In parallel to the direct contribution to the procurement phase of ITER and Broader Approach, CEA has initiated research & development programmes, accompanied by experiments together with a significant modelling effort, aimed at ensuring robust operation, plasma performance, as well as mitigating the risks of the procurement phase. This overview reports the latest progress in both fusion science and technology including many areas, namely the mitigation of superconducting magnet quenches, disruption-generated runaway electrons, edge-localized modes (ELMs), the development of imaging surveillance, and heating and current drive systems for steady-state operation. The WEST (W Environment for Steady-state Tokamaks) project, turning Tore Supra into an actively cooled W-divertor platform open to the ITER partners and industries, is presented.

Building America Best Practices Series The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Building America Program is comprised of public/private partnerships that conduct systems research to improve overall housing performance, increase housing durability and comfort, reduce energy use, and increase energy security for America's homeowners. Program activities focus on finding solutions for both new and existing homes, as well as integrating clean onsite energy systems that will allow homebuilders to provide homes that produce as much energy than they use. In addition to the DOE management and staff, Building America includes seven consortia, four national laboratories, and hundreds of builders, manufacturers, and service providers. Building America works closely with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) and works with other federal agencies to coordinate research findings and disseminate information. In addition, DOE co-manages the ENERGY STAR Program along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These partners make the Program a successful source of knowledge and innovation for industry practitioners and government policy makers. The U.S. DOE Building America Program funded the development of this series of handbooks. DOE also funded the Building America consortia and national laboratories to form the basis for these best practices. The seven consortia are listed on the back cover of this document. The consortia have taken on the hard work of applied research, field testing, training builders, and transforming the results into building practices. Numerous drawings, descriptions, photos, and case studies originated with the consortia. Many builders have chosen to use the Building America process in collaboration with the consortia.

This best practices guide is the ninth in a series of guides for builders produced by the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program. This guide book is a resource to help builders design and construct homes that are among the most energy-efficient available, while addressing issues such as building durability, indoor air quality, and occupant health, safety, and comfort. With the measures described in this guide, builders in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climates can achieve homes that have whole house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark (a home built to mid-1990s building practices roughly equivalent to the 1993 Model Energy Code) with no added overall costs for consumers. These best practices are based on the results of research and demonstration projects conducted by Building America's research teams. Building America brings together the nation's leading building scientists with over 300 production builders to develop, test, and apply construction practices. Building America homes attempt to meet energy-efficiency goals at no net increased costs to the homeowners. To recognize builders that are producing the most efficient, sustainable, and comfortable homes on the market, DOE created Builders Challenge. Homes that qualify for this Builders Challenge must meet a 70 or better on the EnergySmart Home Scale (E-Scale). Both programs are described in detail p. 1.2 / October 2009 Vol. 9: Builders Challenge Guide to 40% Whole-House Energy Savings in the Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climates Welcome CHAPTER 1 Vol. 9: Builders Challenge Guide to 40% Whole-House Energy Savings in the Hot-Dry and Mixed-Dry Climates October 2009 / p. 2.1 Building America Best Practices Series R The number one reason identified by builders for building energy-efficient homes is to differentiate themselves from their competition (NAHBRC 2007). Building America has worked with production builders since 1995 to improve the energy efficiency, durability, comfort, environmental performance, and quality of new homes. As of summer 2008, the program had contributed directly to the energy-efficient construction of more than 40,000 homes, and builders and vendors that have worked with Building America have influenced over a million new homes.

A.1.5 Metric Recommendations Future measurements should consider breaking down the metric by customer type (e.g., residential, industrial, commercial) to provide greater clarity into consumer response to dynamic tariffs. In addition, data are needed to measure the fraction of load served by dynamic pricing as outlined in Metric 1.b. A series of questions designed to address this issue has been developed for the EIA. The EIA is considering adding questions relevant to this metric to its EIA Form 861, Annual Electric Power Industry Report, for implementation in 2014. Any relevant data collected by EIA through its Form 861 survey should be considered in future dynamic pricing metric reports.

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