2022 Annual Event - Efficiency Maine

Date: Thursday, June 16, 2022

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Location: Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown, 5 Park Street, Freeport, ME 04032

Hilton phone: 207-865-1433

Efficiency Maine will honor its top-performing Residential Registered Vendors and commercial Qualified Partners for helping promote energy-efficiency systems and practices that lower the cost and environmental impacts of energy in Maine.

Agenda at a Glance

Time	Activity
11:30 a.m.	Coffee and Registration
12:00 p.m.	Lunch, Welcome, Speaker, and Recognition
2:00 p.m.	Break
2:20 p.m.	Breakout Sessions 1 (Choose from three concurrent sessions.)
3:20 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Breakout Sessions 2 (Choose from three concurrent sessions.)
4:30 p.m.	Networking and Cash Bar

2022 Annual Event Registration

We ask that each attendee completes a separate registration form.

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Choose sessions you would like to attend (choose any first session and any second session.):

TRACK 1: New Initiatives to Deploy Federal Funds

First Session (2:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.) – Efficiency Maine’s Plans to Weatherize Low- and Moderate-Income Homes

With $25 million in new federal funds, Efficiency Maine is setting out to weatherize 3,475 low- to moderate-income (LMI) homes across the state. As heating costs rise, these projects can save a typical home $700 per year in lower bills and help reduce carbon emissions. Join us to learn what households are eligible, and how customer co-pays and rebates are calculated. Panelists will discuss priorities and challenges for marketing, and ways that contractors and community groups can help make the initiative a success.

Second Session (3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.) – Energy Upgrades for Hospitality, Congregate Housing, and Manufacturing

Maine business and institutional consumers took a hit when COVID caused energy prices to rise, but three new initiatives will help consumers hit back by reducing their exposure to imported oil and propane and improving energy efficiency. Efficiency Maine has received an additional $25 million of federal funds to help three categories of customers particularly impacted by recent energy prices: hospitality; congregate housing; and manufacturing. Panelists will describe the plans and priorities for each of the initiatives and the process for customers and contractors to get incentives from Efficiency Maine

TRACK 2: Beneficial Electrification of Maine Buildings - Plans and Progress

First Session (2:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.) – HVAC Electrification in Non-Residential Buildings

This panel will discuss emerging trends in commercial building electrification and key technologies helping to achieve it, including multiple types and applications of heat pump technology. Learn about the shift to heat pumps in new construction and existing buildings, and how some building owners are going all-electric (with no fossil backup). Panelists will discuss HVAC system designs and project case studies.

Second Session (3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.) – Emerging Trends in Home Electrification

What’s next in residential electrification? A high percentage of new homes in Maine are all electric, and more heat pump installations are “whole-home” heating solutions. Learn more about Efficiency Maine’s recent findings on the performance of whole-home heat pumps, best practices for whole-home heat pump use and installation, and recent successes of using heat pumps as the sole source of heating mobile homes in Maine.

TRACK 3: Pushing the Envelope for Efficiency

First Session (2:20 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.) – Managing the Grid: An Overview of Efficiency Maine’s Demand Management Initiative

Efficiency Maine is preparing to run a new Demand Management Initiative to lower utility costs and improve grid reliability. Panelists will introduce the initiative’s two components: the Demand Response Initiative and the Load Shifting Initiative. Learn the outlines of the program rules and process, what types of customers and equipment make good candidates for each initiative. Hear how emerging technologies, like battery storage systems, electric vehicle charging station controls, and thermal storage solutions may complement more traditional Demand Response techniques in the near future.

Second Session (3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.) – Building Maine’s EV Charging Network

Join us to learn how Maine's $19 million share from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and other funding sources are being used to expand public electric vehicle (EV) charging in Maine. Hear about Efficiency Maine’s plans to deploy more DC fast charging and Level 2 community charging stations at businesses, workplaces, and multi-unit dwellings. Learn how contractors, business owners, and property owners can prepare for the EV transition.

Lunch Preference:

Smoked ham and American cheese on a kaiser roll

Chicken salad on a croissant

Hummus, cucumber, and pepper jack cheese wrap (vegetarian)

Note: boxed lunches come with an individual bag of chips, a freshly baked cookie or brownie, a whole fruit, and a soft drink or bottled water.

We will also offer a variety of appetizers, snacks and refreshments throughout the day, as well as a cash bar beginning at 4:15 p.m.

COVID-19 update: As of May 11, the Hilton Garden Inn is requiring their staff to wear masks. However, wearing masks is currently optional for guests. Attendees can wear a mask if they prefer. Efficiency Maine will make masks available on the day of the event.