ECLIPSE: Aligning Data to Track Local Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Health Improvement

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1 ECLIPSE: Aligning Data to Track Local Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Health Improvement Alan M. Delmerico, PhD Center for Health and Social Research, SUNY Buffalo State & Eric Walker Director of Energy Development and Management Department of Public Works, Erie County

2 Erie County Low Income Program for Sustainable Energy (ECLIPSE) u Background u NYSERDA u Cleaner Greener Communities u Collaborative effort of government (Erie County) and academia (Buffalo State) u Simultaneously lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve the health of disparate populations u Social Determinants of Health

3 ECLIPSE Components u Bulk purchasing of natural gas and electricity u Economies of scale for purchasing energy for HEAP recipients u Coordinating energy efficiency services for LMI populations u Renewable energy adoption u Community shared solar u Leverage county s position as financial intermediary u Designing and delivering value-added services

4 Big Picture u Data as a way to solve problems u Cumulative hardship of basic needs u Many programs and efforts to mitigate problems u Data helps us find what is impactful u Address energy insecurity

5 Big Picture Why this matters h"p://bit.ly/1r6b54i

6 Big Picture What s the big problem USGCRP, 2016: The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment.

7 Research Support

8 Big Picture What s the big problem

9 Big Picture What s the big problem Erie County (2015) Less than 50% of FPL 50% - 99% of FPL 100% - 124% of FPL 125% - 149% of FPL 150% - 184% of FPL 185% - 199% of FPL Home Energy Affordability Gap Individual Shortfall Number of Households Aggregate Shortfall Home Energy Burden $1,226 26,508 $32,491, % $862 29,750 $25,629, % $471 15,266 $7,194, % $211 16,405 $3,462, % - 22, % - 8, % 119,405 $68,778,877 Fisher, Sheehan & Colton, April 2016

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11 How Community Choice Aggregation works

12 Data, Dashboards, Evaluation u Integrated, multi-level data collection and evaluation framework u Bridge between business, government and scientific communities u Data-driven decision-making u Continuous quality improvement u Results-based Accountability to link program performance metrics and aligned population-level outcomes

13 Data, Dashboards, Evaluation u We can t robustly test the outcomes u Align data to help us understand the contribution of the program s efforts to changing the outcomes u Make data useful! u Prioritize disparate populations, including by geography u Identify where/with who the program can make the biggest impacts

14 Open Data u Transparency for all involved u In the data and analyses, plus the methodology u Interactive visualizations and data interface for program metrics u Participation u Utilization and cost savings u Greenhouse gas emissions u Survey data of program participants on health and behavior

15 Open Data u Transparency for all involved u Aligned population-level health outcomes u Heat or Eat u Nutritional measures u Socioeconomic measures (e.g. SNAP) u Respiratory illness u Hospital records u Medicaid data u Visualizations including interactive web mapping to allow exploration of population-level impacts

16 Open Data u Beyond internal decision-making, convey economic and health impacts for: u Consumers u Policy-makers u Health professionals u Tax payers u Other stakeholders u Changing health care delivery environment u Investment in upstream interventions to prevent costly health outcomes

17 5 Vs of Data u Volume u Small in relative terms u Velocity u Slow in relative terms (monthly, annually) u Variety u Highly diverse data u Veracity u Can be messy but many source are known u Value!!!

18 Results Based Accountability Population Performance RESULT or OUTCOME A condition of well-being for children, adults, families or communities. Children born healthy, Children ready for school, Safe communities, Clean Environment, Prosperous Economy INDICATOR or BENCHMARK A measure which helps quantify the achievement of a result. Rate of low-birthweight babies, Percent ready at K entry, crime rate, air quality index, unemployment rate PERFORMANCE MEASURE A measure of how well a program, agency or service system is working. Three types: 1. How much did we do? 2. How well did we do it? 3. Is anyone better off? = Customer Results

19 Program Performance Measures Quantity Quality Effect Effort How much did we do? Is anyone better off? How well did we do it? # %

20 ECLIPSE Program Quantity How much did we do? Quality How well did we do it? Effect Effort Number of HEAP recipients enrolled Amount of GHG Emissions Is anyone better off? % of HEAP recipients enrolled % Reduction in GHG Emissions

21 THE LINKAGE Between POPULATION and PERFORMANCE POPULATION ACCOUNTABILITY POPULATION RESULTS GHG Emissions Aggregate GHG reductions Health Improvement Rate of child asthma hospitalizations Contribution relationship PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY Health Improvement # of HEAP households receiving thermostats % of HEAP households receiving thermostats CUSTOMER RESULTS Alignment of measures Appropriate responsibility # children reporting better respiratory health % children reporting better respiratory health

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23 Outcomes u Integrated and interdepartmental program planning and evaluation u Quantifiable value attributed to system efficiency (health care cost, household income from decreased energy insecurity) Source: IBM Center for Applied Insights, 2011