Presentations

Please find below the list of presentations that were made available for downloading. All presentations are organized in the order of the conference agenda and grouped by session.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20

Lightning Session: Marketing
Moderator: Carol Suhan, Fortis BC

• Assessing the Effectiveness of EE Campaigns in India – Heather Worley, World Bank
• Coordinating on National ENERGY STAR® Promotions to Improve Regional Success – Rosemarie Stephens-Booker, EPA Energy Star
• A Year of Insights from Energy Wire: We’ve Got a Big Marketing Problem!!! – Mary Stewart, KSV
• Changing the Conversation on Energy: How Framing Can Impact Behavior – Rebecca Sokoloski, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Smart Home Shopping: Insights from Research at Retailers – Angela Sanguinetti, SEE Change Institute
• Change Perceptions, Change Lives: Successfully Reaching Lower-Income Residents – Beth Parsons, Tennessee Valley Authority
• Virtual Reality: Can VR be Used to Educate People on Energy Efficiency? – Mitch Moore, Center for Sustainable Energy

Asking Big Questions
Moderator: Amy Wolfe, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Planning for Energy Efficiency in a Large Healthcare Organization – Troy Savage, Mazzetti
• Determining Optimal Carbon Display Properties: How the Presentation of Information Influences Willingness to Pay for Carbon Reductions – Steven Isley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Energy-Efficiency Investment: Why Do Firms Apply Such Restrictive Financial Methods and Selection Criteria? – Catherine Cooremans, University of Neuchâtel
• Chains, Nodes, Nexus(es) and Needs to Tip Energy Behavior Profoundly – Darrell Beschen, U.S. Department of Energy

RCT and Quasi-Experimental Design: Results from the Field
Moderator: Sharyn Barata, Opinion Dynamics

• Go for the Silver? “Gold Standard” RCT Versus Quasi-Experimental Methods – Anna Spurlock, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Random Assignment + Billing Analysis + Thermostat Data = Reliable Savings Estimates for Smart Thermostats? – Lucy Morris, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Encouraging Sustainable Practices Beyond Here and Now: The Case of Programmable Thermostats for Low-Income Tenants – Joana Abreu, Fraunhofer CSE
• The Impact of Smart Technology on Consumer Welfare – Justin Ho, University of California, Irvine

Electric Vehicle Usage and Adoption
Moderator: Gil Tal, University of California, Davis

• How Do Two-Car Households Experience a Battery Electric Vehicle? – Frances Sprei, Chalmers University of Technology
• Characterizing California Electric Vehicle Consumers Segments – Brett Williams, Center for Sustainable Energy
• Merging Expert Perspectives to Site DC Fast Charging – Morgan Metcalf, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Social Adoption of Plug-In Electric Vehicles: Modeling and Policy Review – Michael Maness, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

State and Local Programs
Moderator: Courtney Henderson, Illume Advising

• Town and Gown Energy Partnerships: Renters, Split Incentives, and the Smart Grid – Daniel Fredman, University of Vermont
• Cut the Waste: Lessons from Oklahoma’s 20×2020 State Energy Program – Claire Farr, ES2
• A Place-Based Educational Videogame on Climate Change: Future Delta 2.0 – Alicia LaValle, University of British Columbia
• Promise and Pitfalls of Rural Small Business Energy Efficiency Campaigns – Alexis Troschinetz, Clean Energy Resource Teams, University of Minnesota Extension

Panel Session: Keep the Change: The Persistence of New Energy Behaviors
Moderator: Kira Ashby, Consortium for Energy Efficiency, Inc.

Panelists:
⦁ Bruce Ceniceros, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
⦁ Vincent Gutierrez, Commonwealth Edison
⦁ Bill Mann, Duke Energy
⦁ Steve Menges, National Grid

Lightning Session: Water, Waste and Consumption
Moderator: Gene Rodrigues, ICF

• Can Water Teach Electricity about Designing Behavioral Efficiency Programs? – Kate Zerrenner, Environmental Defense Fund
• Trash Talk and Action: Improving Waste Diversion through Organizational Change – Laurèn DeMates, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Commercial Recycling Programs: What Drives These Behaviors? – Gary Horton, Horton Consulting (presented by Lisa Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates)
• Effect of Social Norms on Residential Water Conservation – Christine Jaeger, California State University, San Marcos
• Water and Energy—Meet Sustainability – Amy McLean Salls, The United Illuminating Company
• It IS Possible to Conduct Positive, Productive Stakeholder Meetings in Energy, Recycling, and the Environment: Colorado’s “Future of Recycling” Project as an Example – Michael Santulli, Econservation Institute (presented by Dana D’Souza, Skumatz Economic Research Associates)
• Contingent and Non-Contingent Incentives on Recycling Behavior – Daniel Schwartz, University of Chile
• Lectures or Lawn Coaches? Behavior Beyond End-of-Program Intentions – Jessica Branom-Zwick, Cascadia Consulting Group

