Back in the saddle!
After a few months away (well, not really away, but taking some vacation and not going full tilt), it’s great to be back at it. I will be kicking off this blog with the intent to focus on those areas...
View ArticleNew Tool Helps Track Down Your State Energy/Utility Officials
Banging one’s head against the wall hurts. But sometimes, you’ve got to do it so that no one else bangs the wall against your head. There’s often a lot of talk about what’s going on energy-wise at the...
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Things that Home Energy Retrofit Programs Get Wrong
Last year I shined a little light on why contractors are often reluctant–and very rationally reluctant–to jump in and participate in home efficiency programs with a little ditty on how programs could...
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Program Standards – If Only They Were Standard!
Why would a program want to use existing certifications, audit standards, installation specification, branding, modeling software, quality controls protocols when they can just make their own....
View ArticleDo you let energy-efficiency programs run your business?
Contractors who have complaints about energy-efficiency programs are often quite justified in their frustration. Programs often do a lot of silly things that thwart their own goals and undermine...
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How many ears must one man have, before he can hear people cry? Repeating...
I’m watching two home energy efficiency programs repeat some of the same mistakes programs make over and and over and over. Yes, I do understand the program drivers, and what’s behind the design and...
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Who runs your business? You? Or “the program”?
This week, I’ve been thinking about one of my 2016 predictions, namely that we’re going to see some home performance contractors closing up shop this year. And I’m also looking ahead to next month at...
View ArticleEfficiency Programs Shouldn’t Ignore the Demand Side of the Equation
Just because you can deliver something, doesn’t mean anyone wants to buy it. It’s called supply and demand. You could teach me to sing, but I probably wouldn’t sell a single record. People choose...
View ArticleDesigning Effective Home Efficiency Programs
With several discussions over the past two weeks about the program-contractor interface, I thought it would be worthwhile to go back to the archives. Home performance programs have cited difficulty in...
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Who runs your business? You? Or “the program”?
This week, I’ve been thinking about one of my 2016 predictions, namely that we’re going to see some more home performance contractors closing up shop this year. And the same may be happening with...
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Energy-Efficiency Program Folks: Do You Understand the Numbers that Drive a...
Why is recruiting contractors to participate in energy-efficiency programs often such a challenge? Part of the reason is that too often programs are designed and implemented without enough attention to...
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Who runs your business? You? Or “the program”?
To say the least, things look pretty volatile on the federal front. Volatile? How about crazy? Dysfunctional? In any event, it doesn’t seem prudent to be optimistic that we’ll have much in the way of...
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