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April 14, 2023July 24, 2018

Sean Armstrong is the Managing Principal of Redwood Energy, one of the nation’s leading ZNE design firms and an Efficiency First California board member. His argument for electrification is based on his extensive experience in multifamily housing. The conventional wisdom is that when it comes to home heating, gas is cheap. So why is the trend toward building all-electric homes accelerating? It turns out that building an all-electric home actually costs at least $4,500 less than a gas-powered one, according

June 1, 2023May 23, 2018

When you become a business owner you quickly learn the true cost and value of employees. Good ones are hard to find, especially in tight labor markets where there are…

Person with hard hat in front of solar panels and turbines

June 1, 2023April 19, 2018

When it comes to energy, society is at a crossroads. Our existing supplies are heavily based on fossil fuels, a limited and dirty solution. There are alternatives to the current…

June 1, 2023March 19, 2018

It’s a common practice to try to encourage or change behavior with incentives. What happens when you encourage the wrong behavior?

June 1, 2023March 7, 2018

Posted by Charley Cormany, EFCA Executive Director We’re taking a departure from the goings on at the state capital and will instead focus on some events that are occurring across the state of California. The landscape for energy efficiency incentive programs in California is changing. Late last year, a program in Southern California announced a funding cap for the year 2018. The program implementers anticipated the funds would last roughly 3 to 6 months and then be exhausted. Effectively the

June 1, 2023February 22, 2018

In today’s world fire still provides most of the heating needs in our dwellings. Why are we still burning things at all and how can we change it? It turns…

June 1, 2023January 25, 2018

Having a good way to measure efficiency is valuable to the home performance industry for many reasons. Until recently though, measuring energy efficiency has been easier said than done. Fortunately,…

June 1, 2023September 13, 2017

Should the home performance industry be driving a focus on promoting health benefits as a way to stimulate growth and potentially spur market transformation?

June 1, 2023August 17, 2017

Performing a residential energy audit can be time-consuming and not always get you a new client. Are you giving away a service for free?

June 1, 2023July 12, 2017

The combination of the reduced cost of solar panels along with advances in energy efficiency means the potential for ZNE is growing more attractive.

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