Hawaii Energy is again presenting a series of workshops by Mark Jewell of the Efficiency Sales Professional Institute that will help efficiency professional/building owners adopt energy efficiency strategies that will boost bottom lines/save costs. The cost per workshop is $20 for Honolulu/Maui/Hawaii County folks (regular registration fee is $200), subsidized by Hawaii Energy. It includes food. Here are the workshop descriptions:

Using Efficiency to Build Your Business
(May 16 – Honolulu, May 20 – Kona)

Emphasizing how your products or services could enhance your customers’ energy efficiency is a proven path to higher revenues and profits.  The following two sessions will help manufacturers, distributors, contractors and consultants leverage energy efficiency to grow their businesses.

 

·       Finding Your Focus– AM Session

What are you really selling?  Who are your most promising targets?  Learn how to answer these questions by “connecting the dots” between what your offerings provide and segment-specific benefits that your prospects actually value, as well as account development strategies to build your revenues, market shares, and profits. Learn more and register.

 

·       Getting Energy Projects Approved – PM SessionThis workshop will teach you how to find right decision-makers and how to capture their attention - important first steps in getting your efficiency projects approved.  You’ll also learn how to reframe discussions away from simple payback period to financial metrics that really matter and how to overcome myths that often delay or prevent projects from moving forward. Learn more and register.

 

Boosting Your Competitiveness, Profitability and Value with Efficiency
(May 17 – Honolulu, May 21 – Kona)
Energy efficiency’s potential for making business owners, building owners and managers more competitive, profitable and valuable is often understated because the discussion is too narrowly focused on first cost, utility savings and rebates.  A discussion that incorporates financial benefits beyond utility savings as well as non-financial benefits is not only more interesting, but also more likely to result in a project approval.

·       Taking Control of Your Energy Use – AM SessionBefore you can take control of your energy use effectively, you need to answer two questions: “Why?” and “How”?  Why should your organization embrace energy efficiency?  (Hint:  It’s not just about reducing your utility bill.) How much can you expect to accomplish with behavioral and no-cost/low-cost measures? These and many other questions will be asked and answered, providing you with a road map for taking control of your energy use. Learn more and register.

·       Making Efficiency Happen – PM SessionYour ability to “make efficiency happen” is directly related to your ability to get decision-makers excited enough about the potential benefits to invest the time and resources necessary to make a change.  Which measures have been identified?  What utility-cost-financial, non-utility-cost financial and non-financial benefits would those measures provide?  Have the benefits been reframed so that they can be measured by the yardsticks your organization already uses to gauge its success? Have you identified all of the potential “free money” to help pay for the project? This session will offer answers to these questions (and many more like them) because they hold the key to making efficiency happen. Learn more and register.

 

Course Fees: $20 to attend either the morning or afternoon session, or $40 to attend both sessions.  Hawaii Energy is subsidizing the cost of these workshops for residents of Hawaii, Honolulu and Maui counties. Residents of other counties must pay the unsubsidized workshop fee of $200 per half-day workshop.

We hope to see you there! If you have questions, please feel free to contact us info@eefg.com or (808) 333-7225.

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Efficiency Sales Professional Certification Program
October 22 – 27, 2012
Honolulu Country Club - Honolulu, HI

The market is filled with sales programs that provide proven strategies for increasing leads, creating compelling value propositions, building client relationships, and closing sales. However, these programs are created for large and varied audiences selling everything from Italian leather shoes to jetliners. When it comes to applying sales principles to your own industry, it starts to get tricky. That’s why EEFG created the ESP Certification Program, which artfully combines instruction on professional selling, financial analysis, segment-specific business acumen, and the energy efficiency industry.

