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Efficiency First’s Best Practices Working Groups Monthly Digest – June 2011 What our Best Practice working groups have been working on: Business Models HVAC transition paper which will provide a blueprint for how to transition your business from HVAC to whole house performance. Finance and Incentives Summary of financial options – what a contractor can [...]

Efficiency First offers valuable resources through its Facebook, Twitter and Linked In groups. These social media networks allow members of the home performance industry to develop business relationships and connections throughout the industry. By joining Efficiency First’s social network groups, clients, members and potential customers can stay updated on news from the home performance industry [...]

http://energy.gov/news/10363.htm June 13, 2011 DOE and The Appraisal Foundation Announce New Partnership to Focus on Energy Performance and Building Appraisals WASHINGTON, DC – As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to improve commercial building efficiency 20 percent by 2020, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a partnership with The Appraisal Foundation that will help [...]

Please join us for our next Webinar: Sales & Lead Generation June 16th, 2011 @ 12:30pm EST/9:30am PST Click here to log in and register Is your conversion rate from audit to retrofit not as high as you want? Are you relying solely on a government funded program’s marketing campaign to get you through? Is [...]

Proponents of energy retrofit programs are hopeful about the possibility of passing federal legislation that would protect bond programs for renewable and energy efficiency projects for homeowners. The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Act has provided alternative financing opportunities for those looking to conduct energy efficiency retrofits. It has funded retrofits for commercial properties but [...]

Thank you to all who attended the Webinar on June 7th. We had over 250 people attend live and some great feedback from many of our viewers.If you were unable to make it not to worry as we record all of our webinars so they may be viewed at your own leisure! You can now [...]

Please join us for our next Webinar: Sales & Lead Generation June 16th, 2011 @ 12:30pm EST/9:30am PST Click here to log in and register Is your conversion rate from audit to retrofit not as high as you want? Are you relying solely on a government funded program’s marketing campaign to get you through? Is [...]

Please join us for Efficiency First’s upcoming Webinar on June 7th: Business Opportunities in Whole House Performance Tuesday, June 7th @ 12:30 pm EST Click Here to Register (open to the public) This 90 min webinar offers key information on how to build a successful Whole House company from the ground up. It will also offer [...]

This past Thursday, June 2, Efficiency First SF Bay Area members gathered for a chapter meeting focused on strategies for marketing home performance. They heard from experts in the field: Ed Thomas of EGIA (the Electric and Gas Industries Association) and Merrian Fuller of Lawrence Berkeley Labs). Members also got a preview of an upcoming [...]

U.S. launches green refinance program to support affordable rental houses WASHINGTON, May 31, 2011 — Xinhua   U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) launched Green Refinance Plus on Tuesday, a program to help owners of existing affordable rental housing properties to refinance into new mortgages and get additional funding for energy-efficient upgrades.   Under [...]