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Connect home performance professionals to trainings focused on the skills that employers want and the community needs

Effective home performance contractors require many types of skills and expertise. To help individuals develop those skills, programs can target training on the specific topics and skills needed for successful home performance work. Many Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners found that they...

Programs: Operating as a Prime Contractor

Author(s)

U.S. Department of Energy

Publication Date

2013

Organizations or Programs

SustainableWorks,

Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance (GCEA),

CharlestonWISE

This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on the challenges, strategies and advantages of operating as a prime contractor.

Challenge-Needs-Strategies-Resources Table: Marketing & Outreach

Author(s)

U.S. Department of Energy

Organizations or Programs

EnergyWorks Kansas City

This table identifies several challenges and the strategies and tactics that can be used to overcome them.

Going Deep Green: A Whole House Approach: Lessons Learned

Author(s)

Kellie Stickney, SustainableWorks

Publication Date

2012

Organizations or Programs

SustainableWorks

Presentation on the SustainableWorks non-profit general contractor model for supporting energy upgrades in Washington state and lessons learned for implementing a whole house approach.