1、www.CALMAC.org and How It Can Help You,Pierre Landry, CALMAC Website Committee Tim Caulfield, CALMAC Website Committee Co-ordinatorCALMAC/MAESTRO Evaluation Research Showcase Pacific Energy Center, July 26, 2006,What is CALMAC?,The California Measurement Advisory Councilprovides a forum for: develop
2、ment, implementation, presentation, discussion, and review of local, regional and statewide market assessment and evaluation (MA&E) studies (both utility sposored and third party). for California energy efficiency programs using Public Goods Charge funds. We are currently adding Demand Response, and
3、 Distributed Generation studies to the Searchable Database.,Who Is CALMAC?,California Public Utilities Commission Energy Division Division of Ratepayer Advocates California Energy Commission Natural Resources Defense Council Pacific Gas & Electric Company Southern California Edison Company Southern
4、California Gas Company San Diego Gas & Electric Company,What is www.CALMAC.org?,Searchable Database of research reports bulletin board for meeting notices bulletin board for event announcements directory of who to contact archive of meeting agendas and minutes listserv for stakeholders and fellow tr
5、avelers,CALMAC Website,Access to publications, contacts, links, and input forms through menus.,Event banner directs you to new items of interest.,New Publications,Posted within Last 90 Days,Title,Open and read 200 word Abstract,Download Whole File,Powerful Search Engine,Searchable Database Features,
6、669 unique studies from 1990present: 7% from 32 recent Third Parties contributions. Appendices automatically retrieved with studies. 1994present: all studies have downloadable files. A clean database for more accurate searches. Simple Search by key word with Boolean operators: “Help” file tells user
7、s how to use the operators (AND, OR, NOT). Custom Search by category Search by whole words or partial words. Sort the results by program year or publication date.,Simple Word Search,Good Help File,Download a list of Key Fields for the Entire Database,Custom Search,Type in the words you want,Simple S
8、earch Example,Highlights Where Criteria are Found,See the Number of Studies Located and Search Criteria,Newest studies first,Read the Abstract,Open or Download Executive Summary,Download Search Results List, or Entire Report,Select: - Study Category- Sector- Sponsor,Set: - Publication Date Range- Pr
9、ogram Year Range- Sort Criteria,Select: - Study Category- Sector- Sponsor,Set: - Publication Date Range- Program Year Range- Sort Criteria,Custom Search Example,Three unique studies found.,Lists search criteria as reminder,Download search results list.,Example of Custom Search Results,Open or downlo
10、ad Executive Summary or Whole Report,Appendices & Associated Volumes inset for easy identification,Abstract,Report Announcement Listserv,On Any CALMAC.org page, you can sign up to get automatic email announcement of new study availability.,CALMAC Website Summary,Its a powerful tool for finding backg
11、round material. Its a popular tool: 10,000 PDF files are downloaded every month (120,000+/year) 480/work-day, or about 1 each work-minute The search tool allows you to home in on what you need. Database is very clean, making searches less frustrating. New studies are continually being posted, and you can be automatically informed of new postings.,
