Energy Efficiency Harnessing a Local Resource

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1 Energy Efficiency Harnessing a Local Resource Jenny Edwards Director, Innovation Exchange Center for Energy and Environment Metro CERT Annual Resource & Networking Event October 18, 2016

2 Community-based nonprofit located in Minneapolis, MN Over 2,000 GWh saved through residential, commercial and industrial efficiency programs Research building and technology field performance Administer 800 home and small business loans annually Facilitate and implement community energy plans Pg. 2

3 Energy Efficiency is a Power Plant Pg. 3

4 Minnesota s 2013 Electricity Fuels Pg. 4

5 The Local Efficiency Resource Pg. 5

6 The Day-to-Day of Energy Efficiency Jacob Dickinson via CC Pg. 6

7 Pg. 7 Photo Credit: City of Seattle via CC

8 Local Context Energy efficiency potential can be harnessed using knowledge of the local building stock Photo: Google Maps Pg. 8

9 Local Context. And community strengths and demographics Ron Cogswell via CC Pg. 9

10 Efficiency is a local, embedded resource Pg. 10

11 Estimating Local Energy Efficiency Pg. 11

12 Solar Resource Mapping Pg. 12 University of Minnesota Solar Suitability Analysis

13 Citywide Consumption Maps Pg. 13

14 Top-Down Metered Energy Use City Neighborhood Building Pg. 14

15 Annual City-Wide Energy Use (2013) Source: Regional Indicators Initiative Pg. 15

16 Estimated Block Level Energy Use Pg. 16

17 Top-Down Metered Energy Use City Neighborhood Building Bottom-Up Efficiency Potential Pg. 17

18 Jenni Conrad via cc Characteristics that Drive Energy Use Age Property Use Size Pg. 18

19 Minneapolis Single Family Homes Pg. 19

20 Apple Valley Single Family Homes Pg. 20

21 Annual kwh Single Family Energy Use Year Built > 1980 Home Square Footage Pg. 21

22 Average Age of Single Family Homes Age of Metro Communities Pg. 22

23 Minnesota Home Builds Source: CEE Pg. 23

24 Home Insulation Potential Annual Therms per parcel Pg. 24

25 Twin Cities Regional Energy Mapping 20 miles With Partners: Pg. 25

26 Multiple Complimentary Data Sources Regional Planning Agency (Met Council) Individual City and County Assessors 1.12 million records 32% 47% 0.54 million records Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) 11% 10% Single Family Home Assumptions Building Footprints Based on community averages 3.14 billion square feet Pg. 26

27 Consistent Building Use Types Health Care Multi-Family Single Family Worship Office Retail Pg. 28

28 Commercial Building Sizes 10,000 50,000 ft2 50,000 to 100,000 ft2 Over 100,000 ft2 Percent of Commercial Floor Area Pg. 29 Source: Twin Cities Regional Energy Mapping Tool

29 Commercial Buildings >100,000 ft2 Percent of Total Commercial Floor Area Pg. 30 Source: Twin Cities Regional Energy Mapping Tool

30 Building Energy Benchmarking Pg. 31

31 Resident Likelihood of Participation Pg. 32 Source:

32 Community Energy Planning Pg. 33

33 Energy Planning Applications Identify program & policy priorities Layer energy priorities with demographics Find common ground among stakeholders Find sister communities with similar characteristics Xcel Energy Partners in Energy Red Wing Community Planning Meeting Pg. 34

34 Top-Down Metered Energy Use City Neighborhood Building Bottom-Up Efficiency Potential Pg. 35

35 Community Energy Reports Pg. 36

36 3-Year Activity (% of Total premises) Existing Energy Efficiency Activity 9.0% 8.0% 7.7% 7.0% 6.8% 6.0% 5.0% 5.1% 4.9% 4.6% 4.8% 5.2% 4.0% 3.0% 2.0% 2.4% 1.7% 3.0% 1.0% 0.0% St. Cloud St. Louis Park Maplewood Mankato Saint Paul Residential Program Penetration Commercial Program Penetration Pg. 37

37 Average Residential Gas Use Pg. 38

38 Efficiency Program Participation Pg. 39

39 Jenny Edwards Director, CEE Innovation Exchange mncee.org/communities

Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership Energy Vision Advisory Committee (EVAC) 4/16/2015

Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership Energy Vision Advisory Committee (EVAC) 4/16/2015 Agenda 3:00 Welcome & Introductions 3:15 Update on EVAC co-chair 3:20 CEP Background & Charge 3:35 EVAC Structure