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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An overview of Industrial SEM, its benefits, and some of the practices used to achieve savings.
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.
This white paper describes the approach, participant progress and challenges, and results of SEM to-date.
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...
This paper describes the approach, challenges, and results of an industrial SEM pilot with two small cohorts in Montana.
An overview of utility SEM programs, including three program development options and recommendations for utilities considering developing an SEM progrma of their own.
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