Saturday, June 22, 2013

New York NRG Solar

NRG Introduces Residential Energy Storage System

APRIL 3, 2013

As part of a strategy to tap the consumer residential market, NRG Solar, known mainly for large solar power plants, has designed a home-use solar electric system with energy storage for use. The company will introduce the product, Pergola, in Southern California in late April. So reports Forbes.

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New York NYSERDA

Residential Programs

NYSERDA offers a variery of programs that help New Yorkers reduce energy consumption, and improve the comfort and safety of homes.

New ConstructionHomes built “green” or to the New York ENERGY STAR^® standards provide homeowners with comfortable, durable, environmentally friendly homes that are cost-effective to own and operate.
Existing Home RenovationsFREE or reduced cost comprehensive, whole-house energy assessment or “energy audit” and low-cost financing are available through Home Performance with ENERGY STAR^®.
Renewable EnergyAdvanced technologies such as solar electric, solar thermal, geothermal heating and cooling, and wind power produce heat and/or electricity from renewable resources. Incentives and tax credits are available putting ownership of a renewable energy system within reach.
Low Income AssistanceAdditional incentives are available to low income customers through weatherization assistance, EmPower New York, Assisted Home Performance with ENERGY STAR^®, and Assisted New York ENERGY STAR^® Homes

Last Updated: 04/17/2013

http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/EnResidential Programs NYSERDA

New York Home Energy Audit

Home Energy Audit

As energy costs continue to rise and the condition of the environment worsens, it is now more important than ever to reduce unnecessary energy use in your home, office and daily life.

Your house consumes tremendous quantities of energy through its electric and heating systems. These systems are of course necessary for comfortable modern living. But did you know that much of this energy is going entirely to waste? Wasted energy hurts both your wallet and the environment.

Luckily there's a solution! At The Climate Chief, we provide a FREE comprehensive home energy audit for your home or office. Our goal:assess how much energy your home wastes and introduce a viable solution to make your home as energy efficient as possible. Using infrared cameras we're able to offer cost effective and efficient thermal home inspections home energy assessments.

Here's how it works: Our certified team of energy experts will come to your home and take a thorough account of your homes existing energy systems and their output. We'll also examine your home structurally to see where the energy loss occurs. Once we've identified the holes in your existing system we'll create a detailed report that examines the problem and offers viable solutions and ways to make your home as energy efficient as possible.

Sound complicated? Actually the entire process is remarkably easy and will take our skilled energy auditor just a few hours to complete your home energy audit.

We offer competitive rates and financing on our energy solutions. Plus, whatever money you spend will be saved over and over again as you reduce your home energy costs by up to 40% a month!

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Free/Reduced Cost Energy Audit through NYSERDA - Click Here

NY Home Performance with ENERGY STAR Residential Credit Application - Click Here

http://www.climatechiefinsulation.com/home_energy_audit.html

Delaware Schematic control diagrams

Load leveling versus load shifting applied to air conditioning using phase change thermal storage materials

Description/Abstract Storage assisted air conditioning systems have been designed to reduce peak power requirements. Schematic control diagrams for load shifting and load leveling systems are presented. The thermal energy storage system is the University of Delaware developed Glauber's salt formula with transition temperature of 55/sup 0/F and capacity of 50 Btu/lb with package life estimated at 15 years. Two demonstration residential homes are described and preliminary data presented.
Authors:	Lang, M.
Publication Date:	1980 Dec 01
OSTI Identifier:	7152980
Report Number(s):	CONF-801210-
Resource Type:	Journal Article
Resource Relation:	Journal Name: Alternative Energy Sources; (United States); Journal Volume: 7; Conference: 3. Miami international conference on alternative energy sources, Miami Beach, FL, USA, 15 Dec 1980
Research Org:	Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Country of Publication:	United States
Language:	English
Format:	Size: Pages: 455-461
Other Number(s):	Journal ID: CODEN: ALESD
Subject:	32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; AIR CONDITIONERS; LOAD MANAGEMENT; HOUSES; AIR CONDITIONING; LATENT HEAT STORAGE; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; CHEMICAL PREPARATION; PEAK LOAD; SODIUM SULFATES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; BUILDINGS; CONTROL; ENERGY STORAGE; EQUIPMENT; HEAT STORAGE; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; STORAGE; SULFATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS
Update Date:	2009 Dec 17

http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=7152980

Delaware Energy Education

Energy Education

Knowledge is Power

Making your home or business energy efficient and protecting our environment may sound costly or complicated, but it’s not. In fact you only have to remember three things:

RETHINK how you use energy;
RECEIVE rebates and tips on saving energy and money;
As a result, join in the movement to RENEW our planet.

