Resource Center for Home Upgrade Implementation

The EPA is committed to supporting programs, methods and services that effectively overcome barriers to efficient electrification faced by low income overburdened households. Resources here are designed to support community-based organizations, efficiency program administrators, and others critical to building trust and delivering the benefits of efficient electrification to overburdened households.

Workshop Series: Advancing Home Upgrades with ENERGY STAR and R2E2

This workshop series and resource center is designed to support community-based organizations, small businesses, and local governments in deploying equitable efficient electric home upgrades.

Organized by The EPA’s ENERGY STAR Program with the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)’s R2E2 initiative.

Topics include grant funding for workforce development, addressing health and safety roadblocks, leveraging the ENERGY STAR Home Upgrade marketing platform and Service Provider Partnership, stacking and braiding with the Inflation Reduction Act funds e.g. home electrification appliance rebates, and energy affordability considerations for electrification.

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May 21: Navigating Organizational Funding for Home Energy Upgrade Programs 

Target Audience: Community-based organizations (CBOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Non-profit Organizations, small businesses, local governments, state governments, Tribes

August 20: Well-Designed Home Energy Upgrades: Best Practices and Strategies

Target Audience: Community-based organizations (CBOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Non-profit Organizations, small businesses, local governments, state governments, Tribes

September 10: Centering Affordability in Low-Income Home Electrification Programs 

Target Audience: Community-based organizations (CBOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Non-profit Organizations, small businesses, local governments, state governments, Tribes

November 14: Incorporating Health and Safety into Home Energy Upgrade Programs

Target Audience: Community-based organizations (CBOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Non-profit Organizations, small businesses, local governments, state governments, Tribes

2025: Maximizing incentives for low to no-cost Home Energy Upgrades: Stacking and Braiding

Target Audience: Program implementers, contractors, etc.