Staff Updates Regional Technical Forum May 21, 2013

Research & Evaluation Subcommittee Activities So Far A survey to assess region wide measure research priorities was conducted First meeting of 2013 held on April 15 th at the council Based on feedback from the meeting and the survey, a “Research Radar” has been developed The Research Radar is an Excel based tool that: – Makes information contained in measure recommendation memoranda easily accessible – Identifies research gaps for Out of Compliance measures – Identifies common areas of research that could benefit more than one measure, or multiple measures in the same sector/ end-use category 2

Next Steps for the Subcommittee RTF staff is in process of finalizing the Research Radar spreadsheet, available to the RTF on the subcommittee page RTF staff and Marjorie McRae (RIA) are working to define an efficient organizational structure for the subcommittee – This subcommittee will interact with the technical subcommittees for various measures RTF staff and Marjorie will develop targeted surveys to understand current and future research in the region – This will be aligned with gaps identified in the research radar 3

QC Review Process Selected EnerNOC as QC contractor for 2013 Sent first 5 measures developed in 2013 for review For each measure, contractor to complete: – Checklist of items covered – Review Memo detailing any deficiencies found Upload final to website once QC is complete – Bring back any methodology issues to full RTF 4

Website Changes Several modifications made to the website – Calendar on front page – UES and Protocol pages show current versions of workbooks, documents, etc. More visible by un-hiding – UES and Protocols will begin to show status of prior workbooks and documents – Measure life removed from UES and Protocol pages as separate line since now contained in SIW 5