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U.S. Department of Energy
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This Better Buildings Residential Program Solution Center presentation covers how you can use the Solution Center to help design, implement, and evaluate your residential energy efficiency program. In this presentation you will learn how programs have successfully used financing to complete more upgrades and strategies for you to consider for your own program. 

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U.S. Department of Energy
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Organizations or Programs
Focus on Energy,
Denver Energy Challenge

This peer exchange call summary focused on best practices for building and maintaining a robust contractor network.

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U.S. Department of Energy
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Organizations or Programs
Build It Green

This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focuses on how mentoring on sales skills and business management helped one contractor increase sales and become more profitable. The call also covered top tips for supporting contractors, such as helping contractors develop systems to be more efficient in completing projects and creating a service plan with customers for additional improvements in the future.

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U.S. Department of Energy
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This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on an overview of the Better Buildings Residential Network.

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U.S. Department of Energy
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Organizations or Programs
Energize New York

This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on methods, reactions and legal considerations of contractor rating and feedback systems.

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U.S. Department of Energy
Publication Date

This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on assistance, materials and other initiatives the Better Buildings Residential Network could offer.

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U.S. Department of Energy
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This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on targeted workforce training and recruitment.

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U.S. Department of Energy
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This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on energy advising and concierge services without American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants.

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Mike Rogers, OmStout Consulting, LLC
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This presentation provides guidance to contractors on business fundamentals, marketing and lead generation, successful consultative selling and closing, and measuring and improving performance.

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U.S. Department of Energy
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This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on working with smaller municipal and publicly owned facilities.

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Jonathan Cohen, U.S. Department of Energy,
Ryan Clemmer, Clean Energy Works Oregon (now Enhabit),
Melanie Paskevich, NeighborWorks,
Jay Karwoski, ICF International
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Organizations or Programs
Enhabit,
NeighborWorks H.E.A.T. Squad

This webcast includes slides and information on programs' use of concierge programs to support contractors. It highlights two program examples: Clean Energy Works Oregon (now Enhabit) and Vermont NeighborWorks.

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U.S. Department of Energy
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Organizations or Programs
Enhabit,
Community PowerWorks

This peer exchange call summary focused on how to engage, grow and identify challenges of small contractor businesses.

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Green For All
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Organizations or Programs
Enhabit,
Community Power Works,
Long Island Green Home,
Milwaukee Energy Efficiency (Me2),
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

This report covers how to create high road standards and use the momentum of energy sector projects to create safe, well-paying, long-term careers for a diverse group of people. It includes case studies on Community Power Works in Seattle, Washington, and Clean Energy Works Oregon's (now Enhabit's) efforts to use community high road agreements.