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DUNSKY ENERGY CONSULTINGCOMPANY OVERVIEW

March 2015

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SERVICES

Design and evaluation of programs, plans and policies

Strategic and regulatory support

Technical support and analysis

CLIENTELE

Utilities

Governments

Solution Providers

Large consumers

Non-profits

EXPERTISE

Energy Efficiency andDemand-Side Management

Renewable Energy and Emerging Technologies

Greenhouse Gas Reductions

CLIENTS (partial list)

DUNSKY OVERVIEW


DUNSKY MISSION & VALUESM

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“To contribute to an efficient and sustainable energy future

by helping our clients plan, design, implement, and evaluate effective energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies.”

Our mission is supported by three key values:

QUALITY. We work tirelessly to ensure that our work is conducted to the highest standards, and that we are either leading, or abreast of, the latest developments and innovations in our field.

INTEGRITY. We believe we are duty-bound to provide our clients at all times with consistent, honest and unbiased analysis and counsel. Integrity is our North star.

COMMITMENT. We treat our clients as partners, committing ourselves to their objectives, being responsive to needs as they arise, and going the extra mile to help them achieve their goals.


DUNSKY EXPERTISE

We assist our clients in the following EE/RE areas:

New Construction

Retrofit (able-to-pay & low-income)

Advanced HVAC (incl. controls)

Lighting & Appliances

Behavioural, Plug Load, Others

Existing Buildings (custom, direct install, continuous optimization)

New Construction (small and large)

Equipment (Lighting, Controls, HVAC, Motors)

Innovative Solutions

Policies and Comprehensive Plans

Regulatory Frameworks

Innovative Financing

Building Labelling & Benchmarking

Rate Structures & Options

Demand Response & Load Control

Smart Meters / Grids

Customer-sited Renewables

Next-Generation Technologies

Codes and Standards

RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT

CROSS-SECTORAL


DUNSKY SERVICE AREAS

POLICY & REGULATORY

PLANNING DESIGN

IMPLEMENTATION*

OPPORTUNITIES EVALUATION

* Support role

Our work focuses on six key service areas that define the EE/RE cycle

Building Energy Assessments & Modelling

Building Energy Performance Optimization

Building Certifications (LEED, BOMA, ESPM, etc.)

Related services

Comprehensive Plans Program Design

Best Practice reviews

Gap Analyses Business Plans

Strategic EvaluationsProcess Evaluations

Benchmarking Market Research

Stakeholder Engagement Regulatory

FrameworksRegulatory Support

Potential StudiesTechnology

Assessments

Measure Characterization

Savings AlgorithmsModelling

Impact EvaluationsCost-Effectiveness

Screening

Financial AnalysisEnergy System

ModellingCarbon Markets

STRATEGIC & MARKET ASSESSMENTS TECHNICAL & ECONOMIC ANALYSES BUILDING PERFORMANCESTRATEGIC & MARKET ASSESSMENTS TECHNICAL & ECONOMIC ANALYSES BUILDING PERFORMANCE SERVICES

We service these areas through rock-solid research and analysis, including:


DUNSKY SERVICE AREA #1

We assist clients in developing

thoughtful energy-related policies, and in building win-win regulatory

frameworks. We also provide

technical and strategic support throughout the regulatory process.

Dunsky developed a comprehensive white paper and roadmap on building energy performance labelling policies for residential and commercial markets. The paper included a review of experience worldwide, identified key design issues and challenges, compared options, and laid out an implementable roadmap. The white paper went on to inform rating policies in several U.S. states and beyond.

BUILDING ENERGY LABELLING POLICIESDunsky has assisted Efficiency Nova Scotia, Canada’s first independent energy efficiency administrator, since its inception. We worked with ENSC throughout the regulatory cycle –preparing key aspects of its plan, engaging with its stakeholders and board of directors, planning for the hearings, preparing written evidence, and delivering expert testimony. ENSC has secured approval of each of its plans, with strong stakeholder support.

REGULATORY & STRATEGIC SUPPORT

POLICY

PLANNING DESIGN

IMPLEMENTATION*


* support role

POLICY & REG

SAMPLE PROJECTS



Dunsky co-developed the Efficiency Maine Trust’s first triennial plan. With a focus on residential programs and enabling strategies, we took a careful look at Maine’s unique needs and context; examined best practices; designed appropriate strategies; developed cost and savings assumptions; consulted with stakeholders and EMT’s board; and assisted the Trust as it sought and won authorization for its all-fuels plan.

COMPREHENSIVE ALL-FUELS DSM PLANDunsky played a pivotal role in developing New Brunswick’s first comprehensive, integrated electric DSM plan. We assessed the cost-effective potential for savings across the province, then designed a portfolio that includes both energy efficiency programs and innovative demand response initiatives. We also provided an array of other technical, planning, and strategic support services to the provincial utility, NB Power.

INTEGRATED EE-DR ELECTRIC DSM PLAN

We assist clients in developing

comprehensive plans, at the regional, local, or facilities levels.

We also help utilities account for

demand-side options within broader resource planning.

