Phoenix Convention Center Phoenix, Arizona Incorporating Climate Change into Energy Management Practices Track 2: Agency Energy Manager Session 9: Energy

Phoenix Convention Center • Phoenix, Arizona

Incorporating Climate Change into Energy Management Practices

Track 2: Agency Energy Manager Session 9: Energy Manager Skill Development, Resources and Certifications

Daniel KreegerAssociation of Climate Change Officers

August 13, 2015

Energy Exchange: Federal Sustainability for the Next Decade2

Key Principles for Energy Engineers & Managers

• Will be honest and impartial, and will serve the public, employers, and clients, with professionalism and devotion;

• Will strive to increase the competence and prestige of the profession;

• Will use his or her knowledge and skill for the advancement of human welfare.


Codes of Practice

1. The Certified Energy Manager will be guided in all professional relations by the highest standards of integrity, and will act in professional matters for each client or employer as a faithful agent or trustee.

2. The Certified Energy Manager will have proper regard for the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of professional duties.

3. The Certified Energy Manager will avoid all conduct or practice likely to discredit the profession or deceive the public.

4. The Certified Energy Manager will endeavor to extend public knowledge, appreciation of engineering and its achievements in order to protect the profession from misrepresentation and misunderstanding.

5. The Certified Energy Manager will express an opinion on an engineering subject only when founded on adequate knowledge and honest conviction.


Codes of Practice (continued)

6. The Certified Energy Manager will not disclose confidential information concerning the business affairs or technical processes of any present or former client or employer without consent.

7. The Certified Energy Manager will endeavor to avoid conflicts of interest with his employer or client, but when unavoidable, he or she shall fully disclose the circumstances to employer or client.

8. The Certified Energy Manager will uphold the principle of appropriate and adequate compensation for those engaged in engineering work.

9. The Certified Energy Manager will cooperate in extending the effectiveness of the profession by exchanging information and experience with other engineers and students, and will endeavor to provide opportunity for the professional development and advancement of engineers under his or her supervision.


2015 Skills Update in Energy Management

• Preparing for new rules that could affect your organization

• New energy efficiency technologies

• New financing options to implement projects

• New strategies to increase business efficiencies and profits

• Best strategies to optimize energy, water, waste, taxes (and other resource) savings

• Best strategies to improve organization’s image


Core Competencies for Climate Change Officers

• Foundational knowledge and skills include science literacy, environmental literacy, knowledge of the policy landscape, and management acumen.

• Organizational knowledge and experience include strategic planning, decision-making, compliance, enterprise risk management, asset management, the management of value and supply chains, corporate communications and corporate social responsibility, and organizational governance.

• Strategic execution competencies are largely skills-based and include supporting organizational change, helping to mitigate risk, engaging stakeholders, and being actively involved in policy efforts beyond the walls of the organization and maintaining other external partnerships.


Intersecting Skills and Subject Matter

• Sound energy management required for successful GHG management

• GHG accounting requires an accounting of energy consumption

• Strategic planning related to efficiency strategies and use of renewables

• Policy measures aimed at addressing climate change focus upon energy

• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the northeastern states targets utilities with a cap and trade system

• Energy portfolio standards in more than half of American states

• Carbon offsets and renewable energy credits (RECs) can be generated from specific projects


Intersecting Skills and Subject Matter (continued)

• Drivers for sound energy management:

• Consuming less energy reduces costs, GHG emissions, and risk related to continuity

• Financing strategies for longer-term energy projects stabilize price volatility and can make the business case for reductions in consumption

Ask yourself:

What is the world likely going to look like tomorrow?

How will my decisions today play out in that world?

Do I have the skills to answer these questions?


Climate Change Impacts Upon Energy Management

• Physical impacts of climate change upon infrastructure, the built environment and availability of supplies/resources

• GHG management strategies require successful reductions of consumption and a sound understanding of the nexus of water and energy

• Commodities established to drive GHG reductions are closely tied to energy projects (e.g. RECs and offsets)

• Organizational and behavior change required to meaningfully change energy consumption

• Making the business case for action may extend to new metrics related to branding, recruitment, resilience, etc.

• Efforts to curb emissions result in long-term increases in energy prices


EO 13693 – Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade

Sec. 11. Employee Education and Training. Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Office of Personnel Management, in coordination with DOE, GSA, EPA, and other agencies as appropriate, shall:

a) consider the establishment of a dedicated Federal occupational series for sustainability professionals and relevant positions that directly impact the achievement of Federal sustainability goals and if appropriate, prepare and issue such occupational series; and

b) initiate the inclusion of environmental sustainability and climate preparedness and resilience into Federal leadership and educational programs in courses and training, delivered through electronic learning, in classroom settings, and residential centers, particularly developmental training for Senior Executive Service and GS-15 personnel.


