ESPC, UESC, and Appropriations Project Development

This curriculum offers courses related to financing the implementation of energy and water efficiency projects. These courses help to pair available project financing options with specific project situations in an effort to prevent stalled, unfunded projects.

ESPC, UESC, and Appropriations Project Development

Federal Policies, Requirements, Rules, and Industry Standards
Title	Level	Length	CEUs
Comprehensive Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) 3-Day In-Person Workshop	Introductory	7 hours	.8 (each day)
Inflation Reduction Act: Implications for Federal Agency Decarbonization	Intermediate	1 hour	.2
Inflation Reduction Act: Implications for Federal Agency Decarbonization	Intermediate	1 hour	0.2
Reviewing Your ESPC Technical Proposal	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.2

Energy and Water Efficiency Project Financing
Title	Level	Length	CEUs
Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC) Comprehensive Training: Phase 1 and 2	Introductory	3 hours	0.4
Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC) Comprehensive Training: Phase 3	Introductory	3 hours	0.4
Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC) Comprehensive Training: Phases 4 and 5	Introductory	3 hours	0.4
Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC): Five Phases to Success	Introductory	3.5 hours	0.4
Project Facilitator Fundamentals	Introductory	4 hours	0.4
Using Task Order (TO) Schedules in eProject Builder (ePB)	Introductory	1 hour	0.2
Advanced Measurement and Verification for ESPC	Intermediate	2.5 hours	0.30
Decarbonization Considerations: Performance Contracting	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.2
Federal On-Site Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity (CFE) Purchase Contracts	Intermediate	1 hour	0.2
Financing and Financial Proposal Review for Performance Contracting	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.2
Just in Time ESPC Webinars Session 1: Managing Your Investment-Grade Audit	Intermediate	1 hour	0.10
Just in Time ESPC Webinars Session 2: The Critical Path to Success	Intermediate	1.25 hours	0.20
Just in Time ESPC Webinars Session 3: Crossing the Finish Line to Award	Intermediate	1 hour	0.10
Just in Time ESPC Webinars Session 4: ESPC Implementation/Construction Period - Not Your Conventional Design, Build	Intermediate	2.5 hours	0.30
Just in Time ESPC Webinars Session 5: Ensuring ESPC Project Performance after Acceptance	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.20
Monitoring-Based Commissioning in Performance Contracting	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.2
Pricing in Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPC)	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.2
Reviewing Your Technical Proposal	Intermediate	1.5 hours	.2
Realizing the Potential of Underutilized ECMs in ESPCs	Advanced	3.5 hours	0.40

Supplemental Non-Accredited Courses

Energy Performance Contracting: Tools for Success

Renewable Energy Technologies and Procurement
Title	Level	Length	CEUs	FBPTA Alignment
Ensuring Success: Best Practices & Lessons Learned in Financed Energy Projects	Introductory	1.5 hours	0.2	10.3
ESPC ESA Webinar Series: Photovoltaic Project Considerations	Introductory	1.5 hours	0.20
Utility Industry Basics For Federal Agency Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity (CFE) Procurement	Introductory	2 hours	.3
Utility Rate Considerations and REopt for UESCs	Introductory	1 hour	0.2
ESPC ESA Webinar Series: DOE ESPC ENABLE Contract Vehicle Overview	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.20
ESPC ESA Webinar Series: ESPC IDIQ Contract Vehicle Overview	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.20
ESPC ESA Webinar Series: Overview and Requirements	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.20
ESPC ESA Webinar Series: Site-Specific Stand-Alone Contract Vehicle Overview	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.20
Indeterminate Savings ECMs: Get More Savings from Performance Contracts	Intermediate	1.25 hours	.2
Indeterminate Savings ECMs: Get More Savings from Performance Contracts	Intermediate	1.25 hours	0.2

Greenhouse Gas Management and Climate Change Adaptation Planning
Title	Level	Length	CEUs	FBPTA Alignment
eProject Builder Greenhouse Gas Calculation Tool	Introductory	1 hour	0.2
eProject Builder Greenhouse Gas Calculation Tool	Introductory	1 hour	0.2

Utility Engagement
Title	Level	Length	CEUs
Evaluating Your Utility Rate Options	Introductory	1 hour	0.20
How to help California's power grid and make money doing it!	Introductory	1.25 hours	0.2
Taking Advantage of Demand Response and Time-Variable Pricing Offerings	Introductory	1.5 hours	0.20
UESC Comprehensive Training: Day 1 - Fundamentals and Planning	Introductory	2 hours	.3
UESC Comprehensive Training: Day 2 - Project Development	Introductory	2 hours	.3
UESC Comprehensive Training: Day 3 - Implementation and Performance	Introductory	2 hours	.3
UESC On-Demand Webinar Series: Phase 1 - Acquisition Planning	Introductory	1 hour	0.20
UESC On-Demand Webinar Series: Phase 2 - Utility Selection and Preliminary Assessment	Introductory	1 hour	0.20
UESC On-Demand Webinar Series: Phase 3 - Project Development	Introductory	1 hour	0.20
UESC On-Demand Webinar Series: Phases 4 and 5 - Project Implementation and Construction and Post-Acceptance Performance	Introductory		0.20
UESC On-Demand Webinar Series: UESC Introduction Part 1 - Overview and Background	Introductory	1 hour	0.20
UESC On-Demand Webinar Series: UESC Introduction Part 2 - Legislation and Contracting	Introductory	1 hour	0.20
Utility Energy Service Contracts (UESC) New Utility Toolkit	Introductory	1 hour	0.2
Comprehensive Utility Energy Service Contract (UESC) Training - Day 1	Intermediate	6 hours	0.7
Comprehensive Utility Energy Service Contract (UESC) Training - Day 2	Intermediate	6 hours	0.7
Financing for UESCs: Ensuring the Best Value for the Government	Intermediate	1 hour	0.20
Financing for UESCs: Panel and Q&A	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.2
UESC On-Demand Webinar Series: Special Topic - Performance Assurance for Utility Energy Service Contracts	Intermediate	1 hour	0.20

Supplemental Non-Accredited Courses

Utility Green Tariff Programs

Operations and Maintenance, Commissioning, Recommissioning, and Retrocommissioning
Title	Level	Length	CEUs	FBPTA Alignment
From ePB to CTS: Leveraging eProject Builder for Compliance Tracking System (CTS) Reporting	Introductory	1 hour	0.2

Measurement and Verification Metrics and Metering
Title	Level	Length	CEUs	FBPTA Alignment
Advanced Measurement and Verification for ESPC	Intermediate	2.5 hours	0.30
Long-Term Management Of Measurement And Verification (M&V) In Performance Contracts	Intermediate	1 hour	0.2

Strategic Project and Facility Energy Management
Title	Level	Length	CEUs
Inheriting an ESPC Project Post-Award	Intermediate	1.5 hours	.2
Inheriting an ESPC Project Post-Award	Intermediate	1.5 hours	.2
Performance Contracting National Resource Center (PCNRC) Training Certificate Series	Intermediate		2.4

Strategic Energy and Water Program Development, Integration, and Risk Management
Title	Level	Length	CEUs	FBPTA Alignment
Managing Your Risk in Performance Contracts	Intermediate	1.5 hours	0.2	9.2, 10.3, 12.2

FEMP Services and Resources
Title	Level	Length	CEUs	FBPTA Alignment
Setting Escalation Rates Responsibly: FEMP Guidance and the EERC	Intermediate	1 hour	0.2
UESC Implementation Best Practices For Utilities	Intermediate	2 hours	.3