Think You Know Home Energy Reports? Think Again!
Moderator: Debbie Brannan, Navigant

• A Look Inside Those Average HER Savings – Anthony Duer, Applied Energy Group
• Home Energy Reports: Who Is Driving the Savings? Using Multi-level Models to Identify High, Medium, and Negative Savers – Olivia Patterson, Opinion Dynamics
• Lifting the Lid on “Lift”: The Importance of Overlapping Savings – Kelly Marrin, Applied Energy Group

Effective Climate Change Communication
Moderator: Maria Vargas, U.S. Department of Energy

• Words Matter – Suzanne Shelton, Shelton Group
• From Skepticism to Engagement: Making Climate Communication on Social Media Relevant to the American Public – Irina Feygina, Climate Central
• Motivating Sustainable Behavior through the Anticipation of Positive Future Emotions – Claudia Schneider, Columbia University

Behavior Change in Large Organizations
Moderator: Holly Barrett, Brand Cool

• Workplace Engagement: Finding and Filling the Gaps for Fruitful Energy Savings – Kat Donnelly, Empower Efficiency
• Exploring New Dimensions of Eco-Feedback: A Tangible, Community-Level Energy Display for a ZNE Building – Kelsea Dombrovski, University of California, Davis
• Duke Energy’s Smart Energy in Offices: Year Two and Beyond – Julie Hyde, Duke Energy
• Behavior Change for a City: Urban Smart Bellevue – Emma Johnson, City of Bellevue

Making People and Buildings Smarter with Technology
Moderator: Elizabeth Titus, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

• Leveraging Smart Meters to Benefit Low-Income Customers – Heather Roth, Oracle
• Occupant Engaged: A High-Performance Building Control Strategy for Engaging Occupants – Shanti Pless, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• There’s an App for That: Can Mobile Technology Impact Behavior? – Honey Berk, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems
• Smart Grid Technologies and Services: Will Consumers Engage? – Jordan Folks, Research into Action

Panel Session: Decision Science and the Transportation Revolution – Part 1
Moderator: Margaret Taylor, PEEC, Stanford University

Presenters:

• Traveler Response Architecture using Novel Signaling for Network Efficiency in Transportation (TRANSNET) – Kristen Brown, Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy
• Decision Science in the Systems and Modeling for Accelerated Research in Transportation (SMART) Mobility Consortium – Reuben Sarkar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
• Changing Consumer Behavior through Outreach and Awareness – Robert Graham, Director, EV Everywhere, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

Discussants:
⦁ Systems Analysis – Lei Zhang, Director, National Transportation Center, University Maryland
⦁ Demand Models and Surveys – Colin Smith, Director, Resource Systems Group, Inc.
⦁ Consumer Behavior – Rebecca Lindland, Kelley Blue Book
⦁ Competitive Strategy – John Paul MacDuffie, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

Lightning Session: Models and Metrics
Moderator: Jennie Rice, Cadmus

• Ontology-Based Semantic Modeling for Occupant-Centered Building Energy Performance – Zhidan Zhao, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
• Inter-state Transfer of Energy Efficiency Programs in the United States – Cheng-Hao Shih, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware
• Household Archetypes and Behavioral Patterns in UK Domestic Energy Use – Hui Ben, University of Cambridge
• Frog Princes and Free-Ridership: Contractor Influence in Residential Programs – Ryan Bliss, Research Into Action
• Applying Decision Science Methods to Commercial Building Energy Efficiency – Nichole Hanus, Carnegie Mellon University
• Understanding the Impact of Time-of-Use Electric Rates at the Household Level – Christina Machak, Center for Sustainable Energy
• Retention, TDFs, and EULs in Behavioral Programs: What Are the Results and Specific Program Implementation Implications? – Lisa Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc.

