• Type: Presentation

    Title: Standardized Program Tracking Database

    Author: Eric Merkt

    Published: October 2009

    Description: This was presented to the general public by Eric Merkt on behalf of the California Public Utilities Commissions (CPUC). It is the evaluation reporting tools webinar #2.

  • Type: Presentation

    Title: The Smart Grid & DSM - Working on Integration

    Author: Dr. Daniel Violette, Summit Blue Consulting, LLC

    Published: October 2009

    Description: This was presented at the Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) Fall Technology, Smart Grid, Demand Response & Energy Efficiency Conference held in Milwaukee, on October 5th, 2009

  • Type: Published Paper

    Title: Just Map It! Using GIS to Show Diffusion, Leakage and Market Potential

    Author: Timea Zentai and Beth Baker of Summit Blue Consulting and Tom Hines, Arizona Public Services

    Published: August 2009

    Description: Presented at the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference held in Oregon, on August 13, 2009

  • Type: Presentation

    Title: Feeding the Pipeline: An Approach to Assessing the Market for Emerging Technologies

    Author: Jane Pater Salmon, Summit Blue Consulting, Andrew Isaacs, University of California at Berkeley, and Ayat Osman, California Public Utilities Commission

    Published: August 2009

    Description: Presented at International Energy Program Evaluation Conference in Portland, Oregon in August, 2009.

  • Type: Report

    Title: Impact Evaluation of Positive Energy SMUD Pilot Study

    Author: Summit Blue Consulting, LLC

    Published: May 2009

    Description: This report presents Summit Blue’s independent third-party impact evaluation of the SMUD experimental design pilot conducted by Positive Energy. The impact evaluation focuses on answering three research questions: 1. Does receiving the reports lead to energy savings? 2. Can the characteristics of large savers be identified? 3. What is the distribution of savings across customers?

  • Type: Report

    Title: Process and Impact Evaluation of Flex Alert Campaign

    Author: Jane Hummer, Ryan Firestone, and Timea Zentai

    Published: December 2008

    Description: This report presents the results of a multifaceted process and impact evaluation of the 2008 Flex Alert campaign. The Flex Alert campaign uses a mass media implementation strategy to ask Californians to reduce peak electricity use on critical days.

  • Type: Report

    Title: Combined Heat and Power in Texas: Status, Potential, and Policies to Foster Investment

    Author: Summit Blue Consulting, LLC with Fox, Smolen and Associates

    Published: December 2008

    Description: Due to the potential benefits of Combined Heat and Power (CHP), interest in fostering adoption of CHP in Texas has grown in recent years. This study of CHP in Texas is intended to address the state’s interest in policy options available to foster the adoption of CHP.

  • Type: Published Paper

    Title: Attribution Methodology Wars: Self-Report Methods Versus Statistical Number Crunching—Which Should Win?

    Author: Gay Cook, Summit Blue Canada, Inc.

    Published: August 2008

    Description: Presented at the ACEEE Summer Study of Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA, August 18-22.