Collection Prepared by Northwest Utilities
The NW SEM Collaborative has served as a catalyst and guiding force for SEM advancement in the NW region of the US and Canada. The Collaborative convenes diverse perspectives on the developing field of Industrial and Commercial SEM, including program administrators, implementers, evaluators and researchers. The organization and its members work together to accelerate learning and develop solutions to technical, market or policy challenges.
Starting in 2013, regional SEM Working Groups provided Collaborative members a forum and opportunity to work with peers on shared challenges in SEM program management. Working Groups are all volunteer. With a focus on shared learning and creating tangible work products ranging from white papers, one-page guides and presentations, each working group blends theory and practice to consider and document emerging best practices within our professional community. These resources are compiled in this Collaborative Work Products collection. They are most relevant for program administrators, implementers, planners and evaluators.
Developed by members of the Northwest SEM Collaborative, this resource describes principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and Lean Management that SEM participants can use to improve their energy management assessment plans.
Developed by the NW SEM Collaborative's Beyond the E working group, these two guides help SEM energy coaches recruit the right executive sponsor, and gain and maintain their support throughout the SEM enrollment period.
Developed by the NW SEM Collaborative's Beyond the E working group, use this checklist to ensure SEM survey design best practices, including formatting, framing, survey question design and continuous improvement.
Developed by the NW SEM Collaborative's Beyond the E working group, use this guide to improve your SEM recruitment by offering enhanced professional development, program design, prospect discovery, pitching and retention.
In 2022, the SEM Collaborative's Beyond the E working group developed an open-sourced library of SEM-related trainings and educational opportunities available across North America.
More and more, strategic energy management customers are interested in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, including those associated with reduced energy usage.
Following a brief introduction to SEM, this document summarizes how the region’s clean energy stakeholders worked together in the Northwest SEM Collaborative and beyond to help lead the way in SEM innovation.
The M&V Workgroup created this Selection Guide in June 2019 to discuss some of the modeling alternatives to traditional multivariate linear regression forecast models.
Members unlock access to new publications, roundtable meetings, working groups, and receive monthly updates from the field.
Additional Collaborative Work Product resources, unlocked for Members of the SEM Collaborative.
The ETSP team compiled this paper for the purposes of outlining the implications of autocorrelation in the context of SEM measurement and verification, and providing examples of how program implementers have successfully identified and treated the presence of autocorrelation in regression-based energy models.
The ETSP working group compiled this paper for the purposes of outlining the implications of multicollinearity in the context of SEM measurement and verification, and providing examples of how program implementers have successfully identified and treated the presence of multicollinearity among a set of predictor variables.