Engaging Low-Income Communities
Moderator: Michael Li, U.S. Department of Energy

• The Use of Efficiency Coaching to Create Behavior Change in the Low-Income Sector – Anita Kelman, Capstone Community Action
• Smartphone and Low-Income Housing: A Unique Opportunity for Energy Conservation – DeAndrea Newman Salvador, Renewable Energy Transition Initiative
• Using Environmental and Public Health Messages to Motivate Energy Conservation – Wesley Schultz, California State University, San Marcos
• Environmental Education for K-5 Kids in Affordable Multifamily Communities – Emma Starkman, Foundation Communities

Attitudes, Choices, and Theories of Decision-Making
Moderator: Jenna Bagnall-Reilly, West Hill Energy & Computing

• Broadening the Tent of Environmental Attitudes Scales – Cameron Brick, Hamilton College
• What Drives Interest in Rooftop Solar? Insights from the Field and Theory – Kim Wolske, University of Michigan
• Information Salience and Behavior Change in Solar: Three Experiments – Ariane Beck, The University of Texas at Austin
• Assessing Public Perceptions of Energy Tradeoffs with Discrete Choice Analysis – Brian Sergi, Carnegie Mellon University

Battle of the Continents: Innovative National Policies from Europe, Asia, and North America
Moderator: Steve Nadel, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

• Analysis of Innovative Information Measures to Promote Behavior Change in EU Member States – Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission (presented by Beth Karlin, SEE Change Institute)
• Connected Thermostats: The ENERGY STAR® Approach to Demonstrating Savings – Abigail Daken, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Psychological Barriers to Bipartisan Public Support for Carbon Pricing Policy – Phillip Ehret, University of California, Santa Barbara
• The Efficacy of UNDP-GEF’s BRESL Program on Energy-Efficient Fans Market: A Behavioral Analysis – Humera Farah, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad

Proven Approaches to Program Design That Drive Behavior Change and Conservation
Moderator: Susan Norris, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

• Lessons Learned from Past Behavioral Change Initiatives – Peter Love, York University
• Change Agents in the Military: The Flash Mob Versus the Choir – Laura Michael, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Moving from Insights to Interventions: Saving Fuel, Changing Culture – Amy K. Wolfe, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Estimating the Impact of Exceptional Climate Change Education on Individual Lifetime Carbon Emissions – Eugene Cordero, San Jose State University

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

Lightning Session: Stronger Together: Leveraging Groups for Behavior Change
Moderator: Cathy DuBois, Kent State

• Inspiring Organizational Change through Grassroots Green Initiatives – Shauna Thompson, Independent Environmental Consultant
• Transforming Towns and Cities into Sustainable Energy Communities – Samantha Sojka, Eversource Energy
• Building Sustainability through Institutional Behavior Change – Christopher Payne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• An Integrated Framework to Untangle the Decision-Making Process of Energy Saving for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Taiwan – Der-Fang Hung, Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Tips for Tips: Effective Strategies for Presenting Behavioral Recommendations – Jason Kaufman, SEE Change Institute
• Engaging Local Governments to Prioritize Energy Efficiency and Climate Action Planning: Lessons from Utility-Government Partnerships – Jen Loomis, Research Into Action
• Who Are the Contractors Who Serve Small Businesses? – Karen Maoz, DNV GL
• Change Leadership for a Changing Climate: Positive Deviance, Innovation, and Institutional Investing – Abigail Abrash Walton, Antioch University New England
• Online Energy Portals for Businesses: How Well Do They Align with the Values and Perspectives of Small and Medium Business Owners? – Amy Meyer, Navigant (presented by Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, Navigant)

Effects on Behavior: Finding Relevant Factors
Moderator: Kelly Kuehn, Duke Energy

• Design Learning from the Extremes? Energy Efficiency in Saudi Arabia – Gomathi Sadhasivan, DNV GL
• Which Buttons Should We Push to Maximize Energy Savings? – Marta Lopes, IPC-ESAC, INESC Coimbra
• Customer Behavior and Engagement in a Smart Grid Pilot – Dana Max, Navigant
• Behavioral Considerations for Effective Time-Varying Electricity Prices — Ian Schneider, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Municipal-Level Policy: The Importance of Engagement
Moderator: Kristin Heinemeier, University of California, Davis

• Seizing the Moment: Helping Homeowners Make an Efficient Choice – Josh Brock, Renovate America
• Going Farther Together: How 31 Local Government Entities Collaborated to Procure Solar Garden Subscriptions at Low Cost – Trevor Drake, Great Plains Institute/Clean Energy Resource Teams
• Shaping Sustainable Energy Practices in the City of Orlando – Brittany Sellers, City of Orlando
• Crowd-Sourcing Low-Carbon Behavior in Ontario – Alena Grunwald, Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Clarity Begins at Home: Insights into Residential Behavior
Moderator: Bruce Ceniceros, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