That’s what Energize Delaware is all about. We provide rebates, tips and other energy-saving solutions to residents who want to reduce their utility bills and protect our state’s natural resources.

Savings Throughout the Year

Energize Delaware has some low- and no-cost tips to help you get started saving money and energy!

Tips on saving energy.
Home Energy Audits. You can use a do-it-yourself audit tool, or have an energy auditor come to your house to help identify ways to save through the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® Program. Financing is now available too!
Community Events. Check out our listing of local events that are open to the public. Energize Delaware participates in many of the events listed.
Calculate Your Carbon Footprint. If we all take simple steps to create less greenhouse gases, we can reduce the effects of climate change.
Links. We provide a resource of additional websites you might find helpful.
Ask the Energy Expert. Do you have an energy question that is keeping you up at night? Our experts are ready to help you! We also provide a list of recently asked questions that other Delawareans submitted.

Still have questions? Call us at 302-883-3048 or email us at tony.deprima@deseu.org.

Program Literature
Energy Saving Tips
- Fall
- Winter
- Spring
- Summer
- Tax Savings Tips
Home Energy Audits
Links
FAQs

http://www.energizedelaware.org/Energy-Education/

District of Columbia Residential Energy Storage Opportunity

Sizing Up the Residential Energy Storage Opportunity

Energy Storage for Homes, Residential Solar Arrays

When considering present opportunities in the residential energy storage market, we need to ask ourselves two things: 1. Is it viable and 2. Is it adoptable; perhaps not in that order, though. Residential energy storage viability has a lot of aspects to it, both in categories and to whom it applies. There’s financial viability and functional viability to name the top two, and the players range from technology mind smiths to manufacturers to retailers (likely to be utilities or utility/producer partnerships, and power purchasing agreement providers) to end-users whose sense of viability is the foundation of adoptability. With adoptability, what we’re looking at is the public’s current and potential willingness to embrace the technology, not to mention prospective sellers’ interpretation of this market segment’s interest level, which could prompt or discourage them to get the word and product out there.

Putting aside industry-wide speculation and the assumptions of the interested public (that energy storage is simply the key to all our energy problems), let’s look at some direct applications that show us where community and residential energy storage (CRES) is succeeding right now and how it spotlights growth potential.

Earlier this month, we saw Panasonic Corp. beginning mass-production of a compact lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery storage system for the European residential market. This kilowatt scale battery production comes in addition to the company’s recent move to increase investing in development of large-scale energy storage, namely with a largely publicized partnership with Siemens. Answering the question “Why now?” we can address both questions of viability and adoptability in the market.

In countries across Europe, motivated to reduce energy costs and by increasing government pricing incentives, there is a greater and growing movement among residents to adopt rooftop solar. Panasonic is simply pursuing an opportunity in the market to provide complementary technology to home PV adopters, particularly after piloting a successful program in partnership with the German engineering firm E3/DC to install battery storage systems in households in Germany (Panasonic supplied the Li-ion batteries for E3/DC’s systems). Here, market opportunity is demonstrated in consumers’ investments in both on-site renewable technology and the complementary storage tech that optimizes their investments.

In Korea, $64.5 billion of cleantech monies are being invested between 2009 and 2013 on Jeju Island in what is expected to become the world’s largest Smart Grid community. The investment naturally includes advanced CRES technologies, research and development to greater innovate solutions, and concentrated development of business models needed to help make energy storage successful in small-scale markets.

On this side of the pond, there have been a number of programs piloted to test and then scale residential battery energy storage adoption in recent months. Late last year, the California Utility Commission awarded $14.6 million to CRES research and development, including $1.8M to residential photovoltaic company SolarCity to research the feasibility of storing electricity generated by rooftop solar arrays in batteries provided by Tesla. Similar research and community pilot programs have sprung up across the U.S.

Taking a look at how a CRES system works (indeed how residential battery systems work in general) we can speak to the question of functional viability – of course they work, and well. The battery management system (BMS) controls charge and discharge of the energy stored in the battery depending on the resident’s needs per their power usage. Here’s the quick 1 – 2 of domestic energy storage charge/discharge function:

http://bevault.com/sizing-up-the-residential-energy-storage-opportunity/

District of Columbia Free Home Energy Audits from DDOE

Free Home Energy Audits from DDOE

If you are a homeowner in the District of Columbia, and your home is:

Single-family or townhouse (no condominiums or co-ops)
4,000 square feet or less

You can apply for a free home energy audit from DDOE (no income guidelines required).

This program promotes energy efficiency assessments for single family homes in the District. Based on a home energy rating system, auditors will suggest specific cost-effective, energy efficient improvements that should be done to reduce the home's operational costs and improve comfort.

