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 Buildings page of the site. The Residential Retrofit Program Design Guide focuses on the elements and design characteristics of building and maintaining a successful residential retrofit program. You can also learn more by viewing the Residential Retrofit Design Guide Overview webinar from May 3, 2011.
There are 7 new ESPC documents available on the Solution Center this week including:
• A Success Story on ESPC Technical Assistance for the City of Fort Worth, Texas
And ESPC Factsheets on:
• How to Finance an ESPC
• The ESPC Process
• ESPC: Opportunities and Advantages
• How to Select an Energy Service Company
• Flyer: Energy Savings Performance Contracting
• What is Energy Savings Performance Contracting
Webinar materials for April and May TAP Webinars are also available. These materials include:
• Leveraging Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations- May 17, 2011
• Traffic Synchronization and Management for Energy Savings-May 18, 2011
• Residential Retrofit Design Guide Overview-May 3, 2011
• Interactions Between Energy Efficiency Programs Funded Under Recovery Act and Utility Customer-funded Energy Efficiency Programs-April 28, 2011
• Modeling for Grantees-April 27, 2011
• Engaging Financial Institution Partners- April 25, 2011
• Exterior Solid-State Lighting Solutions for Municipalities- April 19, 2011
• Advanced Benchmarking: Benchmarking Your Building’s Energy Use Quickly and Accurately Using EPA’s ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager- April 14, 2011
• Combustion Air Zone (CAZ) Best Practices-April 13, 2011