2017 Q 1 Roundtable Northwest Home Certification Programs

2017 Q 1 Roundtable Northwest Home Certification Programs Neil Grigsby, NEEA Matt Christie, TRC Shannon Todd, TRC

Agenda Updates from NEEA − Better. Built. NW. com − Program-Government Partnerships Guide − Axis: New and Upcoming Features − NW Utility Programs Updates from NW Home Certification Programs 2

Who We Are: The Alliance 3

Priorities for Residential New Construction 1. Encourage reliable energy savings with modeling protocols 2. Develop advanced building science trainings 3. Provide marketing support 4. Improve and streamline data collection 4

Residential New Construction Home certification programs drive code change − 2014: NW ENERGY STAR introduced • Increased market capability to support adoption of advanced building practices − 2016 -17: NEEA extends support to additional home certification programs 5

Home Certification Programs in the Northwest Regional Programs − Built Green − Earth Advantage − Energy Performance Score 6 National Programs − RESNET HERS − ENERGY STAR Certified Homes − DOE’s Zero Energy Ready Homes − National Green Building Standard − Passive House − LEED for Homes − Living Building Challenge

Better. Built. NW. com 7

Better. Built. NW. com Featuring NW home certification programs − News: Program awards, partnerships, updates − Events: Trainings and conferences − Professionals: Development in progress 8

Programs-Government Partnership Guide Objective 1: Identify examples of successful home certification program partnerships with local governments • Research on types of partnerships • Nationwide partnerships data collection 9 Objective 2: Develop a coordination framework for programs and local governments • Data collection through interviews • Case study analysis • Step by Step method for partnership development

Programs-Government Partnership Step-by-Step 10

Programs-Government Partnership Pilots In 2017, NEEA plans to facilitate three pilots between local governments and programs − Work with utilities and programs to identify city candidates − Find Partnership Lead at each government − Facilitate interactions between governments and programs − Develop resources for public use 11

NEEA Data Consolidation 1. Direct use of Axis for program administration and data collection 2. Consolidate data through API connectivity 12

Axis Updates Recently Released − RESNET Provider QA metrics dashboard including Rater of Record, RFI, and QAD tracking − Generation of RESNET Standard Disclosure − Rater inspection tasks (preliminary scheduling functionality) − EPA quarterly reporting aggregation − Ekotrope support (bi-directional API) − NGBS new and existing home certification data visibility 13

Axis Updates In Testing Phase − − RESNET Registry submission Built Green Tri-Cities deployment Earth Advantage Home Certification tracking Auto-population of Appraisal Institute G&EEA and local appraisal forms − Field inspection data collection workflow − NEEA RTF Calculator integration 14

Utility Program Progress Update NEEA and is working to implement a new utility incentive program model for single family homes − Currently seeking early adopters − Utilities may partner with certification programs BPA is developing a multifamily program model − Based on top performing home certification programs 15

PROGRAM SNAPSHOT Let’s share highlights from recent activities and discuss what’s coming up next. 16

Program Snapshots − MF Program spec development − 2015 Washington State Energy Code Adaptations − Axis for Built Green Tri-Cities − ENERGY STAR v 3. 2 for Washington − Brice Lang is at the EPA! − Rater. Pro launch − Utility Grade savings task force − Water Efficiency Rating (WER) launch 17

Contact Us Neil Grigsby NGrigsby@neea. org Matt Christie Mchristie@trcsolutions. com Shannon Todd Stodd@trcsolutions. com Thank you for participating!