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

Building Technologies Office

Market Transformation Requirements

Presentations from Track A, Stakeholder Needs and Market Transformation Requirements, of the U.S. Department of Energy Building America program's 2010 Residential Buildings Energy Efficiency Meeting are provided below as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.

Presentations from Track A, Stakeholder Needs and Market Transformation Requirements, were presented in the following sessions:

• Bridging the Gap with Contractor Education and Certification
• Financing: Gaps and Barriers Associated with Energy Efficient Housing
• Retrofit Safety Requirements
• Total Quality Assurance
• Neighborhood-Scale Retrofit Strategies
• What Motivates Homeowners to Invest in Energy Efficiency
• What Motivates Key Market Players to Invest in Energy Efficiency
• Incentive and Partnership Programs
• Equipment Standards

Bridging the Gap with Contractor Education and Certification

• Scalable Training Strategies for Builders and Contractors
• New ENERGY STAR Spec Training & Certification
• BPI Contractor Certification

Financing: Gaps and Barriers Associated with Energy Efficient Housing

• Increasing Underwriters' Willingness to Finance Energy Retrofit Projects (WMV 26 MB)
• Professional Real Estate Appraisal:Perspectives on Residential Energy Efficiency (WMV 49 MB)
• Energy Efficiency Mortgages (WMV 63 MB)

Retrofit Safety Requirements

• Addressing Risks in Retrofits: The Policy Perspective (WMV 25 MB)
• Starting the Project: HVAC Contractors (WMV 37 MB)
• Overview of Retrofit Risk Mitigation Strategies (WMV 34 MB)
• Preexisting Conditions: Identifying Work Needed Before You Start Energy Retrofits (WMV 30 MB)

Total Quality Assurance

• New Builder and Contractor Quality Tools
• Implementing a Total Quality Management Culture
• Integrating Process Improvements Into Production Homebuilding

Neighborhood-Scale Retrofit Strategies

• Identifying Retrofit Potential
• Community Scale Retrofit and Green Building Solutions
• Using Aggregate Utility Bill Data
• Addressing Barriers to Retrofit Homes Efforts Through Legislative and Stakeholder Engagement

What Motivates Homeowners to Invest in Energy Efficiency

• Small Builder's Perspective (WMV 40 MB)
• Laboratory Perspective (WMV 40 MB)
• Production Builder's Perspective (WMV 52 KB)

What Motivates Key Market Players to Invest in Energy Efficiency

• What's Motivating Consumers (and other stakeholders) In Current Real Estate Markets?
• Energy Retrofits and Real Estate Markets: Busting Through Barriers, Scaling Retrofit Numbers
• Market Response to Home Ratings in the MLS

Incentive and Partnership Programs

• Deep Energy Retrofit Incentive Programs: National Grid Pilot Program
• ReCharge Colorado — Government Partnerships
• Utility Rebate Programs, Case Studies

Equipment Standards

• New Hot Water Heater Test Procedures
• Rating the Dehumidification Performance of Cooling Equipment
• Recent and Future Changes to Appliance Standards