• The United States on 10-15 kWh/Day – Philip Coleman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Energy Cultures: Renting in a University Town – Elizabeth Palchak, University of Vermont
• Factors Relating to Energy Saving in Households: Evaluating Behavioral and Demographic Variables in a Smart Home Project – Saraansh Dave, Toshiba Research Europe, Ltd.
• Certified Community Energy Ambassadors: Developing a Local Network of Support for Ongoing Action – Christine Granger, Cool Davis

Get Out of Your Car: New Mobility for the 21st Century
Moderator: Shruti Vaidyanathan, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

• Measuring Transportation Behavior Change: Past, Present, and Future – Cathy Cibor, Alta Planning + Design
• Impact of a Daily Season Parking Scheme on Car Park Usage at the Workplace – Waiyan Leong, Land Transport Authority
• Aligning Incentives and Public-Private Actors to Realize Co-Benefits for Smart Urban Mobility – Joshua Sperling, New Concepts Incubator, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Panel Session: Using Behavioral, Cultural, and Social Insights to Expand Uptake of Residential Energy Efficiency
Moderator: Tim Treadwell, Center for Sustainable Energy

Panelists:
⦁ Stephanie Berkland, TRC Energy Services
⦁ Susan Mazur-Stommen, Indicia Consulting, LLC
⦁ Andy Campbell, Energy Institute at Haas

Lightning Session: Influencing Clean Vehicles, Shared or Active Mobility Decisions: Lessons from the Field
Moderator: Frances Sprei, Chalmers University of Technology

• The Effect of Gasoline Prices on the Willingness to Consider Fuel-Efficient Vehicles – Yeong Jae Kim, Georgia Tech
• EV Adoption Trends Across the United States – Georgina Arreola, Center for Sustainable Energy
• Socially Optimal Replacement of Conventional Vehicles with Electric Vehicles for the U.S. Household Fleet – Eleftheria Kontou, University of Florida
• New Car Insurance Models for Shared Mobility – Allen Greenberg, U.S. Department of Transportation/FHWA
• Alternative Fuel Vehicles: Who Buys, Who Might Buy, and What Can Induce Them to Buy? – Rubal Dua, KAPSARC
• Evaluating SRTS Program Impacts on CO2 Emissions – Ursula Vogler, Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Seeing Around Corners: Innovative Approaches to Program Design
Moderator: Tim Pettit, DNV-GL

• Look Before You Leap: Leveraging Landscape Analysis As a Method for Behavioral Program Selection, Design, and Improvement – Lea Lupkin, Yale University/SEE Change Institute
• Design Thinking: An Innovative Approach for Utilities to Unlock Customer Value – Jenni Cathcart, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
• Mapping the Customer Journey: Pathways to Satisfaction and Deeper Savings – Amanda Dwelley, ILLUME Advising
• How We Decide: Evaluating Strategies and Trade-Offs – Cole Roberts, Arup

Scaling Up Solar Deployment: Modeling Behavior in Markets, Participation, and Adoption
Moderator: Susan Mazur-Stommen, Indicia Consulting

• The Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) Program – Dave Rench McCauley, U.S. Department of Energy
• What Are the Financial and Social Costs/Benefits of Different Community-Based Solar Approaches? – Sharon Klein, School of Economics, University of Maine
• Information Preferences for Solar PV Adoption: Comparing Two Markets – D. Cale Reeves, LBJ School of Public Affairs

Engaging Stakeholders in Complex Organizations
Moderator: Kathy Kuntz, Cool Choices

• Connecting the Dots in Higher Performing Buildings: What K-12, Higher Ed, and Government Have in Common – Ashley Ruiz, McKinstry
• Behavior Change Begins with Education – Laura Divine, The Energy Coalition
• Using One Program for Multiple Resource Savings in Multi-family Complexes – Patrice Ignelzi, Applied Energy Group

Getting Consumers to Yes: Marketing Insights from Acquisition to Action
Moderator: Jennifer Hampton, Navigant

