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Market Position & Business Model – Develop Evaluation Plans

Develop processes to evaluate your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, and market position on a regular basis.

Market Position & Business Model – Create a Business Plan

Create your organization’s business plan, which describes how your operational and financial structure will support the delivery of energy efficiency services.

Consider a diversity of funding and revenue sources and make selections based on local opportunities when planning for long-term program sustainability

In order to craft a sustainable financial model, organizations need to identify long-term sustainable revenue sources. As with the Better Buildings Neighborhood Program, grant funding can be a great way to get an effort off the ground; however, grant funding does run out, leaving the need to secure...

Five Steps to a Profitable Contractor Base

Author(s)

Courtney Moriarta, SRA International, Inc.,

Emily Levin, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation,

Tiger Adolf, Building Performance Institute,

Brad Geyer, Fayette County Better Buildings Initiative,

Sammy Chu, Suffolk County Department of Labor,

Sam Flanery, Building Science Academy

Publication Date

2012

Organizations or Programs

Efficiency Vermont,

Fayette County Better Buildings Initiative,

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

Presentation on five steps to building a profitable contractor base. The steps include sensible program design and administration, certification and credentialing, communicating with contractors, contractor requirements (business vs. trade), and training and sales support.

Contractor Blueprint: Getting from HVAC to Home Performance

Author(s)

California Center for Sustainable Energy,

Home Performance Resource Center

Publication Date

2012

Organizations or Programs

Energy Upgrade California

This guide shows HVAC contractors how to get started in the home improvement market. It explains the approach of treating a house like a system and provides step-by-step instructions on setting up a home performance contracting business.