This seminar series will bring together municipalities in the region to share their experiences and resources for reducing energy costs through cost-effective energy efficiency activities. These free seminars will be an excellent opportunity to learn more about best practices for reducing energy costs that you can use in your operations.
Past Seminars:
Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 9:00am-11:00am, Switch on the Energy Savings — A Hands-On Workshop on Indoor Lighting
Location: Upper Darby Township Administration Building
DVRPC hosted a hands-on workshop highlighting opportunities to save energy and money through indoor lighting projects in municipal buildings. Indoor lighting presents a significant opportunity for municipalities to achieve energy and maintenance costs savings while improving lighting quality. This workshop provided a basic overview of current lighting technology, presented case studies of successful projects around the region, and lead participants on a hands-on lighting audit of the Upper Darby Administration Building.
Resources:
- Meeting Agenda [0.1 MB pdf]
- Indoor Lighting Basics [0.5 MB pdf], Jim Clark, (Clark Energy)
- Successful Lighting Projects [0.7 MB pdf], Dianne Herrin, (Practical Energy Solutions)
- Overview of PECO Smart Ideas Incentive and Application Process [0.5 MB pdf], Brendan Cassidy, (ICF International)
- Indoor Lighting Glossary of Terms and Rules of Thumb [0.1 MB pdf]
Wednesday, January 30th, 12:30-3:00pm, Outdoor Area Lighting Best Practices in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Location: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Southeast Regional Office
DVRPC hosted a roundtable on best practices for outdoor area lighting projects. Municipalities can spend a significant portion of their energy bills to power outdoor area lighting for streets, roadways, parking lots, recreation fields, and pedestrian areas. There are significant opportunities for energy efficiency and conservation in outdoor area lighting, which result in reductions in energy and maintenance costs, improved safety, and better lighting quality for residents and businesses. This seminar provided a basic overview for municipalities of the emerging technologies and project considerations for outdoor area lighting.
Presentations:
- Rob Graff, DVRPC
- Scott Stuart and David LaPann, Penn Lighting Associates
- Outdoor Area Lighting Best Practices in Southeastern Pennsylvania [1.3 MB pdf]: Scott and David presented on Technologies for lighting: lamps & fixtures Control Technology, Controlling Use & Application Outdoor lighting project design
- Heather Cowley, PA Department of Environmental Protection
- Addressing Outdoor Lighting in Municipalities [1.7 MB pdf]: Heather provided an overview of the benefits of municipal codes and ordinances for outdoor lighting. This presentation includes a collection of slide material developed by the Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council.
- Jordan Stitzer, PECO: Overview of Act 129.
Resources:
Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council: The goal of the POLC is to improve outdoor lighting practices in Pennsylvania by educating municipal officials and the public about good outdoor lighting.
DOE Municipal Solid State Lighting Consortium (MSSLC): The DOE Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium shares technical information and experiences related to LED street and area lighting demonstrations and serves as an objective resource for evaluating new products on the market intended for street and area lighting applications. Cities, power providers, and others who invest in street and area lighting are invited to join the Consortium and share their experiences.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012, Strategies to Save Money and Energy in Street Lighting: A Roundtable with DVRPC and PECO
DVRPC and PECO hosted a roundtable discussion on strategies to reduce energy use and costs in their street lighting systems.
This roundtable provide an overview of the electric rate design process with a specific focus on the SL-E rate.
- Presentations
- Rob Graff, DVRPC - Introduction and Overview [0.8 MB pdf]
- Scott Neumann, PECO - Rate SL-E Rate Design [1.4 MB pdf]
- Marie Hoey, PECO: Customer Service Street Lighting [0.2 MB pdf]
- We've put together a brief "Summary of PECO's Presentation on the SL-E Tariff" [0.1 MB pdf] to help clarify some of the key elements of the SL-E rate design.
Interested in participating in an Energy Efficient Street Lighting Working Group?
Municipalities have expressed interested in convening a regional street lighting working group to explore issues related to street lighting retrofit projects. These issues include vetting emerging technologies (LED, induction, ceramic metal halide, etc.); project engineering (designing for appropriate lighting levels, delamping over-lit areas, combining service locations on customer-owned poles); and project budgeting and financing. If your municipality is interested in participating in this working group, please let us know by e-mail.
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012, Energy Management Best Practices
Municipalities can achieve significant energy cost savings through simple low- or no-cost improvements to their buildings and facilities. This seminar will highlight best practices for tracking energy use, implementing operations and maintenance improvements, and tracking progress over time.
Location: Lower Merion Township Administration Building
- Agenda [0.3 MB pdf]
- Presentations
- Resources
- The Reinvestment Fund - Energy Efficiency Financing Tips for Municipalities [0.1 MB pdf]
- EnergyWorks: EnergyWorks can provide below-market, flexible financing for four types of building energy efficiency projects throughout southeastern Pennsylvania.
- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager: Portfolio Manager is an interactive energy management tool that allows you to track and assess energy and water consumption across your entire portfolio of buildings in a secure online environment. Whether you own, manage, or hold properties for investment, Portfolio Manager can help you set investment priorities, identify under-performing buildings, verify efficiency improvements, and receive EPA recognition for superior energy performance. Contact Liz Compitello at DVRPC if you are interested in learning more about tracking your building's energy use with Portfolio Manager.
April 11, 2012, LED Traffic Signal Conversion Program
Join us for the first seminar in our 2012 Reducing Energy Costs in Municipal Operations Seminar Series. This seminar will provide information on how to participate in the program, and will highlight the financial and safety benefits of converting incandescent traffic signals to LEDs. DVRPC invites all municipalities in southeastern Pennsylvania counties of Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware to participate in DVRPC's LED Traffic Signal Conversion Program. This program will help municipalities cost-effectively purchase and install LED traffic signal lamps to replace currently-installed incandescent lamps or LED lamps that have reached the end of their useful life. DVRPC's program provides municipalities with streamlined access to low cost lamp procurement and installation.
Location: Springfield Township Administration Building (Delaware County)
- Agenda [0.1 MB pdf]
- Presentation [0.2 MB pdf]
- Sign-in Sheet [0.1 MB pdf]
- Sustainable Energy Fund Municipal Loan/Lease Program [0.1 MB pdf]
- The Reinvestment Fund - Energy Efficiency Financing Tips for Municipalities [0.1 MB pdf]