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Staff Updates

Staff Updates. Regional Technical Forum July 16, 2013. Subcommittee Meetings. Residential HVAC - ASHP Meeting Met July 2nd to review revised heat pump specifications Reviewed in detail and edited specifications Proposal Shifts away from PTCS QA/QC, inspections, training, testing

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Staff Updates

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  1. Staff Updates Regional Technical Forum July 16, 2013

  2. Subcommittee Meetings • Residential HVAC - ASHP Meeting • Met July 2nd to review revised heat pump specifications • Reviewed in detail and edited specifications • Proposal • Shifts away from PTCS QA/QC, inspections, training, testing • Specification focuses only on technical requirements; evaluation picks up compliance rate through verification • Subcommittee resistance. • Concern without PTCS, there will be low compliance • Will be discussed and presented at next meeting for RTF decision.

  3. Subcommittee Meetings • Residential HVAC - Prescriptive Duct Sealing • Met July 8th to review a proposed new planning measure • Specifications • Reviewed in detail and made edits • Savings Estimates • Research Plan • Reviewed, discussed • Will be reviewed by Evaluation/Research subcommittee • Measure proposal to come to RTF in September (tentative).

  4. Subcommittee Meetings • Scientific Irrigation Scheduling • Met July 9th • Reviewed existing data and measure • Discussed baseline use of efficient irrigation practices • Reviewed staff proposed methodology for SIS standard protocol • Approved next steps: determine current practice baseline from USDA Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey

  5. Research Plans • Reminder that many measures are Out of Compliance and need research plans • RTF relies on utilities/external stakeholders to bring forward plan and go get data • RTF helps to review and facilitate plan development • Has 17 measures on the list to susnset by end of 2013 unless research plan written

  6. Current List of OOC Measures

  7. Highest Priority OOC Measures Details on research requirements available on RTF Research and Evaluation Subcommittee Page: http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/subcommittees/ResearchEval/

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