The Home Performance Resource Center, a low key offshoot of the Nation’s leading Home Performance industry trade’s association, Efficiency First, has recently released a series of excellent industry research and best practices reports.

In Massachusetts, PACE enabling legislation is very close to becoming law. This exciting development, as well as the progress broadening the audit and install contractor network of the Mass Save program, opens the door for enhanced program integration to make residential retrofits more accessible to a greater number of people.

Best Practices Project Overview and Methodology
“The Best Practices Committee of the Home Performance Resource Center developed this series of reports to aid program managers, program designers and policymakers in the design and implementation of successful home energy retrofit programs. The series includes nine case studies analyzing state and local energy retrofit programs, and four sets of best practices recommendations focusing on the areas of finance and incentives, marketing, workforce development and business models.

[March 2010]”