M&V Planning in Practice (PMVE Certification Preparatory)

• Understand the challenges associated with the practical application of M&V
• Be able to prepare an IPMVP compliant plan along with the associated M&V calculations
• Be able to review an M&V plan for compliance with the IPMVP
• Be able to produce an M&V report compliant with the IPMVP

TRAINING CONTENT (6 ADVANCED MODULES)

1. Introduction
2. Practical M&V Challenges
   -With Energy Performance Contracts
   -With Utility Energy Efficiency Schemes
3. IPMVP Adherent M&V Plan in detail
   - Before ECMs are Implemented
   - The 14 Elements of the Plan
   - Adherence
4. M&V Calculations in Practice
5. M&V Plan in Practice
6. M&V Plan Verification in Practice

• Industry professionals (PMVA) looking for advanced training on applied M&V, specifically advanced guidance in developing and implementing detailed M&V plans
• Utility demand-side management senior program designers, managers, and evaluators
• M&V team leaders at ESCOs
• Energy managers, energy engineers, energy consultants, energy teams
• Energy users implementing comprehensive energy efficiency measures
• Energy efficiency project facilitators and other M&V consultants
• Facility managers and buildings owners deploying energy efficiency projects in multiple buildings

 CERTIFICATION

• Participants interested in receiving the Performance Measurement and Verification Expert (PMVE) certification must take the certification exam.
• More about the certification and qualifications needed
• Attendees will receive the certification portal log-in information to upload their work and educational experience documentation shortly after signing up for seminar.

EVO-approved instructors are M&V (Measurement & Verification) experts authorized by EVO´s Training Committee to provide attendees with M&V training. Instructors have a teaching background and experience in the field of M&V. They are approved by the Training Committee and must renew their instructor status periodically. Based on the degree of knowledge and expertise in the M&V field, EVO qualifies instructors into three different levels: L2, L3, and L4, each of them with various attributes.The PMVE training programs are taught by L4 instructors who have gone thru EVO’s extensive approval process and who possess extensive experience on the Measurement Verification & IPMVP industry. They present the latest IPMVP best practices, M&V plans, Options for whole or partial retrofits, reporting, and opportunities for continuous improvement of energy savings.  The course will be instructed by one of the EVO approved instructors listed below. 

EVO Level 4 Instructor
Bruce Rowse, of 8020Green, is a trainer (and consultant), with a background in energy efficiency. Bruce founded and subsequently sold an early home-grown Australian Energy Services Company, and worked as an energy efficiency policy advisor in Malaysia for the Building Sector Energy Efficiency Project.

Bruce represents the Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating on Australian and New Zealand Standards Committee EN001: Energy Management and Energy Auditing. He has worked with hundreds of buildings in Australia, and in sea ports across eight countries, to reduce their carbon footprint. Bruce delivers training in demand response/flexible demand, energy management, energy auditing, measurement and verification, metering technologies, and in emerging areas associated with clean energy. He is a guest lecturer at Melbourne University and RMIT University, and trains for the Energy Efficiency Council and the Sustainability Education Academy. He is Chair of the Efficiency Valuation Organization's (EVO) training committee - EVO delivers training globally in over five languages. Bruce's main focus is on developing energy and sustainability related skills and competence.

EVO Level 4 Instructor
Mark Stetz, P.E. has nearly 30 years of experience supporting performance contracts from both sides of the table. He currently works for Iconergy, a Colorado-centric energy services & consulting firm providing performance contracts to local government entities. Prior to Iconergy, Mr. Stetz supported the US DOE’s FEMP ESPC program as an M&V specialist and contributed to the FEMP M&V Guidelines 2.2, 3.0 and 4.0. More recently, he worked with Tarshid in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia developing their performance contract M&V processes.He has been active in EVO, serving as the Chair of the Training Committee (2009 – 2010), developed and presented EVO’s first Advanced M&V classes, and taught the first CMVP classes in Beijing China and Amman Jordan.

PMVE Instructors that may teach this PMVE

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