Energy Framwork Table

Energy Education Framework:
Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy (RE)for Buildings (Heat and Light)

	Implementation Audience The owners or people who decide and then implement: building retrofits, energy conservation, renewable energy systems installed					Community Support Audience Efforts that promote or support EE or RE developments that take place at the Implementation level.
Desired Outcomes	Resources and Outputs					Resources and Outputs
	Residential	Business	Government or School	Community RE system		Includes a mix of youth, neighborhood, town, county, region, and/or state unless noted
Generate Demand
Awareness of Value of EE and RE (economic, environmental, social)	EmPower, CEPREEWorkshops, Webpages, print and audio media Benchmarking	Small Business Guide to EE	School Power...Naturally (NYSERDA), EnergySmart Schools (USDOE), Energy Smart Schools Programs (NYSERDA): NYS Comptroller "How to Reduce Energy Costs", webpages			Community Spreadsheet Calculator Leadership Education Program; Large employer "campaign" Benchmarking programs with high school students, youth groups http://www.solaramericacities.energy.gov/pdfs/Solar-Powering-Your-Community-Guide-For-Local-Governments.pdf
Awareness of Possibilities for EE, CE and RE (what can be done in my home or building)	Energy Saving CD, IMBY Tool, DOE Energy Savers Tips,	NYSERDA Commercial Energy Audits and FlexTech Program	Website, NYSERDA FlexTech Program,	Wind Power for Municipal Utilities		Leadership Education Education material distribution via schools Displays (i.e. fairs & festivals)
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		Pilot/demonstration programs; Case study development (see examples here and here) ICLEI Success Stories Retrofit Municipal Buildings (&CCE) DOE Energy Empowers
Knowledge of what to do, including logical order of what to do, how to get started, how to judge quality)	Energy Path, Website, Audits, Energy Conservation List Human Ecology Housing Fact Sheets	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	Clean Cities Program		Series of Questions for Extension Associations http://www.dos.state.ny.us/code/onlineclass.html Energy Plans (i.e. here and here),
Commitment to act (see McKinsey report for word	Individual Commitment Statements, Landowner/homeowner association commitment(?)	Green Business Commitment (i.e. San Franc. and Philadelphia)	U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement			Climate Smart Communities
Adequate Financial Resources
Able to access available resources	Deck of cards, listing of loans, Incentives Database	Deck of cards, Incentives Database
Increase in available resources					§	§ PACE; Tax-lien financing, Revolving and low-interest loan funds, Grants or subsidies, Low-interest loans, Tariff-based on-bill financing (OBF),
Capacity to do quality work
Knowledge of what's available	Listing of BPI contractors, Public Expo of Contractors					NEEP Workforce Development http://neep.org/regional-initiatives/4/56/Workforce-Development
New workers entering the pipeline		Green Careers NY (Dep of Labor)
Trained, certified workforce		SUNY ESF PV installer training, Green Careers NY
training, marketing		Green Careers NY				All consumer, govt, business owner awareness building efforts
Ensure quality	Builder Selection Guide