Weat atherizat ation on A Assistan ance Prog ogram am Upda pdate Erica B Burrin, P Program M Manager Derek S Schroe oeder, P Policy A Advisor or October 20 Oc 2018 18 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 1
Agenda • Status of FY19 Funding and release of the Annual Guidance • T&TA Expenditure Analysis • NEAT Updates • Training (e.g., comprehensive, specific, how to comply) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 2
WAP P P Program Y Year 2 2019 • On September 21, 2018, the President signed the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019, H.R. 5895, Pub. L. No. 115-244, which provides fiscal year (FY) 2019 full-year appropriations through September 30, 2019 . • Under this Act, the Weatherization Assistance Program was appropriated $257,000,000 million . – $500,000 to be made available to current WAP grant recipients via the Weatherization Innovation Pilot Program to develop and implement strategies to treat harmful substances, including vermiculite. – $3,000,000 for training and technical assistance (T&TA) activities at Headquarters. – An additional $9,000,000 of prior year funds has also been reallocated to Grantees through the formula for a total of $262,500,000 . U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 3
WAP P P Program Y Year 2 2019 F Funding • Upon management approval of WPN 19-2 Allocations and the Annual Guidance Package - WPN 19-1 Grant Guidance, ALRD, and Application Instructions - are ready to go through the Green Light process through EERE Communications. – April 1 st Grants • as early as 60 days following Congressional Appropriation bill passage but no later than April 1). – July 1 st Grants • as early as 60 days following Congressional Appropriation bill passage but no later than July 1). U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 4
Review o of P PY2017 T T&TA E Expendi ditu tures U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 5
Energy A Audits s Updat ate • Weatherization Assistant (WA), including NEAT, MHEA and MulTEA energy audits , will be available on a web-accessible platform for developing, performing and reporting electronic energy audits for WAP. – Inputting and reporting to be database compatible and interoperable. – Exporting system to be capable of reporting audit results and completed units. – WA to be upgraded to comply with current WAP rules as defined in Weatherization Program Notices and Memorandums active since the release of current WA version (WA 8.9.0.5) in early 2012. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 6
Energy A Audits s Updat ate • Additional technical capabilities to be added to WA: – MulTEA to be expanded to include high-rise buildings and central HVAC. – NEAT and MHEA updated and improved as follows: • Update some lifetimes of energy conservation measures. • Improve heat pump calculations. • More comprehensive fuel switch analysis and recommendations. • Evaluation and replacement of multiple heating and cooling systems. • Allow tuneup of secondary heating systems. • Implement biomass heating systems and allow wood stoves and pellet stoves as replacements. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 7
Energy gy Audit it U Updates – NEAT and MHEA updates/improvements (cont.): • Implement sealing and insulating return ducts (currently only supply ducts are evaluated). • Implement solar PV evaluation. • Implement leveraging of energy conservation measures. • Implement LED lighting and other modern baseload measures, e.g., advanced power strips, high efficiency ceiling fans and lighting, advanced hot water conservation measures. • Implement solar domestic hot water and heat pump water heaters. • Improve HVAC equipment efficiency modeling and derating. Schedule: Beta version of web-based WA available by end of FY 2019 . U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 8
Trai aining • Comprehensive training covers the entire skillset described by the job task analysis (JTA) for a given job category. E.g., https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy18osti/70977.pdf • Comprehensive training for all field workers (Crew Leaders, Installers, Auditors and QCIs) must be provided on some regular schedule, per WPN 15-4. Grantees can determine that schedule. • Specific training may address single-issues identified as needed during monitoring or other methods. Conferences are also considered “specific” training, since they do not cover an entire JTA. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 9
Trai aining • Comprehensive training can be given over time as a series of courses or evaluations that ensure workers have all the necessary knowledge and skills described in the JTA. • Comprehensive training must be delivered by an accredited training provider. • Accreditation of training providers is similar to certification of workers - a third party (IREC) evaluates the quality of the training curriculum, facilities, continual improvement and more. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 10
QUESTION ONS? erica.burrin@ee.doe.gov derek.schroeder@ee.doe.gov U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY 11
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