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

Building Technologies Office

Innovative Retrofit Programs and Strategies

Presentations from Track A, Innovative Retrofit Programs and Strategies, of the U.S. Department of Energy Building America program's Residential Energy Efficiency Stakeholder's Meeting are provided below as Adobe Acrobat PDFs.

Presentations from Track A, Innovative Retrofit Programs and Strategies, were presented in the following sessions:

• Scaling Residential Retrofits (Day 1, Session 1)
• Changing the Market through Innovative Partnerships
• Marketing and Occupant Behavior in Retrofit
• Standardization, Operational Challenges, and Verification
• Scaling Residential Retrofits (Day 2, Session 1)
• Transforming Residential Retrofit Strategies to Fit the Market
• Financial Incentive Programs for Clean Energy/Retrofit
• Challenges in Whole-house Retrofits

Scaling Residential Retrofits (Day 1, Session 1)

• SMUD Energy Efficient Remodel Demonstration Program
• Engaging Homeowners (and Contractors) with Home Energy Makeover Contests
• Residential Property Management Driving Energy Efficiency: From Benchmarking to Retrofits and Beyond

Changing the Market through Innovative Partnerships

• Thousand Home Challenge Case Studies: Lessons Learned
• Strategic Partnerships in EE Building
• Partnerships for Building Home Performance

Marketing and Occupant Behavior in Retrofit

• Just Behave! Influencing Homeowners to Pay for Efficiency and Actually Save Energy
• Driving Residential Upgrades through the Sales & Marketing Pipeline

Standardization, Operational Challenges, and Verification

• The Rest of the Puzzle: Optimizing Operational Performance
• Sarasota Office of Housing and Community Development
• Performance Verification in Massachusetts Multifamily Affordable Housing

Scaling Residential Retrofits (Day 2, Session 1)

• Perspective from the Field: Scaling Home Energy-Efficiency Retrofits
• Observation from 30 years contracting: Full Energy packages don't sell easily by themselves
• Engaging Whole Communities
• A Case Study: Charleston's Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program

Transforming Residential Retrofit Strategies to Fit the Market

• Persuading 5 Million Home-Buyers to Invest In Energy Efficiency
• Tackling the Dual Challenges of Deep Energy Retrofit Work in Century Old Wood Framed Buildings
• National Home Performance Council, Inc.

Financial Incentive Programs for Clean Energy/Retrofit

• Building America: Financing Residential Energy Efficiency Improvements
• Financial Incentive Programs for Clean Energy/Retrofits
• Combining Funding Sources to Make Large Scale Retrofits Irresistible Challenges in Whole-house Retrofits

Challenges in Whole-house Retrofits

• Challenges in Bringing Energy Efficiency to Existing Single Family Housing Stock
• Greenbelt Homes Whole House Performance & Comfort
• The One-Stop Shop for Energy Efficiency - Energy Efficiency in Multifamily Buildings in Chicago