The year ahead will be an important one for concept of enabling efficiency as an energy resource, very challenging and with high stakes for its long term viability. It?s a great time to get engaged! In this session, we will discuss new strategies being developed or tested to more successfully mitigate market barriers to efficiency in homes, including consideration of:

- New models for utility and government-supported incentives, including Green Communities
- Behavior/feedback systems, supported by Internet and ?smart? electric/gas meters.
- New business approaches, and policies promotive of innovation.

Please come and share your thoughts on: - What are the big ideas that change everything?
- How will consumers respond to them?
- How do we align incentives with objectives?
- How can efficiency performance be effectively measured?

Harvey Michaels directs the multidisciplinary MIT Energy Efficiency Strategy Project, which performs case research and analysis of utility, community, and smart grid-enabled efficiency deployment models.