Such improvements and ratings may help you qualify for lower rate mortgages or energy efficiency home mortgages. Your energy rating should also help sellers be more attractive to home buyers.

What is a home energy rating?

The Home Energy Rating is a standard measurement of a home's energy efficiency. An energy rating allows a homebuyer to easily compare the energy costs for the homes being considered. A homeowner who wants to upgrade the home's energy efficiency can use the energy rating to evaluate and pinpoint specific cost-effective improvement needs.

Home energy ratings involve an on-site inspection of a home by a residential energy efficiency professional, a home energy rater. DDOE has selected Access Green, Carbon Cross DBA EcoHouse and Elysian Energy, LLC to conduct the Home Energy Ratings. As a rule, home energy raters come from either the housing or energy fields. Their backgrounds include experience as home inspectors, appraisers, energy auditors, low-income Weatherization contractors, and energy efficient homebuilders and designers.

The home energy rater inspects the home and measures energy characteristics such as: insulation levels, window efficiency, wall-to-wall ratios, the heating and cooling system efficiency, the solar orientation of the home, and the water heating system. Diagnostic testing, which may include a blower door for air leakage and duct leakage testing, is often part of the rating.

The data gathered by the home energy rater is entered into a computer program and translated into points. The home receives a point score between 1 and 100, depending on its relative efficiency. An estimate of the home's energy costs is also provided. The home's energy efficiency is then equated to a STAR rating ranging from 1 STAR for a very inefficient home to a 5 STAR for a highly efficient home. Along with the rating sheet, homeowners receive a report listing cost-effective options for improving the home's energy rating.

FIVE STAR + (PLUS)	= EXTREMELY EFFICIENT
FIVE STAR	= VERY EFFICENT
FOUR STAR + +	= EFFICIENT
FOUR STAR	= GOOD
THREE STAR + +	= ABOVE AVERAGE
THREE STAR	= AVERAGE
TWO STAR + +	= BELOW AVERAGE
TWO STAR	= FAIR
ONE STAR + +	= POOR
ONE STAR	= EXTREMLY POOR

One of the major differences between a home energy rating and an energy audit or weatherization assessment is that the rating is a recognized tool in the mortgage process. Home energy ratings are valuable to the housing industry and can be utilized in a variety of ways. The information derived from the home energy rating provides important information about a home's performance and the economic analysis necessary to support lending decisions.

If you do not meet the requirements for free assistance, take a look at our DIY Home Energy Audit guidelines.

After you receive the FREE Home Energy Audit, you may be eligible to receive a rebate for audit identified energy measures. For more information go to DCSEU - Home Performance.

Contact TTY:

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Maryland Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)

Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)

About WAP

The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), operated by the Department of Housing and Community Development’s Housing and Building Energy Programs section, helps eligible low income households with the installation of energy conservation materials in their dwelling units. These measures both reduce the consumption of energy and the cost of maintenance for these homes. Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Electric Universal Service Program, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Washington Gas and participating EmPOWER Maryland utility companies. Please also see the EmPOWER Low Income Energy Efficiency Program (LIEEP).

Eligible Applicants

Owner applicants must be income eligible (currently 200% of federal poverty level) and able to prove ownership of the housing unit. For rental units, landlords must prove ownership and also agree to participate. Priority is given to homeowners who are elderly, disabled, have families with children and/or have the highest energy consumption.

Current Annual Household Income Eligibility Guidelines
SIZE OF FAMILY UNIT	MAXIMUM ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME (200% OF FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL)
1	$22,980
2	$31,020
3	$39,060
4	$47,100
5	$55,140
6	$63,180
7	$71,220
8	$79,260
For families with more than 8 persons, add $4,020 for each additional person.

Applying for Assistance

Interested persons may apply to the local agency that serves the political jurisdictions in which they reside (see chart) or directly through the Maryland Energy Assistance Program.

Service Delivery Options

Once eligibility is determined, the local agency will schedule an energy audit inspection. If the existing condition of the dwelling permits, the program may provide the following treatments to make the unit more energy efficient:

blower door air infiltration reduction
insulation in the attic, floors, walls
Hot water system improvements
Lighting retrofit
furnace clean/tune, safety repairs, burner retrofit or replacement
Health and safety items