• Using an Online Marketplace to Boost Participation in Residential Plug Load Appliance Programs: Lessons Learned from PG&E, Snohomish PUD, and LADWP – Alex Katzman, Enervee
• How to Stay Relevant to Your Customer: Personalization Versus Segmentation – Cavan Chasan, KSV
• Closing the Values-Action Gap: Motivating Energy Efficient Home Construction – Ben Block, Clean Markets
• How Smart Utilities Can Master Communication with Millennials and Why They Should – Ashley Nicholls, KSV

Panel Session: Leveraging Audience Identity to Drive Behavior
Moderator: Col. James Caley (ret.), U.S. Navy

Panelists:
⦁ Defining Energy Consumer Identities from 10 Years of Energy Pulse™ Data – Lee Ann Head, Shelton Group
⦁ Granny’s Got Game: Using Games Across Demographic Segments – Robert Feeney, Ringorang
⦁ Energy Is Me: Tying Energy to the U.S. Marines’ Warrior Ethos – Darrin Kayser, Booz Allen Hamilton

Lightning Session: What Did You Do? Programs and Insights
Moderator: Lisa Cascio, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

• Home Energy Report Pilot: Large-Scale Look at Consumer Behavior in Japan – Sho Hirayama, Jyukankyo
• MyHER Program: Getting Bigger, Better, Greener – Kelly Kuehn, Duke Energy
• Climate Change in Cities: Retrofitting New York Multi-family Housing for Resilience – Katherine Gloede, University of Virginia
• Market Transformation: Changing Behaviors in Residential New Construction in the Northwest – Anu Teja, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
• One of These Households Is Not Like the Other: Capitalizing on Household Diversity – Annika Todd, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Just Do That: Targeting High-Impact Behaviors via Engagement Games – Kathy Kuntz, Cool Choices
• Stacking Behavior in Our Favor: A Digital Behavioral Intervention Pilot – Laura Orfanedes, Fiveworx
• Softening the Tone: Improving HER Program Satisfaction – Molly Podolefsky, Navigant
• ENERGY STAR® Home Advisor: Taking Our Energy Efficiency Work Home – Rebecca Hudson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Panel Session: Organizational Decisions on Moving Goods
Moderator: Rachael Nealer, U.S. Department of Energy

Panelists:
⦁ Buddy Polovick, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay
⦁ Shama Campbell, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
⦁ Jim Dwyer, Maryland Port Administration

Getting Smart about Smart Homes
Moderator: Beth Karlin, ‎University of Southern California

• Homeowner Behavior in the First Net Zero Energy Townhomes in the United States – Aaron Adelstein, Master Builders Association
• Can Smart Thermostats Help Residential Customers Reduce Heating Usage? – Dan Rubado, Energy Trust of Oregon
• From the Technical to the Human Potential: The Development of an Energy Management System – Carlos Antunes, University of Coimbra, INESCC
• The Importance of Customer Engagement for Wi-Fi Connected Home Products – Carol Burwick, Duke Energy

Well Measured: The Art of Effective Benchmarking and Modeling
Moderator: Ed Smyth, DNV-GL

• Helping Schools Save Through Energy Behavior Programs – Laurel Kruke, Pierce Energy Planning
• Leveraging Benchmarking Data for Behavior Change – Erik Lyon, EMI Consulting
• Innovations in Energy Efficiency Modeling at the National and Regional Scale – Jim Turnure, U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Scaling Energy Benchmarking Policies – Alissa Burger, Center for Sustainable Energy

Making New Technologies Stick: From Lean Launchpads to Crowdsourcing
Moderator: Linda Dethman, Research Into Action

• Social Acceptance of Community Solar Gardens: A Portland Case Study – Anne Weaver, Portland State University
• The ENERGY STAR® Retail Products Platform: Transforming the Way Energy-Efficient Products and Messages Are Delivered through Retail – Peter Banwell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Changing Market Behaviors by Accelerating Commercialization – Marjorie McRae, Research Into Action
• Turning Ideas into Solutions: An Up-Close Look at JUMP, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Crowdsourcing Initiative – Caroline Hazard, CSRA

Panel Session: Engaging Residents in Affordable Housing: Examples from the Denver and District of Columbia Housing Authorities
Moderator: Krista Egger, Enterprise Green Communities

Panelists:
⦁ Nicole O’Connor, Energy Outreach Colorado
⦁ Rachelle Macur, Group14 Engineering
⦁ Chris Jedd, Denver Housing Authority
⦁ Molly Simpson, D.C. Housing Authority

Spotlight 1
Shifting the Climate Change Conversation
Moderator: Paul Wright, Director of the Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute

