Chase Macpherson
Username
Chase Macpherson
Proposer First Name
Chase
Proposer Email
cmacpherson@neep.org
Proposer Last Name
Macpherson
Proposer Company/Organization
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Proposer Phone
(781) 860-9177 x151
Proposer Job Title
Community Decarbonization Associate

Boston 2023 Areas of Focus

Proposed Session Description
This panel will focus on community coaches who provide guidance to homeowners on heating electrification. We will share software tools that coaches can utilize to provide tailored guidance, such as NEEP’s ccASHP sizing calculator, NYSERDA’s Heat Pump Planner, Abode’s quote comparison tool and HeatSmart Alliance’s Heat Loss Analysis.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
Yes, an important facet of this panel is how to make heating electrification accessible to people with low or moderate income, and how using embedded members of a community for coaching can make heating electrification outreach more effective. New software tools and calculators that can make community heating electrification coaching scalable will also be important for making coaching accessible, reliable, impactful.
Learning Objectives
Compare different community coaching models for heating electrification
Become familiar with existing campaigns
Understand current challenges and barriers to community heating electrification campaigns
Discover new software tools that can advance home heating electrification
Has this session been presented before?
No
Additional Comments
This was also submitted to NBI's Getting to Zero Conference 2023
Session Format
Interview or structured conversation among panelists
Recommended Length
60-minute session
90-minute session

Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023

Comments about your speaker roster
Andy Winslow will moderate, we plan to choose one speaker from an organization such as HeatSmart Alliance (MA) and one that has developed a tool such as the Abode quote comparison tool, NYSERDA Heat Pump Planner, etc.
Reviewer 1
Rosenbaum, Marc
Proposal #
122
Committee Decision
Rejected

Presenters

Full Description
Decarbonizing a home’s heating system requires complex choices and actions that can be a barrier to adoption. Community members can provide trustworthy and reliable assistance and help towns reach greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Getting personalized information on a home's heating load, available funding and financing, and more will make it much easier for homeowners to make the switch to electric heating. This directly relates to the second interest area of the conference, Buildings, because it offers solutions on how to reach more customers and make the information more broadly accessible.