POLICY & REG

PLANNING DESIGN

IMPLEMENTATION*


* support role

PLANNING

SAMPLE PROJECTS



With the province set to raise the efficiency bar in its building code, BC Hydro turned to Dunsky to develop a new strategy aimed at moving theresidential new construction market toward near-zero energy homes. DEC consulted builders, developers and other trade allies, conducted thorough, measure-level analyses of pathways to greater efficiency, reviewed best practices and designed a new strategy that could meet the utility’s cost-effectiveness criteria.

ADVANCED NEW HOMES PROGRAM

satisfied the utility, its stakeholders,

efficiency and A collaborative of municipalities, utilities, and governments retained the Dunsky team to design innovative financing options for energy efficiency and renewable energy. Our role included designing boilerplate finance programs, developing EM&V plans, running financial and economic modelling, facilitating workshops, and helping the group agree on a common model that has since begun to be implemented in Ontario.

INNOVATIVE FINANCING

We design effective programs and

strategies across all sectors. Our work is rooted in a deep

understanding of experience

elsewhere, of technical options, and of local market characteristics.

POLICY & REG

PLANNING DESIGN

IMPLEMENTATION*


* support role

DESIGN

SAMPLE PROJECTS



BUILDING SERVICES (NEW & EXISTING)

We support clients in implement-

ting successful energy saving programs and opportunities.

This can involve technical support,

contractor oversight, certification, and other forms of assistance.

POLICY & REG

PLANNING DESIGN

IMPLEMENTATION*


* support role

IMPLEMENTATION

SAMPLE PROJECTS

When Quebec’s Energy Efficiency Agency launched a new low-income energy retrofit pilot, it turned to Dunsky for technical support. We helped the agency prepare its contractor RFP, developed a user-friendly tool to allow energy evaluators to determine which energy saving measures are cost-effective to implement, and provided technical expertise to resolve issues that arose between energy auditors and contractors.

RESIDENTIAL RETROFITS

Dunsky assisted Rosdev, a prominent commercial property owner and management company, to achieve BOMA BESt certification at the Federal Court building in Montreal. We are also providing building recommissioning (RCx) to optimize the energy performance at another of Rosdev’s properties, as well as coordinating efforts to secure LEED Gold certification for existing buildings.



The Dunsky team worked with a partner firm to review and redesign the Canadian Office of Energy Efficiency’s program evaluation plans. We assessed the previous evaluation strategies against North American best practices, and designed a set of improved –and implementable – evaluation plans for the federal government’s residential programs, its labelling initiatives, and its work developing new codes and standards.

EVALUATION PLANNING

We evaluate programs with a view

to understanding their impacts, improving their processes, and

helping to inform key investment

decisions. We also provide related EM&V planning and services.

POLICY & REG

PLANNING DESIGN

IMPLEMENTATION*


* support role

EVALUATION

Dunsky

2020

In partnership with another firm, Dunsky was selected by the California state regulator to lead the impact evaluations of a broadportfolio of 23 innovative financing programs. These programs cover all sectors, and an array of financing mechanisms. We were also selected by the state’s investor-owned utilities, under another umbrella contract, to work on the process evaluation of California’s new statewide financing pilots.

PROGRAM EVALUATION

SAMPLE PROJECTS



With the rapid emergence of new thermostat technologies, Northeast Utilities (formerly NStar, CL&P, PSNH, WMECo and Yankee Gas) and National Grid retained Dunsky to assess technology options, features, capabilities and, critically, the full array of value propositions for customers, utilities, and third parties alike. We then assessed the 10-year market opportunity, providing the foundation for a strategic plan to address this exciting new space.

“SMART” THERMOSTATS

We help clients stay ahead of the

curve by assessing the technical, economic and market potential of

energy savings opportunities.

Our work focuses on technologies, services, and market strategies.

POLICY & REG

PLANNING DESIGN

IMPLEMENTATION*


* support role

OPPORTUNITIES

SAMPLE PROJECTS

Faced with unprecedented savings goals and an arguably unique service territory, Cape Light Compact tasked Dunsky and a partner firm to conduct a wide-ranging assessment of the technical, economic, and achievable potential for savings. Among other tasks, Dunsky developed a comprehensive but user-friendly model to define the potential across the full portfolio of buildings and end-uses in the region.

COMPREHENSIVE POTENTIAL


DUNSKY APPROACH

Our work is rooted in solid analytics; in deep experience that informs not only what is best but what is workable; and in clear, compelling communications, with both clients and their stakeholders.

RESEARCH & ANALYTICS

In-depth, quantitative and/or qualitative analysis of market, economic, and technical issues

STRATEGIC COUNSEL

Recommendations rooted in best practices, solid analytics

and deep experience

COMMUNICATIONS

Clear, well-written reportsExecutive-level storytelling

Effective decision-making tools

E X P E R I E N C E


ASSO

CIA

TESC

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E TEAM

DUNSKY TEAM

•President•20+ yrs experience

exclusively in EE/RE and related activities

•Ensures project quality and delivery

Philippe Dunsky

•Snr. Consultant

•20+ yrs experience

•Economist; former head of EE Planning at Hydro-Quebec

Bruno Gobeil M.Econ., CMVP

•Snr. Consultant


•Focus on analytics, modelling, program design / evaluation

Martin Poirier M.Soc., CMVP

•Snr. Consultant


• Industrial process

•Ran home energy retrofit programs

Francois Boulanger, B.Eng

•Snr. Consultant


•Green buildings; innovative financing; EM&V strategies.

