"Focus Series" Interviews

In December 2012, the Better Buildings Neighborhood Program launched the Focus Series in an effort highlight its partners' successful program strategies across the country. The in-depth series explores implementation methods, results, and lessons learned in program design, driving demand, financing, and workforce development. Below are interviews with Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners who are finding innovative ways to bring energy efficiency home to local residents and put it to work for community businesses.

Data-Driven Mailing Helps Heat Up Untapped Seattle Market		It's Academic: BetterBuildings for Michigan Partners With University to Reach Employees		LaborWorks@NeighborWorks Provides Vermont Contractors With Help When They Need It
Read how Community Power Works in Seattle, Washington, used a direct mail strategy to break through to the city's local untapped market—owners of oil-heated homes. February 2013		Read how BetterBuildings for Michigan expanded its reach by initiating a semester-long, employer-assisted partnership with Grand Valley State University. January 2013		Read how this Vermont partner established a nonprofit temporary labor pool to assist professional contractors during busy periods when they couldn't keep up with demand. December 2012

U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Building Technologies Office – Better Buildings Partners

"Focus Series" Interviews

Data-Driven Mailing Helps Heat Up Untapped Seattle Market

It's Academic: BetterBuildings for Michigan Partners With University to Reach Employees

LaborWorks@NeighborWorks Provides Vermont Contractors With Help When They Need It