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Establish collaborative partnerships with contractors and communicate with them early and often

Contractors are more likely to serve as program champions when the program engages with them throughout program design, delivery, and improvement. Your contractors are the primary contact points with your customers, and the quality of their interactions and services strongly influences how customers...
Tips for Success

Quality Control, Standardization of Upgrades, and Workforce Expectations

Author(s)
U.S. Department of Energy
Publication Date
2014
Organizations or Programs
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA),
Community Energy Challenge,
Community Power Works

This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on quality assurance and control, standardization of upgrades and workforce expectations.

Resource - Topical Presentations

Catalyzing Efficiency: Unlocking Energy Information and Value in Apartment Buildings

Author(s)
Institute for Market Transformation
Publication Date
2016
Organizations or Programs
Elevate Energy,
Austin Energy,
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA),
Mass Save,
City of New York’s Retrofit Accelerator,
Seattle RENEW Multi-Family Housing Program

This report explores how governments and energy efficiency implementers could help stakeholders better analyze and act upon building performance data to unlock savings.

Resource - Publications

A Policymaker’s Guide to Scaling Home Energy Upgrades

Author(s)
State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network
Publication Date
2015
Organizations or Programs
EnergySmart,
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA),
Enhabit,
Mass Save,
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),
Manitoba Hydro,
Keystone Home Energy Loan Program (HELP),
Michigan Saves,
Warehouse for Energy Efficiency Loans,
Austin Energy,
Efficiency Vermot,
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance,
Illinois Home Performance with Energy Star,
Build It Green,
Earth Advantage,
Elevate Energy,
Arizona Public Service (APS),
Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
NeighborWorks H.E.A.T. Squad

This Guide is designed to help state and local policymakers to take full advantage of new policy developments by providing them with a comprehensive set of tools to support launching or accelerating residential energy efficiency programs. The Guide focuses on four categories of policies that have proven particularly effective in providing a framework within which residential energy efficiency programs can thrive: incentives and financing, making the value of energy efficiency visible in the real estate market, data access and standardization, and supporting utility system procurement of energy efficiency.

Resource - Publications

Powering the New Energy Future From the Ground Up

Author(s)
Climate Solutions
Publication Date
2012
Organizations or Programs
Hailey's Community Climate Challenge,
EnergySmart,
Eugene Water and Electric Board,
Community Energy Challenge,
Hailey's Community Climate Challenge,
Jackson Hole Energy Sustainability Project,
Knoxville,
TN,
Oberlin Project,
Energize New York,
RePower Kitsap,
RePower Bainbridge,
RePower Bremerton,
Burlington Sustainability Action Team,
Gainesville Regional Utilities,
Hillsboro Solar Advantage,
Issaquah,
WA,
MPower Madison Program,
Solarize Pendleton,
Clear the Air Challenge,
Santa Fe,
NM,
West Union,
IA,
Sustainable Williamson,
CharlestonWISE,
City of Aiken,
SC,
City Green Initiative,
Kilowatt Cruncher Challenge,
Smarter Sustainable Dubuque,
Small Cities Climate Action Partnership,
City of Grand Rapids,
MI,
Town of GreenÞeld,
MA,
City of Keene,
NH,
Home Energy Affordability Loan (HEAL),
Clean Local Energy Accessible Now,
RichmondBuild Pre-apprenticeship Construction Skills and Green Jobs Training Academy

This report from Climate Solutions analyzes small- to medium-sized American cities that are using successful methods to further clean energy economic development. Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners that are featured in the report include Bainbridge Island and Bremerton, Washington; Boulder, Colorado; Bedford, New York; Madison, Wisconsin; and Grand Rapids, Michigan. The report includes details on the how the featured cities funded their projects, found successful models to reach their goals, and to see which new projects are off to a promising start.

Resource - Publications

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Program Components

  • Market Position & Business Model (1)
  • Program Design & Customer Experience (3)
  • Evaluation & Data Collection (1)
  • Marketing & Outreach (2)
  • Contractor Engagement & Workforce Development (2)

Program Design Phases

  • Overview (1)
  • Strategy Development (3)
  • Planning (5)
  • Implementation (3)
  • Evaluation (1)

States or Territories

  • Alabama (2)
  • Alaska (1)
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  • (-) New York (5)
  • Oklahoma (1)
  • Oregon (4)
  • Pennsylvania (2)
  • Rhode Island (1)
  • South Dakota (1)
  • Texas (2)
  • Utah (1)
  • Vermont (2)
  • Virginia (2)
  • Washington (21)
  • Washington DC (2)
  • Wisconsin (3)

Organizations or Programs

  • New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (28)
  • Elevate Energy (7)
  • Austin Energy (6)
  • Enhabit (6)
  • Michigan Saves (6)
  • Energize New York (5)
  • Efficiency Vermont (4)
  • Efficiency Nova Scotia (3)
  • Long Island Green Homes (3)
  • New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (3)
  • Arizona Public Service (APS) (2)
  • City of Chicago (2)
  • (-) Community Energy Challenge (2)
  • Community Power Works (2)
  • ConEdison’s Brooklyn Queens Demand Management Program (2)
  • Energize Delaware (2)
  • Energy Impact Illinois (2)
  • Energy Outreach Colorado (2)
  • EnergySmart (2)
  • Energy Trust of Oregon (2)
  • Florida's Multifamily Energy Retrofit Program (2)
  • Keystone Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) (2)
  • Massachusetts Low-Income Multifamily Energy Retrofit Program (2)
  • (-) Mass Save (2)
  • NeighborWorks H.E.A.T. Squad (2)
  • NeighborWorks of Western Vermont (2)
  • New York State Energy Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) (2)
  • RePower Bainbridge (2)
  • (-) RePower Kitsap (2)
  • Set the PACE St. Louis (2)
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (2)
  • Watt Watchers (2)
  • Build It Green (1)
  • CharlestonWISE (1)
  • CNT Energy (1)
  • Denver Energy Challenge (1)
  • Efficiency Maine (1)
  • EmPower New York (1)
  • Energize Bedford (1)
  • Energy Upgrade California (1)
  • Fayette County Better Buildings Initiative (1)
  • Focus on Energy (1)
  • Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance (GCEA) (1)
  • Home Energy Affordability Loan (HEAL) (1)
  • Kansas How$mart (1)
  • NH (1)
  • NOLA WISE (1)
  • (-) RePower Bremerton (1)
  • Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) (1)
  • Texas LoanSTAR (1)
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