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Our friends at the American Council for Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) have released a new white paper, which examines how state governments can enable local governments to advance energy efficiency. The paper describes ways the unique connection between state and local governments can be leveraged to implement mutually beneficial energy efficiency programs and policies. States can [...]

The Efficiency First Workforce Development Best Practices Committee has assembled a Hiring Toolkit to help Efficiency First members and Building Performance contractors with their recruitment and hiring needs. The toolkit offers information and ‘quick tips’ in six areas: Writing a good job description Recruiting qualified candidates Processing applications and screening resumes Conducting successful interviews Conducting [...]

The Home Performance Resource Center is going to be releasing four case studies on multi-family home programs across the country.  The case studies cover programs in New York, Texas, California and Maine. They take a deeper look into programs that have been successful and give an insight about what it takes for a multi-family home [...]

The California Energy Efficiency Industry Council recently released a report called Energy Efficiency Organization in the United States: Overview and Analysis which looked at the different organizations working on energy efficiency on buildings in the industrial sector. The goal was to identify weaknesses in the representation of these businesses and look for opportunities to improve [...]

Guest Contributor – Hello fellow members of Efficiency First.  I’m Alison Haugh, BPI Certified Analyst, and owner of a consulting firm in Las Vegas, Nevada that performs energy audits and the newest member of the Efficiency First Board of Directors. This past year has been one of great personal growth for me.  Learning about the [...]

Did you know as an Efficiency First member you get exclusive deals and generous discounts on trainings, tools, office supplies, job referrals,  business insurance and marketing services and much much more. In our monthly series, we are highlighting some of these incredible organizations so you can start taking advantage of these great offerings! TruTech Tools, [...]

Efficiency First’s Best Practice Working Groups What our nine Best Practice working groups have been working on: Business Models Want to know how to scale up your business? Going from General Contractor to your own crews? Do you have one crew and you dream of five? To answer these questions, contractors from around the country [...]

Efficiency First’s Best Practice Working Groups Monthly Digest – November 2010 What our nine Best Practice working groups have been working on: Business Models Final Stages for two white papers In-home protocol on how to up-sell Guidelines for effective business practices – How to run a business  201/301 Finance and Incentives Successful completion of  Finance [...]