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San
Joaquin Valley
Located near the geographic center
of California, the San Joaquin Valley has been plagued with high
unemployment for at least the last two decades. The Fresno
Regional Jobs Initiative (RJI) provides a framework for economic
development that can serve energy efficiency programs.
The RJI has identified
9 economic clusters to drive economic growth in the region
(water technology, agile manufacturing, information
processing, tourism, logistics and distributions, healthcare,
construction, food technology, and innovative energy).
This cluster-based approach has several characteristics that
supported a CALeep pilot project: First, each cluster is
composed of a private-public partnership and employs unique
end-use technologies and operating modes. Second, the
partnership can facilitate sector access as a means to collect
and organize planning information. Third, the approach
supports evaluation, measurement, and verification (EM&V)
baseline impact demonstration. Finally, the RJI was not
created as an energy efficiency program and therefore would
present little overlap with energy efficiency efforts.
The San Joaquin Valley
pilot project contributed to CALeep's experience base and
enabled local governments in California to effectively implement
energy efficiency programs. |
