Post Date: 22 April, 2018
Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations are taking a collaborative approach to Strategic Energy Management. The NW SEM Collaborative was formed in 2011 based on the premise that...
Post Date: 23 February, 2018
In 2017, members of the Northwest SEM Collaborative noticed that Wikipedia still didn’t have an entry for Strategic Energy Management. They formed a work group comprised of volunteers from...
Post Date: 15 November, 2017
This 7 minute video outlines the benefits of establishing an energy program and features energy directors from General Motors, CalPortland, Eastman Chemical, Colgate-Palmolive, and Hanesbrands....
Post Date: 15 November, 2017
Teaming Up to Save Energy is a “how-to” guide on building an energy management team. This 40-page booklet discusses the structure, launch, and maintenance of an energy team. Examples from ENERGY...
Post Date: 18 September, 2017
Improving energy efficiency at your business is one of the easiest ways to reduce operating costs. You can invest more in your business and employees, plus reduce your environmental impact and...
Post Date: 18 September, 2017
This document was developed for the U.S. Department of Energy Uniform Methods Project (UMP). The UMP provides model protocols for determining energy and demand savings that result from specific...
Post Date: 18 September, 2017
Many SEM programs are relatively new, and only a handful have reported—much less verified—energy savings due to the challenges in quantifying savings. Some program administrators considering SEM...
Post Date: 18 September, 2017
In this paper, three challenging SEM evaluation areas are discussed: (1) statistically detecting energy savings, (2) designing a sampling strategy, and (3) accounting for equipment and custom...
Post Date: 15 December, 2016
An overview of Industrial SEM, its benefits, and some of the practices used to achieve savings.
Post Date: 15 December, 2016
A high-level overview of SEM in manufacturing, including answers to some frequently asked questions, the benefits of SEM, and a list of some of Oregon's biggest practitioners.
Post Date: 15 December, 2016
This white paper describes the approach, participant progress and challenges, and results of SEM to-date.
Post Date: 15 December, 2016
This white paper summarizes current SEM program designs, key lessons learned and next steps. More broadly the paper comments on the strategic value of regional collaboration in the design and...
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