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Provide information to help customers pick the right contractor

Early on, many Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners focused on providing customers with a range of contractors to choose from, while providing contractors with access to customers. Customer feedback received by some programs, however, indicated that customers were confused or overwhelmed...
Tips for Success

Green for All Energy Efficiency Toolkit

Author(s)
Green For All
Publication Date
2012
Organizations or Programs
Enhabit,
Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC),
EnergyWorks KC,
Baltimore Neighborhood Energy Challenge,
BetterBuildings for Greensboro,
Green and Healthy Homes Initiative,
Working Partnerships USA,
NYC Apollo Alliance,
Community Power Works,
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA),
RePower Bremerton,
Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP),
RePower Bainbridge,
Better Buildings Near Eastside Neighborhood Sweeps Program,
RePower Kitsap,
Michigan Saves,
Keystone Home Energy Loan Program (HELP),
EnergySmart,
Efficiency Vermont,
Long Island Green Homes,
Energy Impact Illinois,
Energize Bedford,
reEnergize

This practitioner-focused Toolkit for Residential Energy Efficiency Upgrade Programs was created by Green For All to assist new, established, and future energy efficiency programs launch and scale initiatives that can deliver the full promise of the green economy. It is intended as a practical resource that offers examples, tools, and templates that a program manager can deploy to implement a variety of aspects of their program including best practice briefs and summary documents, RFPs, contracts, and other program design and implementation templates that communities nationwide have used to create their own efficiency programs.

Resource - Tools & Calculators

Energy Impact Illinois Reporting Packet for Whole Home Projects

Author(s)
Energy Impact Illinois
Publication Date
2014
Organizations or Programs
Energy Impact Illinois
This packet contains all the contractor reporting and verification forms required by Energy Impact Illinois.
Resource - Templates & Forms

Peer Diffusion: A Promising Way for Service Providers to Unlock Investments in Home Energy Upgrades

Author(s)
Rocky Mountain Institute,
Building Performance Institute
Publication Date
2016
Organizations or Programs
Energy Impact Illinois,
Renovate America’s HERO program

This report, informed by leading research and real-world examples, highlights practical online and in-person tactics that contractors can use to promote social interaction and social comparison among homeowners to make energy upgrades a "must-have" in U.S. homes.

Resource - Publications

10 New Year's Resolutions to Keep the Customers Coming

Author(s)
Home Energy Magazine
Publication Date
2013
Organizations or Programs
Energy Impact Illinois
This article provides 10 tips home energy contractors can use to update their marketing outreach and improve their customer service.
Resource - Publications

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning CRIBB Communications

Author(s)
Booz and Company
Publication Date
2011
Organizations or Programs
Energy Impact Illinois
This presentation provides the results of a 1,600-person survey of mid- to high-income households conducted by Energy Impact Illinois (EI2) to gauge attitudes toward home improvements and energy efficiency upgrades.
Resource - Program Presentations & Reports

Energy Impact Illinois Lender Matrix

Author(s)
Energy Impact Illinois
Publication Date
2013
Organizations or Programs
Energy Impact Illinois
Matrix of participating lenders and associated loan information.
Resource - Program Materials

City of Greensboro Request for Proposal: Business Process Management Information Technology Tool

Author(s)
BetterBuildings for Greensboro
Publication Date
2012
Organizations or Programs
BetterBuildings for Greensboro
Example Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide The City of Greensboro with an estimate for the work required to create a Business Process Management Information Technology Tool (BPM IT Tool) for a municipal energy efficiency project.
Resource - Program Materials

Testing Program Messages

Author(s)
U.S. Department of Energy
Publication Date
2013
Organizations or Programs
Energy Impact Illinois
Energy Impact Illinois (EI2) conducted 1,600 phone surveys of mid- to high-income households. Its aim was to test program messaging and gauge attitudes toward home improvements and energy efficiency upgrades. The surveys provided a number of insights on the target audience's decision process.
Resource - Case Studies

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  • Financing (9)
  • (-) Contractor Engagement & Workforce Development (6)

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  • Evaluation (3)

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Organizations or Programs

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  • Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance (GCEA) (3)
  • Keystone Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) (3)
  • Long Island Green Homes (3)
  • Low Income Energy Efficiency (LIEE) Program (3)
  • Massachusetts Department Of Energy Resources (3)
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  • United Illuminating (3)
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  • Consumers Energy (2)
  • Denver Energy Challenge (2)
  • Energize New York (2)
  • Fayette County Better Buildings Initiative (2)
  • Focus on Energy (2)
  • Illinois Home Performance with Energy Star (2)
  • Maryland Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (2)
  • Mass Save (2)
  • Puget Sound Energy (2)
  • reEnergize (2)
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