⦁ The Honorable Bob Inglis, U.S. Representative (R-South Carolina, 1993-1995, 2005-2011)
⦁ Sharon Dunwoody, Evjue-Bascom Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spotlight 2
How Did That Box Get to My Door? The Future of Freight
Moderator: Therese Langer, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

⦁ Benoit Montreuil, Georgia Tech
⦁ Alex Stark, Kane is Able

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

Lightning Session: You Did What!? Does Evaluation Tell Us What We Think It Does?
Moderator: Teresa Lutz, Michaels Energy

• The Decision Paradox: Cracking the Barrier Code for Residential Customers – Kathryn Parlin, West Hill Energy and Computing
• Household Energy Consumption Effects of PG&E’s Electrical Efficiency Rebate Program – Evan Sherwin, Carnegie Mellon University
• A Formative Evaluation of Behavior Change Elements within a Colorado Weatherization Assistance Program – Pat Aloise-Young, Colorado State University
• The Impact of Energy Education on Low-Income Households: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment – Sebastien Houde, University of Maryland
• Energy Savings from Utility Customer Engagement Web Portals: Xcel Energy’s My Energy Program – Jennifer Huckett, Cadmus
• How Wrong Can You Be about What Causes Participant Spillover? – Zach Ross, Opinion Dynamics
• Schools Get Schooled on the Importance of Continuous Energy Improvement – Kristie Rupper, Cadmus
• How Long Does Commercial Strategic Energy Management Stick? A Study of Savings Persistence – Jennifer Barnes, DNV GL
• Keep the Focus on the Big Picture: An Analytical Method for Evaluating Commercial Retro-Commissioning Net Impacts – Min Yu, BC Hydro

What Can Data Tell Us About Occupants?
Moderator: Therese Peffer, University of California, Berkeley

• Understanding Variability in Residential Load Profiles Using Cluster Analysis – Sam Borgeson, Convergence Data Analytics, LLC
• Meta-Review of Behavior-Based Energy Savings Potential Models and Estimates for Commercial Buildings – Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez, Navigant
• Behavioral Energy Usage Archetypes Help Explain EE Program Savings Rates – Matt Frades, Oracle

The Secrets to Success for Behavior Programs
Moderator: Sarah Outcault, University of California, Davis

• Are Students the Future of Energy Efficiency? Findings from an EU-Wide Energy Saving Project – Richard Bull, De Montfort
• GIGO: What Are We Putting into Our Energy Efficiency Program Evaluation Research? – Carol Edwards, Southern California Edison
• Using Embedded Experiments to Guide Improvements for Behavior Change Programs: A Powerful New Tool – Linda Dethman, Research Into Action
• Programs Encouraging Energy Efficiency through Behavior Change: A Review – Reuven Sussman, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

Engaging Stakeholders in Complex Organizations
Moderator: Christopher Payne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• Funding an Innovative Community of Practice in Residential Consumer Engagement – Uzma Noormohamed, Illinois Science and Energy Innovation Foundation
• Commercial Strategic Energy Management Program: Best Practices and Approaches – Jay Luboff, Navigant
• One Town at a Time – Nicole Peoples, Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development
• Driving Behavioral and Operational Savings in Commercial Buildings for the Maryland Energy Administration – Mike Kaplan, Ecova

Engaging Low-Income Communities
Moderator: Tom Calhoun, Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development

• Insights from Therapists: Energy Conservation for Households on a Low Income – Heather Hill, Queensland University of Technology
• Partnering with Non-profit Organizations to Reduce Low-Income Energy Costs – Paul Markowitz, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
• Illinois Smart Meter Awareness, Research & Technology (iSMART) Pilot Project: Transforming Public Housing Authorities into Smart Energy Consumers – Kate Brown, University of Illinois (presented by Samantha Chiu)
• Collaborating with Progressive Initiatives in Rural Oregon Communities – Karen Chase, Energy Trust of Oregon

Panel Session: The Importance of an Integrated Design in Creating High Performance Green Buildings
Moderator: Bryan Steverson, U.S. General Services Administration

Panelists:
⦁ Renee Cheng, University of Minnesota
⦁ Laura Stagner, U.S. General Services Administration

CLOSING PLENARY: Profiles in Leadership
Moderator: James Sweeney, PEEC, Stanford University

⦁ Maya Shankar, White House
⦁ Elaine Ulrich, SunShot, U.S. Department of Energy
⦁ Chris Weaver, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency