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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)
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Inspector General and General Accountability OfficeStatus of Retrospective Evaluation
Presenter: Bruce Tonn
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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
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Radon Study Approach
lowmidhighvery high
Radon stratum
In-hand sample
Sampled, but not yet instrumented
Map boundaries areCensus 2000 super-PUMAs
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Preliminary Radon Results: 298 Homes Pre-Weatherization
Basement/Crawlspace Lowest Main Living Level
Radon Stratum nmean (pC/l) s.e.
% > 4 pC/l n
mean (pC/l) s.e.
% > 4 pC/l
1 (low) 13 0.5 0.2 0% 22 0.3 0.1 0%
2 (mid) 60 2.7 0.5 20% 99 1.5 0.2 8%
3 (high, per EPA or LBL)
70 4.1 0.5 37% 100 2.3 0.3 18%
4 (high, per EPA and LBL)
46 4.5 0.6 39% 59 2.9 0.3 22%
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Preliminary Formaldehyde Results: Some consider .10 ppm as risk
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10
15
20
Num
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of h
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0 .02 .04 .06 .08
Formaldehyde (ppm)
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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
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State surveys and communications
Database migration
Sampled agency data collection
Data Collection Lessons Learned
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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
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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
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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
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Bruce Tonn
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(865) 574-4041
Claire Cowan
Energy Center of Wisconsin
(608) 238-8276 x117
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