As a part of the Energy and Transportation Science Division (ETSD), Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Energy Efficiency Group (RCIEE), our activities include evaluations of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (SEP), technical support for the Weatherization Assistant energy audit tool (NEAT and MHEA), and research into the impacts of utility restructuring and resource leveraging.

Our mission, in support of DOE's Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program (OWIP) is "to work with federal, state and local partners to promote the adoption of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and practices -- thereby helping the nation realize a stronger economy, a cleaner environment, and safer, more affordable energy services for all its citizens."

NATIONAL RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Evaluation Plan

Surveys and Data Forms submitted to OMB for approval.
DF1: All States Agencies Information Survey
DF2: Housing Unit Information Survey
DF3: Building Information Survey
DF4: Electric and Natural Gas Bills: Information From Agencies Form
DF5: National Weatherization Assistance Program Evaluation Household Electricity Usage Form
DF6: Metered Fuels and Air Conditioning Studies
D10: All Agencies Overview Data Form
S1: All States Program Information Survey
S2: All Agencies Program Information Survey
S3: Subset of Agencies Detailed Program Information Survey

New Publications:

Ternes, Mark P, Mike B. Gettings., Analyses to Verify and Improve the Accuracy of the Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA) ORNL/CON-506, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, December - 2008.

Eisenberg, Joel F., The Impact of Carbon Control on Electricity and Gasoline Expenditures of Low-Income Households ORNL/CON-504, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April - 2008.

McCold, Lance, Richard Goeltz, Mark Ternes, Linda Berry, Texas Field Experiment: Performance of the Weatherization Assistance Program in Hot-Climate, Low-Income Homes ORNL/CON-499, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April - 2008.

Eisenberg, Joel F., Short and Long-Term Perspectives: The Impact on Low-Income Consumers of Forecasted Energy Price Increases in 2008 and a Cap-and-Trade Carbon Policy in 2030 ORNL/CON-503, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, December - 2007, and January MIDWINTER UPDATE.

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