Midwest Home Performance: Overview

First Quarterly

Midwest Home
Performance Call

April 27, 2011

Welcome!
Call goals:
– better facilitate communications across state
lines and amongst programs in our region
– Share lessons learned & best practices
– Help HP programs take off in the Midwest!

Midwest Energy Efficiency
Alliance
MEEA is a collaborative
network whose purpose is
to advance energy
efficiency to support
sustainable economic
development and
environmental preservation.

Today’s Call
• Welcome from US EPA and overview of national
program changes
• Introductions from each call participant w/
update on their local program (2-3 min each)
• Kentucky Home Performance presentation
• Discussion around software, data collection and
reporting best practices & challenges

Call Logistics
• Please mute your lines during the KHP
presentation
• Press *6
• Don’t put the line on hold!

Midwest Home Performance Calls Contact
Info
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

Jamie Peters, Program Manager
312-784-7261 / jpeters@mwalliance.org

Will Baker, Program Associate
312-673-2489/ wbaker@mwalliance.org

SAVING ENERGY AND IMPROVING
COMFORT THROUGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
APRIL 27TH 2011 WWW.KYHOMEPERFORMANCE.ORG

Kentucky Homes and Energy
 Kentucky’s 1,747,512 occupied-housing units make up the residential sector
of the state’s energy consumption.
 The residential sector represents 17% of Kentucky’s 2006 energy end-use
consumption and the Btu amount ranks 25th in the nation (344.6 trillion Btu).
 Total energy consumption per capita is among the highest in the nation
(ranked 6th in 2006). East South Central - Household Energy
Expenditures By End Use
 1,122,143 (59%) of homes were
Space Heating
built before 1980. Other
Appliances
26%

and Lighting
 The Kentucky average residential 34%

electricity price of electricity has
steadily climbed since 2000,
increasing 25% from 2000 to 2007.
Air-

 Carbon legislation on the horizon. Refrigerators
Conditioning
16%
7%
Water Heating
17%

KY Home Performance

+36.78%
(136 Trillion BTU)

What is KY Home Performance

 $6.1 million in funding
 Estimated leverage $17.5 million
 1-4 leverage ratio for subsidy
 Will provide rebates or below-market rate loans
 Can be used with utility or manufacturer rebates
 State and federal tax credits may apply
 Other rebates and subsidy may apply

What is KY Home Performance

 Designed to generate energy efficiencies
 Designed to create jobs
 Provides training
 Provides quality assurance
 Provides detailed program tracking
 Provides statewide measurable outcomes

Midwest Home Performance: Overview

Minimum Requirements

• Air tightness of envelope -- .40 nACH or
prescriptive list must be followed
• Duct tightness – 10% rated fan flow or
prescriptive list must be followed
• Insulation levels – attics, floors, rim joists
• BPI combustion safety protocol, including
CO monitors
• See Best Practices webinar for further
details

Eligible Measures for KHP
incentives

• Any work toward Minimum Requirements
• Additional air-sealing and insulation work
• Energy Star rated HVAC equipment,
windows, doors
• Energy Star can lights (insulated)
• 15% possible for related or “precursor”
items

Quality Assurance

QA Criteria
 Quality of measures installed
 Data collection adherence to KHP and BPI requirements
 Installations comply with KHP and BPI requirements
 Appropriate testing and diagnostic procedures
 No health and safety concerns

Vendor Partners & Roles

 Performance Systems Development (PSD)
 AFC First
 Conservation Services Group (CSG)

Utility Partners
 Atmos Energy
 Blue Grass Energy
 Bowling Green Municipals Utilities
 Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc.
 Duke Energy
 Clark Energy
 Columbia Gas
 East Kentucky Power Cooperative
 Hopkinsville Electric System

Utility Partners
 Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation
 Kenergy Corporation
 Kentucky Utilities
 Louisville Gas and Electric - LG&E
 Meade County Rural Electric
 Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative
 Tennessee Valley Authority
 Warren Rural Electric
 Utility partners to be added – Cooperatives and Municipals

Program Results To Date
Pipeline Numbers
 Leads - 124
 Evaluations Submitted - 184
 Evaluations Approved - 165
 Jobs Submitted - 70
 Jobs Approved - 54
 Evaluations Completed 372

Website Visits
 Sept - 3,278
 Oct - 1,976
 Nov -12, 608
 Dec - 300,531
 Jan - 539,123
 Feb - 290,333
 March -148,239

Financial Incentives

Contractors Homeowners
 90% of training and  $150 Rebate for Home Energy
certification costs for BPI Evaluation
Training through KCTCS – KY
Wins  Free Quality Assurance
Inspection of home energy
 KHP Sponsored Trainings improvements by Independent
 KHP 101 & Best Practices Third Party.
 Financing / Rebate
Training  Rebates up to $2,000 1-4
 Software Training match required.
- OR -

 Marketing Support  6.99% loan up to $20,000 max
for up to10 years.

Program Results To Date

• 85 Contractors/Firms Signed up to Date

• Serving 120 KY Counties

• Training to Contractors
• Best Practices = 117 Contractors
• KHP 101 = 121 Contractors
• Software Training = 55 Contractors
• Rebate and Loan Training = 40 Contractors

• Equipment Rebates - 50 Paid

• BPI Training Rebates Processed - 73 paid

• Completed Jobs - 51 Rebates Funded, 50 additional in process

• Loans 3 Funded, 3 in Process

What Happens Next
 Market and Work with Utilities

 Continue Training and Contractor Recruitment

 Quality Assurance

 Identify and Bring Delivery Channels on Line

 Market to Consumers

 Track Program Results

 Long Term Program Sustainability Planning

for Programs

Kentucky Home Performance Software
AA

Roles
PROGRAM MANAGER SERVICE PROVIDERS

HOME OWNER QA

Portal
• Interactive & informative Web
portal
• Designed to educate & engage
homeowner
• Steps homeowner through
process
• Supports questionnaire & web
form
• Access to reports &
recommendations

• Cloud based datahub
• Houses and Manages Data
• Job Tracking & Lead Management
• Accurate savings predictions &
verification
• Supports workflow

• Field audit tool
• Internet-Aware
• Native automatic sync with
Compass
• Designed for residential in-home
audits
• Powerful model simulation &
calculation engine
• In-home customer report

Summary

 Strong Customer interactive & integrated Web portal
 Smooth workflow management for process automation
 Tools for contractor to interact with homeowner
 Tools to increase homeowner participation
 Integrated Residential audit tool
 Industry leading saving predictions & verification
 Program tracking and reporting
 PSD credentials, experience & industry position

Midwest Home Performance: Overview

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