New Materials on the Solution Center!

clock May 26, 2011 16:28 | commentComments (0)
The Solution Center serves as a repository of resources and information on energy efficiency and renewable energy topics of interest to state and local governments. The technical assistance program manages this site and will be issuing weekly announcements on new products and links via the TAP Blog and directly to your email box via the EERE Newsletter. Click here to sign up for EERE Progress Alerts.  This week you can find the Residential Retrofit Program Design Guide on the Residential B... [More]
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Residential Retrofit Program Design Guide Overview: Webinar Q&A

clock May 24, 2011 03:11 | commentComments (0)
The recent TAP Webinar about the newly released Residential Retrofit Program Design Guide, generated quite a few questions. Because there was not enough time during the Webinar to respond to all of the questions that came in, organizers have compiled a list of these questions and the presenters’ answers: Residential Retrofit Program Design Guide OverviewHost:   Vermont Energy Investment Corporation Presenter:   Richard Faesy, Energy Futures Group; Nikki Kuhn, VEIC;... [More]
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Effective Vocabulary for Communicating Home Energy Improvements

clock April 26, 2011 05:09 | commentComments (0)
While conducting research for the report Driving Demand for Home Energy Improvements, researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory learned that when it comes to promoting home energy improvements, language matters. It’s important to know how to improve a home’s energy efficiency, but it’s equally important to know what words to use and how to convey this information.  People all make associations—either positive or negative—with words. Take, fo... [More]
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Far-flung Grantees Join Others for the Northwest Regional Peer Exchange Meeting

clock April 18, 2011 15:46 | commentComments (0)
On March 7th and 8th 2011, grantees from across the Northwest and North-Central Regions gathered in Portland, OR to participate in one of seven DOE sponsored EECBG and SEP networking and peer-exchange events happening across the country. Over 90 people came to take advantage of this unique networking opportunity, some from as far away as Alaska, Hawaii and the North Mariana Islands!  In total,  70 grantee city, county and state governments from AK, CNMI, HI, ID, MT, NE, OR, WA and WY, ... [More]
Categories: Best Practices | Education & Training | Energy Planning & Policy | Energy Savings Performance Contracting | Financing | Loan Loss Reserve Funds | Residential Retrofits | Tools and Events | Permalink
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Developing Financial Incentives for Residential Retrofit Programs

clock February 1, 2011 06:53 | commentComments (0)
“Money makes the Residential Retrofit world go ‘round” In previous weblogs, I explained why incentives are necessary for driving energy efficiency programs, as well as how strategic messaging enhances social acceptance of efficiency-centered upgrades. In this post, I will explain how to tackle the sometimes challenging job of setting an appropriate incentive level for your program—guidelines pulled from a soon-to-be released handbook on residential retrofit program des... [More]
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