BEDES WORKING GROUP SIGN UP
The first meetings of the BEDES Strategic Working Group and Technical Working Group took place in Washington, D.C. on Dec 12, 2013. It is not too late to sign up for a Working Group or Sub-Group. Please see the BEDES meeting
schedule on the website for dates/times and locations for upcoming Working Group and Sub-Group Meetings.
An organization can have
different people participate in different groups.
A representative may choose to participate in any or
all groups, however, within any one Working Group or
Sub-Group, no more than one representative of any
given organization can participate.
Please
fill out a separate BEDES registration form for each
person from your organization/agency that will be a
Working Group or Sub-Group Member, by returning to
this web link once you've submitted this form. The
purpose and goals of each Working Groups is
described below.
The Strategic Working Group (SWG)
will develop a strategy for widespread adoption and future management of BEDES, including:
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How to leverage and harmonize existing specifications, including options for how other specifications can relate to
BEDES,
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Promotion of voluntary use in external tools, programs and guidelines,
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Process and responsibilities for BEDES updating; and
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Potential adoption as a formal standard at a later time.
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The SWG will meet 4 times in person during the nine-month work group process.
The Technical Working Group (TWG)
will provide input on the detailed BEDES specification, covering:
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Module I: Facility Level Data (Building Staff & Tenants; Building Characteristics and Uses; and Whole Building &Tenant Energy Consumption), and
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Module II: Equipment Level Data (Contractor Information; Project Structure & Financials; Equipment and ECM Characteristics; and Equipment and ECM-Level Energy Consumption)
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The TWG will meet for four in-person meetings and up to three web-enabled conference calls, as needed.
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The TWG will also direct the work of two sub-groups reporting back to them-one focused on residential buildings and the other focusing on commercial/industrial and multi-family buildings.
Sub-Groups of TWG
will review and provide detailed feedback on BEDES:
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Two Sub-Groups for each module with one focusing on residential issues and the other focusing on commercial/industrial and multi-family issues.
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Each Sub-Group is expected to meet two to four times for each module via web-enabled conference calls.
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The Sub-Groups will report back to TWG.
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