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TECH Webinar

TECH Webinar

Opinion Dynamics is the evaluator for TECH Clean California, a large-scale initiative that aims to transform the California market for space- and water-heating heat pumps. We conducted a first-of-its-kind survey with nearly 1,000 heat pump customers to understand...

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Lessons Learned from Mature Heat Pump Programs

Lessons Learned from Mature Heat Pump Programs

Article by Jen Loomis and Ellen SteinerHeat pump technology is not new, and neither are programs incentivizing heat pump units. Heat pump adoption has been slow in the United States despite technological advances that have increased efficiency and enabled heat pump...

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Demand Flexibility

Winterizing Demand Response

Winterizing Demand Response

By Jordan FolksMount Hood, the largest mountain in Oregon, recently had its first blizzard in over a decade. Although spared blizzard conditions, nearby Portland received its fair share of ice during the storm—resulting in significant storm-related power outages...

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Designing Equitable Rate Structures

Designing Equitable Rate Structures

By: Jordan Folks An equitable rate structure is one that does not require any customer segment to carry a disproportionate portion of the cost to serve while ensuring the service provider is able to meet grid demand and recoup the cost of energy procurement and...

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Electric Demand Response-ability in California

Electric Demand Response-ability in California

The official start of Fall this past week, marked by the Fall Equinox, seems to have crept up out of nowhere when we reflect on the record-shattering last few weeks of summer. Over 1,000 heat records in the American West were broken during the first week of September...

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Discrete Choice Modeling: Choices Speak Louder Than Words

Discrete Choice Modeling: Choices Speak Louder Than Words

An important yet difficult challenge for any energy-efficiency program is the ability to quantify savings directly attributable to program offerings. To do so, one needs to understand the degree to which customers would have taken comparable energy-saving measures in...

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IRA funding and the energy landscape

IRA funding and the energy landscape

Timestamps are included in the YouTube description online as well as links to resources mentioned in the discussion. Links can also be found listed below the transcipt here for convenience.Contact Information Erin Kempster: ekempster@opiniondynamics.com | Jeana...

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Threads Of Equity – Residential Decarbonization

Threads Of Equity – Residential Decarbonization

Hi, everyone, and welcome to today’s installment of our Threads of Equity podcast. My name is Sarah Naiman. I’m joined today by Jen Loomis, and we are going to be talking about decarbonization and equity within the work that we do. So do you mind introducing yourself to our listeners?

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Podcast-Real-time Evaulation – A Primer

Podcast-Real-time Evaulation – A Primer

Today we are going to talk about embedded evaluation, what it is how it differs from other EM&V approaches, and share some of our experiences utilizing embedded evaluations with our clients in the energy industry.

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Threads of Equity Series – Podcast – Equity and Decarbonization

Threads of Equity Series – Podcast – Equity and Decarbonization

In our latest podcast, Hannah Merriam and Jen Loomis discuss the hot topic of decarbonization. In the first of a series of decarb-focused podcasts, they consider different building types, how clean the grid is, the role of equity, renters versus owners, and what consumers can do to support building electrification

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Opinion Dynamics Welcomes Dr. Jim Stewart

Opinion Dynamics Welcomes Dr. Jim Stewart

Opinion Dynamics Welcomes Dr. Jim Stewart, Senior Director of Data AnalyticsWALTHAM, MA, February 27, 2024 – Opinion Dynamics is pleased to welcome Dr. Jim Stewart as our Senior Director of Data Analytics.  As an Energy Economist, Jim has leveraged his expertise in...

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Sharyn Barata to Serve on ACEEE Board of Directors

Sharyn Barata to Serve on ACEEE Board of Directors

Sharyn Barata to Serve on ACEEE Board of DirectorsWALTHAM, MA., January 5, 2023 – Opinion Dynamics is pleased to announce Sharyn Barata, Senior Vice President of Industry Engagement for Opinion Dynamics has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the...

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CPUC Issues Research Study on Heat Pump Market

CPUC Issues Research Study on Heat Pump Market

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: Terrie Prosper, 415.703.1366, news@cpuc.ca.gov SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2022 -  The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released a study of the State’s heat pump market to track the progress of programs...

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Opinion

Honoring Trailblazers- Mary Jackson

Honoring Trailblazers- Mary Jackson

On this day in history, we honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Mary Jackson, a skilled mathematician, scientist, and aerospace engineer. Mary overcame segregation and gender bias to become NASA’s first Black female engineer in 1958. In the later part of her 34...

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There and back again – from office to home to hybrid

There and back again – from office to home to hybrid

Reflections from Sabrina Skelly's bedside office 2020 split whatever notion we may have had of “business as usual” wide open. It sent many of us spiraling into makeshift office spaces with nothing more than a laptop, charger, and false sense that we would be back to...

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