Virtual Comprehensive Utility Energy Service Contract (UESC) Training - Day 3

Join FEMP and experts from DOE’s national labs to learn how to effectively manage Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs) from construction through the end of the contract. Participants will learn the key steps in managing project execution, including witnessing construction, commissioning systems, verifying post-installation performance, and completing Energy Conservation Measure (ECM) acceptance procedures. The course also covers methods for managing and sustaining ECM savings through proper operations, maintenance, and performance verification. Learners will explore best practices for long-term contract management—such as handling invoices, payments, modifications, and dispute resolution—to ensure projects remain compliant and cost-effective. Finally, the course highlights how to leverage Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) tools and resources to streamline project oversight and enhance overall UESC program success. NOTE: Attendees need to register for all three days of the training separately. This course is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training, and there is no registration fee to attend. CEUs will be awarded upon successful completion of an online quiz and evaluation following the workshop.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Identify the steps involved in managing UESC project implementation, including witnessing construction, commissioning, post-installation performance verification, and ECM acceptance procedures;
  • Recognize how to manage the post-acceptance performance of UESC projects, ensuring ECM savings are sustained through proper O&M and performance verification;
  • Understand best practices for long-term contract management, including the process for invoicing and payments, managing modifications, and resolving performance disputes.
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Virtual Comprehensive Utility Energy Service Contract (UESC) Training - Day 2

Join FEMP and experts from DOE’s national labs to learn how to effectively manage Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs) from planning through performance assurance and task order award. Participants will learn how and why agencies may contract directly with serving utilities without full and open competition, including required documentation to ensure compliance and transparency. The course explores how to conduct and review preliminary assessments to confirm that proposed Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) are technically sound and meet facility-specific needs. Learners will also gain an understanding of best practices for conducting an investment-grade audit. Finally, the course outlines the key elements of a performance assurance plan—an essential component for validating savings and ensuring long-term project success. NOTE: Attendees need to register for all three days of the training separately. This course is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training, and there is no registration fee to attend. CEUs will be awarded upon successful completion of an online quiz and evaluation following the workshop.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Explain the process that allows for contracting with a serving distribution utility without full and open competition for a UESC;
  • Learn how to conduct and review preliminary assessments, ensuring proposed ECMs are viable and tailored to the facility’s needs;
  • Understand best practices for conducting an investment-grade audit and developing a performance assurance plan for a UESC.
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Virtual Comprehensive Utility Energy Service Contract (UESC) Training - Day 1

Join FEMP and experts from DOE’s national labs to learn how Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs) can be used as a strategy for achieving energy and water efficiency goals. On day one of this three-day training, participants will explore how UESCs can reduce operational costs while addressing critical infrastructure priorities. The course covers the unique components of UESC projects—including limited competition requirements, funding approaches, and performance assurance—along with the key legislation and contracting mechanisms that make UESCs possible. Learners will also gain insight into best practices for developing acquisition plans and scopes of work that set UESC projects up for success and maximize opportunities to improve energy and water systems across federal facilities. NOTE: Attendees need to register for all three days of the training separately. This course is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training, and there is no registration fee to attend. CEUs will be awarded upon successful completion of an online quiz and evaluation following the workshop.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Recognize how UESCs cut costs and address energy priorities;
  • Understand the unique components of UESC projects, including limited competition requirements, energy conservation measures, funding methods, and performance assurance requirements;
  • Recognize key authorizing legislation that enables UESCs, as well as the contracting mechanisms (e.g., GSA Areawide Contracts) that enable federal agencies to partner with utility companies.
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TRN Lite Overview: Outputs, Benefits, and Updates

TRN Lite enables site-level resilience planning using a streamlined assessment tool that rapidly identifies major energy and water risk drivers and recommends tailored solutions to enhance mission continuity. This training provides hands-on experience with TRN Lite’s outputs, highlights key benefits, and demonstrates newly added features including a critical load failure risk assessment, sensitivity analysis for hazards, and a resilience solutions report download. Participants will learn how to deploy the TRN Lite to systematically identify vulnerabilities and automatically generate site-specific solutions to bolster resilience and operational reliability.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Access and use FEMP’s TRN Lite tool;
  • Describe the key components of the TRN Lite assessment outputs;
  • Apply TRN Lite’s risk assessment methodology to mitigate potential operational failures;
  • Select appropriate TRN Lite features and generate assessment outputs for site-specific resilience needs.
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The Art of the Possible: Driving Demand Response Through Energy Performance Contracting