Other Mandates and Trends that Intersect

• Executive mandates and legislative activity

• Energy portfolio standards (renewable or alternative focused)

• Energy efficiency requirements

• Incentive programs

• Regulatory activity (e.g. Clean Power Plan)

• Environmental sustainability initiatives

• Corporate social responsibility

• Job descriptions being rewritten to account for climate change


Traditional Sources for Energy Education

NGOs

• Association of Energy Engineers

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

• Alliance to Save Energy

• Energy Institute

• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

Federal Programs

• ENERGY STAR

• FEMP


New Kids on the Block

NGOs

• International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)

• Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI)

• Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO)

Federal Programs

• LEAD (OPM)

• National Conservation Training Center (NCTC)

• NOAA Climate Office

Private Sector

• Schneider Electric’s Energy University

• Johnson Controls’ Institute for Building Efficiency

• Ingersoll Rand’s Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability


Critical Skills for the Future of Energy Management

• Understanding basic elements of climate science, including concepts related to climate variability, extreme events and long-term climate change

• Identifying climate hazards and conducting vulnerability assessments

• Leveraging climate related data and tools (e.g. White House Climate Data Tool Kit)

• Understanding how energy markets and regulation are likely to evolve

• Developing comprehensive energy strategies that reduce consumption and increase renewables

• Assessing opportunities for aggregating demand and collaborating with third parties

• Long-term stabilization of energy costs (remove variance and the unknown from the equation)


Climate Governance Certificate

• The CCO CertificationTM Climate Governance Certificate recognizes the capacity of senior executives and officials across sectors to make informed and strategic decisions on climate change related risks to the operations of an organization and its surrounding communities.

• For climate change professionals, this certificate can be used as a step toward the master-level CCO DesignationTM.

• Upon completion of the requirements, bearers of the Climate Governance Certificate will have developed a fundamental understanding of climate science and risk assessment, footprint management and reduction strategies, project finance and economic analysis related to climate initiatives, governance and engagement tactics, and enterprise strategy.


Climate Governance Certificate (continued)

• Recognizing situations where climate change outcomes affect the organization

• Assessing impacts of specific situational outcomes

• Enabling enterprise management of climate related initiatives

• Assessing and quantifying climate risks and opportunities

• Educating the organization on managing short-term and long-term uncertainty

• Tailoring communication to different audiences

• Leading organizational change initiatives

• Developing and overseeing training programs

• Attributing value to resource consumption

• Extending organizational capabilities and maintaining good stewardship of actions taken through collaboration and partnership

• Developing strategies for bundling, comparing to and/or relying on existing management models


Our Credentialing Efforts for Energy Professionals

• Goal: Develop training and credentialing for energy professionals to recognize those who have successfully developed the competencies and skills to integrate an appropriate understanding of climate change and related response strategies into their decision-making.

• Short-Term Planning: Establish an ACCO certificate program specifically for energy management professionals. This process is open to the public. ACCO will specifically seek out experts across sectors to help shape the architecture and supporting curriculum for this program.

• Long-Term Vision: The core definition of an energy professional accounts for the critical climate related skills. In 20 years, there shouldn’t be an ACCO certificate, the mainstream CEM should already have this embedded. Universities, credentialing bodies and other training organizations would be the primary delivery mechanisms for this training.


Additional Information on ACCO’s Efforts

• CCO CertificationTM Program: World’s first globally recognized credential for comprehensive integration of climate change into decision-making designed to be oriented by professional role. www.ACCOonline.org/certification.html

• CCO Training BootcampsTM: The primary in-person education resources offered by ACCO supporting requirements for the CCO Certification. Bootcamp participants earn education credits and gain valuable job skills and training. Course catalog, individual course descriptions with learning objectives and curriculum committee participants are available online. www.ACCOonline.org/certification-catalog.html

• Climate Fundamentals Academies: A series of regionalized 2-day training academies providing curriculum on topics including understanding climate science and variability, identifying climate hazards and conducting vulnerability assessments, basics of greenhouse gas accounting, the food-water-energy nexus, and fundamental governance and stakeholder engagement strategies. ACCO also develops customized training programs for organizations. www.ClimateFundamentals.org

http://www.ACCOonline.org/certification.html

http://www.ACCOonline.org/certification-catalog.html

http://www.ClimateFundamentals.org/


Contact Information

Daniel Kreeger

Executive Director

Association of Climate Change Officers

[email protected]

202-496-7390

mailto:[email protected]

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Phoenix Convention Center Phoenix, Arizona Incorporating Climate Change into Energy Management Practices Track 2: Agency Energy Manager Session 9: Energy