Managing Energy Performance Contracts with Confidence: CO and COR Training (Day 2)

Type of Course Offering
Webinar with Conversion to On-demand
Duration
3.5 Hours
Level
Intermediate
IACET CEUs
0.4
Experts
Rockwell, Kurmit
Joyner, Matt
Dominy, Russ
Kehrli, Tim
Gingrich, Jeff
Walker, Christine E.
Espinosa, Eusebio M. (Sam)
Link to prerequisite
UESC On-Demand Webinar Series (7 modules)
Topics
Contract / Contracting
Energy Savings Performance Contracts
Utility Energy Savings Contracts
Date

Federal Contracting Officers (COs) and Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) play critical roles in the execution and oversight of Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) and Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs). Unlike traditional acquisitions, these contracts require specialized knowledge of energy performance-based contracting, energy project financing, and long-term contract administration. This workshop is designed to equip COs and CORs, as well as other key stakeholders (e.g., energy managers, project facilitators, and ESCOs) with the expertise needed to successfully manage ESPCs and UESCs from project initiation to contract closeout. Through interactive discussions, case studies, and scenario-based exercises, participants will gain practical insights to confidently develop and evaluate cost-effective projects, execute task orders that minimize risk to the government and comply with federal laws, and ensure long-term project savings and success. Day 1 will start with an overview of foundational topics such as authorizing legislation, legal requirements, and key differences between traditional acquisitions and performance contracts, before moving into a discussion of pre-award activities and project scenarios.  Day 2 will focus on post-award responsibilities and scenarios, from installation through the performance period and project closeout.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Understand key differences between traditional acquisitions and energy performance contracting;
  • Identify unique responsibilities and specialized knowledge needed to successfully execute ESPCs and UESCs;
  • Navigate scenarios encountered during post-award project implementation and performance and discuss strategies for evaluating potential solutions;
  • Learn how to leverage FEMP resources and support to streamline contracting tasks. 
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Mitigation Planning for Mission Resilience Readiness Exercises

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1.5 Hours
Level
Intermediate
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Looney, Erin
Judson, Nicholas
Weathers, Annie
Lashway, Christopher
Harmon, Eric
Backes, Matthew
Sack, Jean
Topics
Resilience Planning
Facility Management
Hazard Mitigation
Infrastructure
Life-Cycle
Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Process & Procedures
Risk Management
Safety
Date

This webinar will serve as a workshop to understand the role of mitigation planning for mission resilience readiness exercises. It is also intended to increase awareness of general infrastructure resilience to manage unexpected real-world power outages.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Identify how to conduct a self-assessment of awareness into your backup power system and contingency plans;
  • Recognize the fundamental safety drivers that will required mitigations;
  • Identify actionable next steps on how to improve resilience. Depending on the starting level of awareness this may include a list of questions that you need to answer to better understand systems, or a plan of which systems will require mitigations and what those mitigations should be to safely manage a planned or unplanned power outage.
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Identifying, Customizing, and Funding Resilience Solutions

Type of Course Offering
Webinar with Conversion to On-demand
Duration
0.75 Hours
Level
Intermediate
IACET CEUs
0.1
Experts
Otte, Kathryn
Rotondo, Julia
Tallman, Abby
Topics
Resilience Planning
Energy Management
Date

Understanding the core concepts of resilience is a great first step, but how you can identify, customize, fund, and implement resilience solutions at your federal site? This intermediate level training will walk attendees through an interactive exercise to address already identified risk drivers at a notional federal site with potential resilience solutions. Attendees will learn how to customize best practices into actionable resilience solutions to meet the specific needs of the example site, match resilience solutions with different funding mechanisms, and start improving their overall resilience posture.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Recognize the specific resilience needs of a federal site;
  • Identify how to develop integrated, customized resilience solutions;
  • Identify funding sources for resilience projects.
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Building Re-tuning: Learn how to use FEMP's Building Re-tuning Simulator

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1 Hour
Level
Introductory
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Fernandez , Nick
Sood, Varun
Topics
Energy Management
HVAC
Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Date

This training will provide an overview of re-tuning principles and 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 is a systematic process aimed at minimizing building energy consumption at no-cost or low-cost by identifying and correcting operational problems that plague buildings. 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 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;
  • Recognize the benefits of using the BRS to save energy and cost.
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Small Projects and the Future of ENABLE

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1 Hour
Level
Introductory
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Conger, Sharon
SanDovol, Ric
Metz, Jordin
Topics
Energy Savings Performance Contracts
Contract / Contracting
Date