This session explores approaches for integrating demand response into Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs), with a focus on capturing savings through enabling technologies. Presented in collaboration with utility partners and tailored for federal customers, learners will examine how participation in demand response (DR) programs can deliver additional value for facilities and how utilities support federal DR efforts. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped to identify, assess, and pursue DR opportunities that enhance the effectiveness of federal energy projects.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Identify demand response and how a facility participates in a demand response event
  • Recognize the benefits of federal facility participation in demand response programs
  • Determine how to include demand response in an Energy Performance Contract to turn savings into a payment stream for enabling technologies
  • Understand how utilities support federal demand response
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Reviewing Energy Performance Contracts for Price Reasonableness

This training presents analysis techniques to assist with fair and reasonable price determinations in federal energy performance contracts (EPCs). It reflects the experiences, lessons learned, and best practices of agencies using the Department of Energy (DOE) ESPC indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts and federal UESC projects, as documented by the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). The responsibility to ensure that the government pays fair and reasonable prices for the goods and services it buys is critical in EPCs, where the procurement is usually financed over time. There are several elements that require review in determining price reasonableness, which will be covered during the training.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Understand the unique pricing considerations for energy performance contracts to ensure reasonableness
  • Identify Federal Acquisition Regulation techniques applicable to evaluating pricing in energy performance contracts
  • Describe the energy performance contracting elements and how to evaluate proposed pricing
  • Apply best practices for reviewing and documenting price analysis in energy performance contracts
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FEMP Energy and Water Treasure Hunt: Fort Drum - Day 2

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Duration
8 hours
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IACET CEUs
0.9
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The Treasure Hunt training introduces the FEMP Treasure Hunt process, a practical method for uncovering low to no cost energy and water savings in facilities. Participants will learn how to collect and analyze data, use basic diagnostic and calculation tools, and apply simple ROI concepts to evaluate identified opportunities. Through real-world examples, the course demonstrates common savings strategies and prepares participants to begin identifying efficiency opportunities in their own facilities.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Identify calculation tools and simple ROI concepts used to evaluate conservation opportunities.
  • Discuss examples of energy and water savings opportunities identified during the walkthroughs.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage other FEMP programs to execute ECMs.
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FEMP Energy and Water Treasure Hunt: Fort Drum - Day 1

Type of Course Offering
Duration
8 hours
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IACET CEUs
0.9
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The Treasure Hunt training introduces the FEMP Treasure Hunt process, a practical method for uncovering low to no cost energy and water savings in facilities. Participants will learn how to collect and analyze data, use basic diagnostic and calculation tools, and apply simple ROI concepts to evaluate identified opportunities. Through real-world examples, the course demonstrates common savings strategies and prepares participants to begin identifying efficiency opportunities in their own facilities.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Describe the purpose and key steps of the FEMP Treasure Hunt process.
  • Recognize basic methods for collecting energy and water data.
  • Identify energy and water savings during site walkthrough.
  • Identify common physical diagnostic tools and explain their basic purpose in assessing energy and water use.
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Building Re-Tuning Simulator (BRS) Training

This training will introduce the audience to the Building Re-Tuning Simulator (BRS), which is a free, easy to use, online tool that helps identify low-cost and no-cost re-tuning measures. Re-tuning relies on building automation system data to identify and implement control measures that ultimately improve the building’s energy efficiency, reduce operating costs, and improve occupant comfort. The attendees will learn how to access the BRS tool, develop a building model, and use the re-tuning dashboard to identify energy conservation measures and calculate savings. The tool is available at https://retuning-simulator.pnnl.gov/.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Recognize what re-tuning is
  • Understand the four basic principles of re-tuning
  • Understand how to screen buildings in their portfolio for re-tuning
  • Recognize the benefits of using the BRS to save energy and cost
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Understanding Outage Risk and the Value of Resilience for Federal Facilities

Federal facility energy managers oversee infrastructure where reliable electricity is essential but not guaranteed. Power outages can occur for many overlapping reasons—such as extreme weather, cyber threats, utility performance, or broader grid vulnerabilities. These disruptions vary widely by location, both in how often they happen and how severely they affect operations. Improving energy resilience at critical facilities can help ensure continued operations during grid disruptions, reduce the impacts of power outages, and strengthen facility preparedness against future threats. This training webinar will guide federal facility energy managers through key concepts to better understand and plan for power outages at their facilities. It introduces the principles of grid reliability and resilience, explains how to assess outage risks using local and historical data, and provides guidance on evaluating the strengths and limitations of their utility provider. Participants will also learn how to engage utilities with targeted questions about grid configuration, performance, and restoration, and how to use data sources and tools to support informed, location-specific resilience planning and investment decisions.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Define the concepts of reliability and resilience in the context of electric power systems
  • Identify and list outage hazards and risks specific to their facilities and distinguish which risks can be measured
  • Evaluate the capabilities and limitations of their utility provider based on the maturity of their utility’s management systems
  • Develop targeted questions to ask utilities about grid configuration, performance, restoration, and resilience planning - Locate and apply data sources and tools to support localized power outage preparedness and planning
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