Now that SEEM has been calibrated, the contract analysts moved on to updating the many measures that rely on SEEM for estimating savings.  Updating measures like DHPs, ASHPs and Weatherization, took up a bulk of the quarter, but the RTF managed to get a few other things done, like the annual Non-residential midstream lighting UES update as well as a look at allocating resources to developing some new measures in the new year.  2020 will see a few changes in the RTF, having added both natural gas and demand response to the charter earlier this year and entering a new …

The RTF ended its year with a bang, dedicating most December’s meeting to understanding and improving Air Source Heat Pump measures. The group spent the remaining meeting time getting an update on Commissioning, Controls and Sizing, a measure that will be discussed early this year, and considering the second batch of potential measures to develop in 2020. If you weren’t able to make the final meeting of the year, here’s what you missed.