4. Who is here?
Anyone from CCSE, SDG&E, the City or Counties
Business owners
Solar Sales and/or Installers
Energy Efficiency Consultants (HERS, BPI…)
Homeowners
Anyone else?
5. Meeting Outline
Welcome and overview of groups goal
5 Quick terms (i.e. Is solar energy efficiency?)
Discussion about PACE / AB-811
Split into groups and identify important issues
affecting energy professionals in the San Diego area
Discuss important issues
Discuss ideas for the group
6. Welcome and Groups goal
The San Diego Home Energy Professionals group was
created to discuss topics around Energy Conservation
and Efficiency in the San Diego region. There is a
significant amount of opportunity for businesses to
help home owners save energy.
Our focus will be the social, political and technical
aspects of energy efficiency and conservation. We also
hope to support and advocate for energy efficiency in
our community.
This meetup is open to all.
What value can we add to get people involved?
7. Quick 5 EE Terms
Is Solar Energy Efficiency?
Efficient energy use, sometimes simply
called energy efficiency, is using less
energy to provide the same level of energy
service. For example, insulating a home
allows a building to use less heating and
cooling energy to achieve and maintain a
comfortable temperature
8. Quick 5 EE Terms
Efficacy
The number of lumens produced by a watt used for
lighting a lamp. Lighting Efficiency.
Cost-effective
Having an acceptable payback, return-on-
investment, or savings-to-investment ratio.
9. Quick 5 EE Terms
Solar gain
Heat from the sun that is absorbed by a building and
contributes to the need for cooling.
U-factor
The amount of heat that will flow through a square
foot of building cross-section experiencing a
temperature difference of 1 degree F.
- From Residential Energy, Krigger & Dorsi
11. PACE / AB-811
Property Assessed Clean Energy or “ PACE” programs,
also commonly referred to as AB 811 - style programs, allow
local government entities to offer sustainable energy project
loans to eligible property owners. Through the creation of
financing districts, property owners can finance renewable
onsite generation installations and energy efficiency
improvements through a voluntary assessment on their
property tax bills. The assessment district approach adds a
powerful new option to the clean energy finance landscape.
CCSE’s Role: Facilitator , Educator , Administrator
- From Energycenter.org
12. Where to get more info on PACE
CCSE http://energycenter.org/index.php/incentive-
programs/pace-property-assesed-clean-energy
CaliforniaFirst - http://www.californiafirst.org/
This program will apply to San Diego County
13. Break into groups
Introduce yourself, what you do and why you joined the
group
Spend a few minutes on the top issues related to energy
efficiency that affect you
Put together a list of your top 3 and discuss what we can
do as a group
Select one person from your group to report
15. Ideas for the group
Guest Speakers?
Meeting Places?
Meeting Times?
Meeting Topics?
16. Upcoming events
Movies with Meaning – No Impact Man
CCSE at 6pm, Wednesday, June 9th
EnergyCenter.org > Outreach & Education > Workshop & Event
Calendar
Solar Cooking Demo & Cook Off at CCSE's Solar Day
CCSE at 9am, Saturday, June 19
Kensington Clean Energy Festival
4121 Adams Ave. San Diego, CA
10:30am – 2:30pm
Thanks for coming!