Weatherization Local Agency Network

COUNTY	PHONE NUMBER	COUNTY	PHONE NUMBER
Allegany Allegany Human Resources Development Commission	301-783-1724	HarfordMD Energy Conservation	866-879-2283
Anne Arundel MD Energy Conservation	866-879-2283	HowardCommunity Action Council of Howard Co.	410-313-6440
Baltimore City Balto. City Dept of Housing/WAP Program	443-984-1066	KentUpper Shore Aging	410-778-1799
Baltimore County Community Assistance Network	410-285-4674	MontgomeryMontgomery Co. Dept. of Housing	240-777-3788
Baltimore County Diversified Housing Development	410-496-1214	Prince George'sC&O Conservation, Inc.	877-313-9337
Baltimore CountyMD Energy Conservation	866-879-2283	Prince George'sCounty DHCD	301-883-5491
CalvertSo. MD Tri-County Community Action Comm.	301-274-4474	Queen AnneUpper Shore Aging	410-778-1799
CarolineUpper Shore Aging	410-778-1799	St. Mary'sSo. MD Tri-County Community Action Comm.	301-274-4474
CarrollCarroll Co. Citizen Services	410-386-3600	SomersetShore Up! Inc.	410-749-1142
CecilMD Energy Conservation	866-879-2283	TalbotUpper Shore Aging	410-778-1799
CharlesSo. MD Tri-County Community Action Comm.	301-274-4474	WashingtonC&O Conservation	240-313-9337
DorchesterMD Energy Conservation	866-879-2283	WashingtonWashington Co. Community Action Council	301-797-4161
FrederickFrederick Community Action Agency	301-600-2070	WicomicoShore Up! Inc.	410-749-1142
GarrettGarrett Co. Community Action Committee	301-533-9018	WorcesterShore Up! Inc.	410-749-1142

For More Information, Please Contact:

Housing and Building Energy Programs - Weatherization Assistance Program
Community Development Administration
100 Community Place
Crownsville, MD 21032
1-855-583-8976
http://www.mdhousing.org/Website/Programs/wap

For information on the Maryland Energy Assistance Program, please call 1-800-352-1446.

http://www.dhcd.state.md.us/Website/Programs/WAP/Default.aspx

Maryland FirstEnergy (Potomac Edison)

FirstEnergy (Potomac Edison) - Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Program

Last DSIRE Review: 11/08/2012

Program Overview:

State:	Maryland
Incentive Type:	Utility Rebate Program
Eligible Efficiency Technologies:	Clothes Washers, Refrigerators, Dehumidifiers, Water Heaters, Lighting, Heat pumps, Central Air conditioners, Duct/Air sealing, Building Insulation, Comprehensive Measures/Whole Building, Room Air Conditioners, Appliance Recycling, ECM Motors, LED Lighting, Heat Pump Water Heaters
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:	Geothermal Heat Pumps
Applicable Sectors:	Residential
Amount:	Refrigerator-Freezers: Up to $150 Freezers: $75 Room AC: $25 Clothes Washer: Up to $100 CFL Bulbs: $1.50/bulb LED Fixtures: $30/unit Torchiere Floor Lamps: $15/unit CFL Fixtures: $10/unit Heat Pump Water Heaters: $350/unit Storage Water Heaters: $25 Dehumidifier: $25 Room AC Recycling: $25 Refrigerator Recycling: $50 Freezer Recycling: $50 Central AC/Heat Pump Tune Up: $100 ECM Motor: $40 Central AC: $300-$500 Heat Pump: Up to $500 Geothermal Heat Pump: $500 Home Performance with Energy Star: 50% of home improvements, up to $2,000
Maximum Incentive:	Room AC/Room AC Recycling: Limit 3 All Other Appliances: Limit 1 per household Home Performance Programs: 15% of cost for insulation
Equipment Requirements:	Lighting/Appliances: Must be ENERGY STAR qualified CFL's: UPC labels from packages Refrigerator/Freezer: Only available when old unit recycled properly; old units must be between 10-30 cu. ft. Central AC/Heat Pump: SEER 14.5, EER 12, HSPF 8.5 Ductless Mini-Split AC/Heat Pump: SEER 15, EER 12
Expiration Date:	12/31/2014
Web Site:	https://www.firstenergycorp.com/save_energy/save_energy_maryland....

Summary:

FirstEnergy (Potomac Edison) offers incentives to Maryland residential customers who are interested in upgrading to more energy efficient appliances and HVAC systems. Rebates are available on washers, refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, CFL light bulbs, Central A/C, heat pumps, and various recycled appliances. Most appliances are only eligible for one rebate per customer per year, however room ac units have a maximum limit of 3 per customer. All efficiency and equipment standards on the Potomac Edison program web site and booklet must be met in order to receive rebates. See program web site listed above for more information on eligible equipment and program guidelines. Customers are asked to allow six to eight weeks for processing.

Contact:

FirstEnergy (Potomac Edison)
76 South Main Street
Akron, OH 44308
Phone: (800) 646-0400
Web Site: https://www.firstenergycorp.com/save_energy/save_energy_maryland.html

http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=MD51F

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