The Program will equip you with the resources, insights, focus, and skills needed to:

·         Identify and capture the attention of the highest-quality prospects
·         Quantify and monetize all of the benefits of enhanced efficiency
·         Understand how people in different segments and decision-making roles view and value efficiency
·         Generate proposals and supporting financials that are concise and compelling
·         Understand the differences between how owner-occupants, landlords, and tenants view and value efficiency
·         Generate compelling value propositions

Continuing education units are available: GBCI 48 CEs (LEED); AIA 16 LUs and 32 HSW/SD LUs
Program Fee: $350 (Note: Hawaii Energy is subsidizing the cost of this program for Hawaii, Honolulu, and Maui county residents.  Residents of other counties must pay the unsubsidized program fee of $2,975). For more information and to register Questions? info@eefg.com or (808) 421-8639
 
Learning to S.E.E. (Selling Efficiency Effectively)
October 29, 2012
Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, HI

Energy-efficiency projects and solutions can be a tough sell to building owners in today’s economic climate. Most decisions are emotional decisions, and making energy-efficiency purchases and changes are no exception. Whether you’re selling efficiency solutions or seeking project approvals, understanding what factors play a role in the decision-making process, as well as how to build rapport with key stakeholders, vastly increases your odds of success. Credits: AIA 6.0 HSW/SD, GBCI 6.0 (LEED).

Program Fee: $35 (Note: Hawaii Energy is subsidizing the cost of this program for Hawaii, Honolulu, and Maui county residents.  Residents of other counties must pay the unsubsidized workshop fee of $495)

Register online here. Questions? info@eefg.com or (808) 421-8639
 
Financial Analysis of Energy Efficiency Projects
October 30, 2012
Maui Arts & Cultural Center – Kahului, HI
It is much easier to secure funding for a proposed energy-saving project if all of the associated costs and benefits are properly quantified and the resulting financial return is compelling. This workshop will cover several approaches to calculating a project’s returns as well as the pros and cons of using various financial metrics when requesting capital. By the end of the day, students will know how to model expected cash outflows and inflows over time, how to calculate a project’s present value and other financial metrics, and how to generate compelling capital budgeting requests.  Credits: AIA 6.0 HSW/SD, GBCI 6.0 CE (LEED).  Register
 
Program Fee: $35 (Note: Hawaii Energy is subsidizing the cost of this program for Hawaii, Honolulu, and Maui county residents.  Residents of other counties must pay the unsubsidized workshop fee of $495). Register  Questions? info@eefg.com or (808) 421-8639
 
 

Leeward Coast Bulb Blitz

The Leeward Coast Bulb Blitz is in full swing! The goal is to replace 36,000 incandescent bulbs along the Wai‘anae Coast with energy-saving CFLs. This will save the Wai‘anae residents $5.5 million in electricity costs over the lifetime of the bulbs.

Mahalo to the participating school and community groups:

Nanakuli High and Intermediate - Terra Wight
Waianae High - Nikki Kay
Leihoku Elementary - Jenessa Hirayama
Maili Elementary - Rita Grilho
Ka Waihona o ka Na‘auao - Chante Galton
Nanaikapono Robotics - Josette Germano
Waianae Elementary Robotics - Tam Teruya
Kamaile Robotics - Amanda McCracken
Adventist Malama Elementary School - Alio Santos
INPEACE - Keiki Steps - Jojo Suan
City and County of Honolulu - Sec. 8 FSS Program - Judy Pulido

Puuhale O Nanakuli - Matthew Mauai
Fishers of Men Ministry - Lucy Mahelona
Hale Nalu Surf and Bike - Kaimana Pine
Leeward Kai Canoe Club - Edith Van Gieson
Malama Learning Center - Janice Staab
Hula Halau O Napualaikaiu - Georgette Stevens
City of Joy (AOG) Church - Leilani Yee Pong
Parents of Righteousness - Juanita Bancao
Ark of Safety Christian Fellowship - DonnaMae Collier-Sua
New Hope Leeward - Angela Kansou
Hoa Aina O Makaha - Gigi Cocquio
Waianae Girls Softball - Just for Fun - Shantell Kahalepo
Hope Chapel Waianae - Kellen Smith

Upcoming Bulb Exchanges

Bulb exchanges are scheduled through the end of June 2012. Please visit this page or check our events calendar for upcoming exchanges near you. We'll also post upcoming exchanges on facebook.

MAY 12     Hoa Aina O Makaha CFL Exchange
                  Place: Hoa Aina O Makaha Farm
                  Time: 2pm to 5pm

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Hawaii Energy is partnering with the Energy Efficiency Funding Group to provide three workshops on energy efficiency during the week of Feb. 20. The workshops are intended to help vendors who sell efficiency solutions as well as those who must convince their own organizations to grant funding approval for internal efficiency upgrades or retrofits.

1. Learning to S.E.E. (Sell Efficiency Effectively): Feb 20 (Maui), Feb 22 (Big Island), Feb 24 (Oahu)
2. The Role of Energy Efficiency in Your Sustainability Agenda: Feb. 21 (Maui), Feb. 23 (Big Island)
3. Benchmarking Your Commercial Building & What's Next: Feb. 24 (Oahu)

Hawaii Energy is subsidizing the workshops (full fee $495) for Honolulu Co., Hawaii Co., and Maui Co. residents, so the discounted price will be $35 for each workshop. The workshops include breakfast and lunch. For class descriptions and registration, visit the EEFG site.

WHAT: Certified Energy Manager Training Program
WHEN: February 27-March 2
WHERE: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki
COST: $2,195; Honolulu Co., Maui Co., and Hawaii Co. residents will receive a grant to subsidize the fee on a first-come, first-served basis, lowering the registration fee to $300.

Get credentialed as a CEM upon completion of this training program presented by Hawaii Energy and the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). Register online, or email Jenn@aeecenter.org or call (770) 279-4391 between 10am-5pm EST.

They canvassed neighborhoods. They convinced their parents to swap bulbs at work. They held exchanges at condo buildings in their neighborhood. They changed out the old incandescents on campus. They asked parents, aunties, uncles, cousins, and grandparents to get involved. And thanks to this massive group effort, the gang at Moanalua High School exchanged a whopping 6,344 C.F.L. bulbs in one month, making them the official winner of our 100,000 Better Bulbs Blitz. By the end of the blitz, they will have exchanged 8,000 bulbs. Unreal!! The school's MeneMAC group will use the funds raised to travel to the national convention of the Student Television Network this coming spring. Congratulations to advisor Lynne and the entire Moanalua High School student body!

What do you do to save energy? Blue Planet Foundation wants to know. Upload photos that show how you and your friends and family conserve energy, and you can win *your choice* of an ENERGY STAR washer, ENERGY STAR refrigerator or a Giant 3-speed cruiser from McCully Bicycle. Go to KITV's uLocal page to upload your photos. We'll use them to create a map that gives us a story in pictures of how residents are practicing energy conservation in Hawai‘i. It will show how each community is doing its part—and you'll be able to see what others are doing as we build Hawaii’s clean energy future together. ENTER NOW!

Thanks to McCully Bicycle for donating a 2012 Giant men's Simple Three cruiser (retail price, $449.98). It's an aluminum frame cruiser with an internal 3-speed shifter, equipped with fenders and a rear rack. That's a sweet, emissions-free way to roll!

CONTEST RULES: No purchase necessary.  Enter at http://ulocal.kitv.com/ by 11:59 p.m. HST on November 20, 2011.  To enter, you must have access to the Internet, valid email address, ulocal account and a valid ID. Must be 18 or over (as of October 17, 2011 and legal U.S. resident residing and domiciled in Hawaii. Limit one entry per person.  Incomplete and multiple entries are void.  Employees of entities associated with the contest, their families and/or persons living in the same households as such persons (whether related or not) are ineligible.  One winner will be randomly selected on November 21, 2011.  Winner receives a choice of an ENERGY STAR refrigerator, ENERGY STAR washer or a bicycle from McCully Bicycle.  Winner must claim their prize and execute contest releases at the KITV4 Studios by November 30, 2011.  Winner must respond within timeframe indicated in complete rules or prize is forfeited. Odds of winning depend on number of entries. Visit http://ulocal.kitv.com/ for complete rules and details.

Some of the Entries

Well, lookie here, it's your competition! We'll be posting selected entries below throughout the contest. So, get your camera on and start snapping.