ESC Residential Consortium Minutes 051420

ESC Residential Consortium Minutes from May 14, 2020 Meeting was called to order at 2:03 pm Eastern Time Attendance: Atmos Greg Anderson Black Hills Energy Dustin Snyder Black Hills Energy Joe Terick DTE Energy Tom Kaye Enbridge Gas Susan Cudahy National Fuel Ashley Butera National Fuel Marti Sawyer New Jersey Natural Gas Craig Trautweiler NW Natural Carollyn Farrar NW Natural John Frankel SoCal Debbie Eggers UGI Don Brominski UGI Kim Geder For the month of May, we had a webinar and the meeting was recorded. The recording is posted in the members section of the Residential Consortium on the ESC site. The recording can be viewed by following this link: https://www.energysolutionscenter.org/consortia/residential_burner_tip_consortium_business1.aspx June Webathon Due to the ongoing pandemic, it was decided that the June TMAF was to be cancelled. In lieu of TMAF, ESC is hosting a June webathon. We will have three days of webinars provided by our own affiliate members; partake in as many webinars as you have interest in and/or your schedule allows. The webathon will be held on the same dates as the TMAF would have been held; June 9 – 11. You must register for all 3 days if you plan to watch webinars on those days. You may bounce in and out during the day but you must register. You should have received an email from Stephanie Moran on May 13th will links and details. The agenda can be viewed here: http://tmaf.myescenter.com/Webathon_Agenda.pdf If you did not receive the email from Stephanie, you can reach her at smoran@escenter.org Natural Living Orders for the fall issue of Natural Living are being accepted now. You can access the order form and read about the next issue by following this link: https://www.energysolutionscenter.org/magazines_reports/natural_living_magazine.aspx?F_Category=15 Builder Kits ESC is offering to have the ever-popular builder kits updated (last update was 2014) and given a fresh contemporary look. Many members were hesitant to proceed with orders without being able to see what the new kits would look like. A small sub-team of members were asked to view 2 concepts for the kits; the concept with the most votes would be used. Take a look at the recoding to see the builder kits. An order form, along with pricing, will be sent via a separate email later this month. And, to clarify, while we call them builder kits they are really intended for the end-user. They are designed to be used model homes, builder design centers, trade shows, etc. State of the Economy Barb mentioned that she has been listening in to weekly webinars provided by Meyers Research on hoe COVID-19 is affecting the economy, particularly the building industry. Barb shared some highlights from the past few webinars. (on the recording) If anyone would like to watch these webinars, you can register here: https://goto.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1319253&tp_key=cf9479bb06&sti=email1 Once you register you will automatically receive weekly reminders. Barb asked if there were any open discussion items. With no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 2:27 pm.