1. 1 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov NASCSP 2011 Mid-Winter Training Conference March 3, 2011 Bruce Tonn Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)

2. 2 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov Inspector General and General Accountability Office Status of Retrospective Evaluation Presenter: Bruce Tonn

3. 3 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov  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 Status of Retrospective Evaluation

4. 4 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov Radon Study Approach

5. 5 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov Preliminary Radon Results: 298 Homes Pre-Weatherization Basement/CrawlspaceLowest Main Living Level Radon Stratumn mean (pC/l)s.e. % > 4 pC/ln me an (pC /l)s.e. % > 4 pC/l 1 (low)130.50.20% 22 0.30.10% 2 (mid)602.70.520% 99 1.50.28% 3 (high, per EPA or LBL) 704.10.537% 100 2.30.318% 4 (high, per EPA and LBL) 464.50.639% 59 2.90.322%

6. 6 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov Preliminary Formaldehyde Results: Some consider.10 ppm as risk

7. 7 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov  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 WAP ARRA Period Evaluation Planning is Underway

8. 8 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov  State surveys and communications  Database migration  Sampled agency data collection Data Collection Lessons Learned

9. 9 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov  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 WAP ARRA Period Evaluation: State Surveys and Communications

10. 10 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov  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! Database Migration

11. 11 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov  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 Sampled Agency Data Collection

12. 12 | Weatherization Assistance Program: The Federal Perspective (Part 2)eere.energy.gov 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 Contact Info