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Implementation

UtilityExchange.org partners with its parent organization, Electric and Gas Industries Association (EGIA) to coordinate closely with your utility or organization regarding the planning and administration of a Home Energy Makeover Contest which will be conducted in a predefined territory to enhance awareness among consumers in an innovative manner, and immediately engage participating trade ally sponsors.

To implement the contest, UtilityExchange.org and EGIA will solicit promotional support area businesses to present a contest in which the homeowner(s) with the greatest potential to demonstrate energy savings will have the opportunity to be awarded a prize package of energy-related home improvements. The home improvements may be donated from manufacturers and distributors with labor by local contractors. In addition, comprehensive home performance analyses without improvements may be awarded as consolation prizes. Copies of all the home performance analysis reports will be available to all consumers to review and compare with their own home.

We propose completing your Contest project in four tasks:

TASK 1: CONTEST PLANNING - Develop and deliver a comprehensive summary presentation to your organization highlighting lessons learned from prior Home Makeover Contests, and prepare an overall contest plan for your approval that incorporates consensus reached through a joint planning session and includes detailed action items, target dates and stakeholder responsibilities

TASK 2: CO-SPONSOR RECRUITMENT - Develop and execute a plan to include: solicitation document; recruitment meeting; and Sponsor Agreements that describes mutual commitment/ responsibilities.

TASK 3: CONTEST ADMINISTRATION - Develop program dedicated Website in a manner consistent with www.egia.org/Anaheim. Beyond the establishment of the contest web site, we recommend that your organization assume the lead responsibility for planning and implementing a multi-faceted campaign to promote the contest as an integral part of your on-going program marketing efforts. We will:

• Score all contract entrants based on BTU/sq.ft. or other measure, and rank order applicants by energy use intensity
•   Develop a telephone Customer Survey, contact the top homeowners to gather additional information and further screen; rank based on overall appropriateness to established characteristics, and coordinate on-site analysis of semi-finalist candidates
•   Plan and facilitate a contest winner selection meeting

We recommend that your organization oversee installation of targeted measures and assures compliance with your program requirements.

TASK 4: DOCUMENTATION OF WINNING HOME AND LESSONS LEARNED - Draft and publish fact sheets covering each measure installed, and develop case study documenting lessons learned. Also, we will facilitate a workshop where all contest entrants and other invited participants may:

•   Learn more about the improvements made to the winning home
•   Learn how to conduct a home energy makeover on their own home
•   Meet contest sponsors and local home performance contractors

Workshop goals would be to leverage the knowledge gained from contest entries, finalist findings, and winning home achievements as well as insight gained from contest co-sponsor and utility interaction in order to maintain the momentum gained through the contest activity to encourage contest entrants and other to “do their own home energy makeover.”

To learn more, contact Ed Thomas