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Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)

Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2). March 3, 2011 Bruce Tonn. Inspector General and General Accountability Office. Status of Retrospective Evaluation Presenter: Bruce Tonn. Status of Retrospective Evaluation .

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Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)

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  1. Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2) March 3, 2011 Bruce Tonn

  2. Inspector General and General Accountability Office Status of Retrospective Evaluation Presenter: Bruce Tonn

  3. Status of Retrospective Evaluation • 100% Response to State Program Information Survey • 91% Response to All Agencies Program Information Survey • 85% Response to Subset of Agencies Detailed Program Information Survey • Requests are being made for detailed weatherization data • Requests for billing histories are going out to utilities • Bulk Fuels and Indoor Air Quality Studies are underway

  4. Radon Study Approach

  5. Preliminary Radon Results: 298 Homes Pre-Weatherization

  6. Preliminary Formaldehyde Results: Some consider .10 ppm as risk

  7. WAP ARRA Period Evaluation Planning is Underway • Reprise State/Agency surveys for PY10 • National Energy Savings Estimates for PY09-11 • Focused evaluations of: • Weatherization Innovation Pilot Project • Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers Project • Special Studies: • Energy Savings Persistence • Deferrals • Territories • Under-performers • Social Network impacts of weatherization

  8. Data Collection Lessons Learned • State surveys and communications • Database migration • Sampled agency data collection

  9. WAP ARRA Period Evaluation: State Surveys and Communications • Continuing the “case management” approach: • Dedicated case manager for states and subgrantees • Notify states before new data requests are sent to subgrantees • Follow up regarding slow/unresponsive subgrantees • New approaches for fiscal data collection: • Assistance in mapping available data to survey questions • Evaluation team can work directly with fiscal staff

  10. Database Migration • Retrospective evaluation: • 19 state databases migrated for unit-level data • Demographics • Utility account info • Building characteristics • Diagnostics & measures • Costs • 189 sampled agencies had survey burden reduced • ARRA evaluation: • More databases • More comprehensive datasets • Codebooks are helpful!

  11. Sampled Agency Data Collection • Centralized data collection process: WI case study • State office used T&TA contractor to complete the Utility Info Survey and Housing Info Survey • 9 sampled agencies • 955 units • ~400 hours of effort • Key’s to success: • T&TA funds • Game plan • Orientation to agency files • Evaluation team can provide training support

  12. Contact Info Bruce Tonn Oak Ridge National Laboratory bet@ornl.gov (865) 574-4041 Claire Cowan Energy Center of Wisconsin ccowan@ecw.org (608) 238-8276 x117

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