Pacific Gas & Electric Company, HMG is
managing a team experts to develop proposed modifications to the
California building energy efficiency
standards. This work includes evaluating the energy savings from
the measure, its cost-effectiveness, feasibility and barriers to
adoption. The proposals include specific code language and modifications to the alternative compliance method (ACM) calculations
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Oregon's Commercial
and Industrial Lighting Market Assessment
For the Energy Trust of Oregon, HMG is
conducting a market assessment of Oregon’s commercial and industrial
lighting markets, and a review of Energy Trust’s involvement and
influence in those markets. The assessment will identify energy savings
opportunities that are good candidates for inclusion in Energy Trust
programs by reviewing existing literature and conducting and analyzing
expert interviews.
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EDR Green Design
Calculator
 For
Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s Energy Design Resources, HMG is
developing a Guidelines for Energy Impacts of Green Design and a Green
Design Calculator for use in evaluation of energy and demand impacts of
green building measures not typically accounted for in California Title
24 building energy standards or building energy efficiency programs.
Green building practices included in the study are site microclimate
modification, water efficiency, and building materials and
construction methods. |
