Energy Framework Table
Energy Education Framework:
Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy (RE)for Buildings (Heat and Light)
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Implementation Audience The owners or people who decide and then implement: building retrofits, energy conservation, renewable energy systems installed |
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Community Support Audience Efforts that promote or support EE or RE developments that take place at the Implementation level. |
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Resources and Outputs |
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Residential |
Business |
Government or School |
Community RE system |
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Includes a mix of youth, neighborhood, town, county, region, and/or state unless noted |
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Generate Demand |
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Awareness of Value of EE and RE (economic, environmental, social) |
EmPower, CEPREEWorkshops, Webpages, print and audio media Benchmarking
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School Power...Naturally (NYSERDA), EnergySmart Schools (USDOE), Energy Smart Schools Programs (NYSERDA): NYS Comptroller "How to Reduce Energy Costs", |
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Community Spreadsheet Calculator Leadership Education Program; Large employer "campaign" Benchmarking programs with high school students, youth groups |
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Awareness of Possibilities for EE, CE and RE (what can be done in my home or building) |
Website, NYSERDA FlexTech Program, |
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Leadership Education Education material distribution via schools Displays (i.e. fairs & festivals)
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Belief that it can be done |
Video clips of testimonials, stories in local media, Green Home online examples |
Case Studies, NYSERDA Success Stories, Green Business Site (i.e. San Francisco and Philadelphia) |
Peer to peer linkages, ICLEI Success Stories, |
Website, DOE Energy Empowers |
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Pilot/demonstration programs; Case study development (see examples here and here) Retrofit Municipal Buildings (&CCE) |
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Knowledge of what to do, including logical order of what to do, how to get started, how to judge quality) |
Website, Audits, Energy Conservation List |
NYSERDA FlexTech Program, Suggested Checklist of Tasks (i.e. link) |
Website, Climate Smart Communities Guide to Local Action, NEEP Building Energy Codes Project, Center for Community Design and Research, NYSERDA FlexTech Program |
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Series of Questions for Extension Associations |
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Commitment to act (see McKinsey report for word |
Individual Commitment Statements, Landowner/homeowner association commitment(?) |
Green Business Commitment (i.e. San Franc. and Philadelphia) |
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Adequate Financial Resources |
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Able to access available resources |
Deck of cards, listing of loans, Incentives Database |
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Increase in available resources |
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§ PACE; Tax-lien financing, Revolving and low-interest loan funds, Grants or subsidies, Low-interest loans, Tariff-based on-bill financing (OBF), |
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Capacity to do quality work |
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Knowledge of what's available |
Listing of BPI contractors, Public Expo of Contractors |
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NEEP Workforce Development http://neep.org/regional-initiatives/4/56/Workforce-Development
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New workers entering the pipeline |
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Trained, certified workforce |
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SUNY ESF PV installer training, Green Careers NY |
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training, marketing |
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Green Careers NY |
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All consumer, govt, business owner awareness building efforts |
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Ensure quality |
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