Alex HillM.Eng, LEED AP

•25+ yrs exp.

•Audited hundreds of buildings

•Modeller, trainer

Michel Parent P.Eng, CMVP

•30+ yrs exp.

•Clean energy technology & innovation

•Public policy

John Marrone P.Eng., MBA

•15 yrs exp.

•Specialized in biomass and other new technologies

Martin Tampier P.Eng

•20 yrs exp.

•Financial advisory services

•Financing of EE & RE

David McNeilCFA

•12 yrs exp.

•Complex energy systems modelling

•Transport sector

Kathleen Vaillancourt

•25 yrs exp.

•Smart Grid / networks

•Technology innovation

Valérie Lavoie

•20+ yrs exp.

•Evaluation techniques

•Behavioural science

Kevin Monte de Ramos

•Consultant

•9 yrs experience

•Strategic energy planning

•Codes and standards

MariangiolaFabbri, MA, MPA

•Consultant

•4 yrs experience

•Municipal energy planning background

•Renewable energy

Marina Malkova, B.Eng

•Consultant

•3 yrs experience

•Mechanical systems and Mathematics

•Strong analytics

Brent Langille B.Eng.

•Consultant

•3 yrs experience

•Greenhouse gas emissions analysis & reduction strategies

Elsa JolyJr. Eng., M.Sc.

•Consultant

•6 yrs experience

•Environmental & energy efficiency policy development & analysis

Jérôme Bilodeau, B.Eng.


DUNSKY REPUTATION

Simply put, our success is measured by our clients’ satisfaction.

For years you have contributed to our programs’ successes, through strategic support, innovative programs, consistent rigor and exceptional responsiveness to our needs.

- Head of Energy EfficiencyPlanning and Integration

Your report was insightful, delivered on time and on budget, and provided excellent value. Thanks to you and your talented team.

- President and CEO

Dunsky has provided us with critical research and insightful analysis for some of our most strategic projects.

- Executive Director

Your niche is quality!- Executive Director

Excellent skillsets and expertise. Great team and coordination throughout project. Thanks for the great work over the past few months and the excellent final product.

- Coordinator, Energy Efficiency,

Ministry of Energy & Mines

Philippe provides incredible value to his clients, (including) extremely sophisticated knowledge of demand-side management.

- Director, Evaluation and Planning

Dunsky is committed, smart, strategic, compelling and led by one of the most forward-thinking people in our business today.

- Director of Planning & Evaluation


DUNSKY REPUTATION

The team delivered clear, well structured information. We also greatly appreciated the quick turnaround time.

- Director of Energy, North America

Thanks for your great presentation and wonderful report – it has already been incredibly useful.- Residential Programs Manager

Dunsky’s in-depth knowledge of energy issues, strategic instincts and willingness to innovate are always present.

- President and CEO

Dunsky combines intellectual rigor with an ability to find practical solutions adapted to business realities.

- Director, Regulatory Affairs

You were particularly understanding of the political environment. Responsiveness to client needs is clearly a Dunsky priority.

- Director of Strategy

Simply put, our success is measured by our clients’ satisfaction.

I recommend Dunsky's services. They take care to listen, build client relationships based on trust and respect, and excel at communicating complex concepts. Their work is always solid.

- Director, Energy Efficiency

You are great listeners, and your approach is at once very professional and friendly. You master the market, and I was completely confident [in the results].

- Senior Advisor

Your projects have always been of extremely high quality. You keep us on track, and provide relevant and timely analysis packaged for our needs.

- Program Manager, EnergyEfficiency & Conservation


WALKING THE TALK

It’s not the #1 reason to hire us (what we can do for our clients is), but for what it’s worth, we are deeply committed to walking the talk.

Dunsky is proud to be a certified “B Corp”.

B Corps are independently certified, mission-driven, for-

profit corporations that, in addition to generating

shareholder returns, also produce demonstrable benefits for the broader community, and

for our shared environment.

Dunsky is purposefully located in one of the greenest

buildings on the continent. Certified LEED® NC Platinum, our

offices are hyper-insulated, heated and cooled by

geothermal wells, and act as a living experiment in how

buildings of the future can be built and operated.

Dunsky believes in giving back.

In fact, we donate 2% of our gross revenue to charities

involved in building a sustainable future. To share in the pleasure of giving, we also invite our staff and clients to choose recipient organizations that are near and

dear to their hearts.

2%


QUESTIONS?

PHILIPPE DUNSKYDUNSKY ENERGY CONSULTING

(514) 504 9030 [email protected]

www.dunsky.ca

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