This training provides an introductory overview of how to do energy performance contracting for small projects specifically, but can apply to any projects seeking an expedited path. Students will interact with instructors who are experts in contracting and the technical aspects of project development. The training consists of an overview of the history of the ENABLE program, and potential alternative performance contracting pathways to consider for small projects and expedited projects now that the ENABLE program is no longer available.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Explore the available performance contracting vehicles that agencies can utilize to achieve energy and cost savings at their federal agencies with a focus on small and/or expedited project applications;
  • Understand how to utilize the FEMP Contracting Vehicle decision tree to determine the best option for future agency project;
  • Describe processes to implement ENABLE like projects using DOEs ESPC Direct-to-IGA process;
  • Provide ESCO perspective and lesson learned on past ESPC ENABLE projects;
  • Discuss the resources and services available that this streamlined path would provide to agencies.
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Leveraging Utility Programs to Optimize Costs

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1 Hour
Level
Introductory
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Mears, Rick
Gingrich, Jeff
Tokash, William
Topics
Energy Management
Procurement
Date

Federal facilities face increasing pressure to reduce utility costs, improve energy efficiency, and comply with legislative mandates while navigating complex procurement processes and budget constraints. This workshop will help agencies take full advantage of utility programs and incentives aligned with federal energy priorities. Participants will explore cost-saving opportunities such as demand response, time-of-use pricing, energy efficiency incentives, off-site energy tariffs, and Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESCs). In addition, FEMP experts and utility representatives will present case studies and discuss underutilized services provided by utilities under GSA Areawide Contracts that can help facilities upgrade and harden infrastructure to enhance resilience. 

Learning Objectives

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

  • Identify key federal policies and priorities that are driving federal energy procurement decisions;
  • Identify utility programs that can reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance resilience;
  • Recognize how to engage with utilities to maximize available incentives, funding, and procurement pathways;
  • Recognize how to use the FEMP webtool, the Utility Program Navigator, to easily search find utility programs and incentives that are most relevant for federal customers. 
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Leveraging ESPC Energy Sales Agreements: Considerations, Regulations, Applications

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1.5 Hours
Level
Intermediate
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Shah, Chandra
Robinson, Gerald
Lowder, Travis
Topics
Distributed Energy
Contract / Contracting
Energy Savings Performance Contracts
Procurement
Renewable Energy
Resilience Planning
Date

Onsite generation for federal agencies procured through private sector partnerships will be a crucial means for the governments fleet of buildings to meet Administration priorities such as cost savings and energy security. ESPC Energy Sales Agreements (ESPC-ESAs), where energy service companies (ESCOs) provide financing, project development services, operational efficiency, and risk management, are a tool available to agencies in meeting these Administration goals. The ESA process associated regulatory compliance can prove challenging for agencies and ESCOs, and this has impacted broader adoption of ESAs. This will be a pre-conference workshop for 2025s Energy Exchange that will focus on identifying specific pain points from a legal and cost perspective, and ways that agencies have successfully navigated them in past ESAs. Topics may include federal tax incentive regulation updates, fair market value determination, contract structure such as novation and tri-party agreements and how to document various types of ESA ECMs in eProject Builder. ESPC ESA project case studies will be referenced, and attendees are encouraged to bring forward their own examples. The desired outcomes of this workshop are to foster peer learning; to identify methods to improve ESA processes; and to identify tools/templates that could help. The ultimate goal is to chart clear pathways for federal agencies to successfully leverage these agreements to meet the Administration's and DOE's goals.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Support deeper understanding of ESPC ESAs to increase usage across federal sector;
  • Analyze ESPC ESA challenges and opportunities;
  • Support peer learning around ESAs.
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Cybersecurity and You: Understand WHY and HOW You Can Help

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1.5 Hours
Level
Introductory
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Bonebrake, Christopher
Topics
Cybersecurity
Energy Management
Date

Ensuring cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility, but not all of us speak the same language! This FEMP workshop is aimed at federal energy managers, engineers, and other operational technology staff to help them better understand key cybersecurity concepts to help better respond to agency cybersecurity requirements, procure new technology that may impact cybersecurity posture, and work with IT staff to reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities while keeping operational technology up and running.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Recognize the importance of cybersecurity for operational technology;
  • Describe key roles and responsibilities for cybersecurity;
  • Recognize IT cybersecurity concepts and approaches into operational technology-related activities.
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Critical Energy Infrastructure Cybersecurity

Type of Course Offering
Webinar (live webinar or virtual event)
Duration
1 Hour
Level
Intermediate
IACET CEUs
0.2
Experts
Sanghvi, Anuj
Topics
Cybersecurity
Assessment
Date

This educational and interactive workshop will be centered on resilient and secure infrastructure, with a focus on recent examples of attacks on critical infrastructure. This workshop will illustrate risks to federal facilities and an all-hazards scenario, and discuss how Federal agencies can be positioned to resist worst-case scenarios. 

Learning Objectives

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

  • Identify cyber-physical systems and the important role they play in federal energy systems;
  • Recognize cyberattacks on cyber-physical systems trends, vulnerabilities, and possible consequences;
  • Identify resources to help prevent cyberattacks on cyber-physical systems.
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