ASERTTI News
SAVE THE DATE: ASERTTI Fall
2010 Meeting, October 4-7, 2010
Please mark your calendars for the fall 2010
ASERTTI meeting, which will be held October 4-7 in
Long Island, New York. This
year’s meeting will be hosted by Brookhaven National
Laboratory. More information
regarding the agenda and registration will be coming
soon. Please continue to check
the
ASERTTI website for the latest updates.
DOE Designates New National
Marine Renewable Energy Center for Ocean Energy
Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently
announced that Florida Atlantic University in Boca
Raton, Florida, has been designated a national
center for ocean energy research and development.
This new Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy
Center joins centers in the Pacific Northwest and in
Hawaii that also work to advance the operational
readiness of ocean energy technologies.
In addition to the $1 million in funding
appropriated to Florida Atlantic University last
year, with this designation DOE has awarded the
Center $250,000 to undertake research and
development of technologies capable of generating
renewable power from ocean currents and ocean
thermal energy. Florida Atlantic University is
ideally located to oversee development of equipment
that can generate sustainable, cost-competitive
electricity from ocean energy resources in the
Florida Straits and the Gulf Stream.
Please
click here to read more.
DOE Announces First Graduates
of Data Center Energy Practitioners Program
The U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial
Technologies Program (ITP) recently announced the
first group of participants who have completed the
Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) training
program. The goal of the program is to train diverse
professionals who will become energy experts with
the experience to conduct energy assessments for
data centers, a growing and energy-intensive
industry. Significant knowledge, training, and
skills are required to perform accurate energy
assessments in data centers, and the DCEP program
was designed and implemented in close coordination
with industry stakeholders to train a core group of
professional energy practitioners to help data
centers reduce their energy demands and accelerate
energy savings. Please
click here for the full story and for more
information on the DCEP program.
DOE Releases Annual Wind
Market Report, Finds U.S. Wind Projects using a
Growing Percentage of Domestically Manufactured
Equipment
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently
released its "2009 Wind Technologies Market Report."
This report, authored primarily by DOE's Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, provides a
comprehensive overview of trends in the
rapidly-evolving U.S. wind power market.
According to the report, 2009 was another
record-breaking year for U.S. wind power additions.
The 10 gigawatts of capacity additions represent a
$21 billion investment in new wind power projects,
and enough capacity to power the equivalent of 2.4
million homes. Wind projects accounted for 39% of
all new U.S. electric generating capacity in 2009,
and wind energy is now able to deliver 2.5% of the
nation's electricity supply.
Please
click here for the full story and a link to the
report.
ECW Workshop: Fostering
Sustainable Behavior: Community-Based Social
Marketing, September 16, 2010, Milwaukee, WI
ASERTTI member, the Energy Center of
Wisconsin, is excited to announce internationally
acclaimed social-marketing expert Doug
McKenzie-Mohr, PhD will present, Fostering
Sustainable Behavior: Community-based social
marketing, September 16, 2010 in Milwaukee, WI.
This full-day workshop will provide participants
with a comprehensive, introductory understanding of
community-based social marketing. This
workshop is designed for energy program designers
and implementers, utility program managers,
communications and marketing professionals,
community planners, and professionals in the fields
of energy and sustainable communities. For more
information, including online registration, visit
www.ecw.org/socialmarketing.
From Site to Source: Moving
to a New Metric for Appliance Energy Efficiency
ASERTTI member, Gas Technology Institute,
recently authored an article in the American Public
Gas Association’s magazine, The Source.
In May 2009, the National Academy of Sciences
(NAS) issued a report recommending the use of source
energy as an appropriate basis for federal energy
efficiency standards. Neil
Leslie, author of From Site to Source: Moving to a
New Metric for Appliance Energy Efficiency and GTI’s
R&D director, end use solutions sector, provided
important technical contributions to the NAS
process. The NAS report has led
to a current review by the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) on how it might incorporate source energy
considerations into federal appliance standards.
Please
click here for more on the NAS report and
next steps.
Research and Deployment
Project Will Bring Residential Energy Efficiency
Solutions to Cold-Weather Climates
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building
Technologies Program recently awarded ASERTTI
member, Gas Technology Institute (GTI), with a major
new program aimed at cutting energy use and costs,
along with carbon emissions through residential
retrofit applications in cold-weather climates. GTI
will lead a Building America Team which will support
DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative aimed at bringing
together multiple stakeholders to deliver energy
efficiency upgrades to whole neighborhoods and
cities. Please
click here for the full story.
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