Meeting Tomorrow


Jon Koliner
 

Hi all,

 

As a reminder, we have a meeting tomorrow at 10 AM Pacific. Our agenda will focus on overarching CalTRACK and CalTRACK WG issues. Please take some time before the meeting to formulate some concrete improvements that could be made in those areas.

  • Discussion of Working Group process (successes and areas for improvement)
    • Membership
    • Pacing
    • Voting/Prioritization/Issue Selection
    • Information flow / Github / Emails
  • Discussion of CalTRACK trajectory and scope
    • Where are the areas for improvement?
    • When is a given model/method “good enough?”
    • New use cases vs. P4P?
  • Discussion of both scope and process
    • How best can the Working Group address the needs for CalTRACK?
  • Kick off voting for the 2020 CalTRACK Chair

 

See you there! (Meeting info below)

 

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You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Jan 22, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/vp0qcuyvqjgvMAKv_qe7aVKYKNPf78m6XA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

                                                                                                     

Jon Koliner

Apex Analytics, LLC

345 W. Washington Ave., Ste. 301  |  Madison, WI 53703

Office:  (303)590-9888, x106  |  Cell: (412)576-8100

jonk@...  |  www.apexanalyticsllc.com

 


Steve Schmidt
 

Additional HEA comments in blue below ("HEA>").

  -Steve

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 12:34 PM Jon Koliner <jonk@...> wrote:

Hi all,

 

As a reminder, we have a meeting tomorrow at 10 AM Pacific. Our agenda will focus on overarching CalTRACK and CalTRACK WG issues. Please take some time before the meeting to formulate some concrete improvements that could be made in those areas.

  • Discussion of Working Group process (successes and areas for improvement)
    • Membership
    • Pacing
HEA> Too slow given the early stage we're at with CalTRACK and NMEC, where initial programs are struggling. But clearly the pace is constrained by the current "all volunteer" status.

    • Voting/Prioritization/Issue Selection
HEA> We'd like to see more attention given to existing P4P projects.
 
    • Information flow / Github / Emails
HEA> Works great; no issues here.
 
  • Discussion of CalTRACK trajectory and scope
    • Where are the areas for improvement?
HEA> Accuracy and associated automated testing of a "reference implementation". This will identify key areas to focus on.
 
    • When is a given model/method “good enough?”
HEA> We hope for continued improvement, which should result in increased cost effectiveness for all NMEC programs. But this requires a test suite to measure & record progress. At minimum, our CVRMSE values should be much closer to ASHRAE guidelines.
 
    • New use cases vs. P4P?
HEA> We would prefer a focus on P4P until several programs have demonstrated financial viability in both residential and commercial sectors.

  • Discussion of both scope and process
    • How best can the Working Group address the needs for CalTRACK?
HEA> Perhaps compare and contrast current methods with a more mature process, such as the one used for Java (https://jcp.org/en/resources/guide)? Java is similar to CalTRACK in that the standard is defined by written specifications (methods), and new implementations are certified based on their results against a test suite.

  • Kick off voting for the 2020 CalTRACK Chair

 

See you there! (Meeting info below)

 

~~~~~~~~
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Jan 22, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/vp0qcuyvqjgvMAKv_qe7aVKYKNPf78m6XA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

                                                                                                     

Jon Koliner

Apex Analytics, LLC

345 W. Washington Ave., Ste. 301  |  Madison, WI 53703

Office:  (303)590-9888, x106  |  Cell: (412)576-8100

jonk@...  |  www.apexanalyticsllc.com