Blog reposted with permission from NEEP. In order to address and accelerate whole-home retrofits, scaling, educating, and diversifying the contractor workforce is essential. One major barrier to implementing whole-home deep energy retrofits – as highlighted in ACEEE’s Residential Deep...
By Xavier “Zave” Walter We are facing unparalleled Federal investment into reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions in homes and buildings across America. Many aggressive state goals, backed by infrastructure funds will require a significant increase in capacity growth across...
by John Tooley When we want to motivate people, the most common thing we do is dangle a carrot in front of them to get more of what we want, and use a stick when we want less of something. We use “if-then” statements: “If you do this, then I’ll do that.” If you are a manager of a business...
This roundtable, facilitated by Steve Cowell, President of E4TheFuture, and Mark Tajima, Director of Sales, Energia, and Xavier Walter, State Outreach Coordinator for BPA, discusses significant investments that will be made in workforce development, job training, and in the improvement of local...
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Paul Francisco is now six months into his two-year term as the chair of the Building Performance Association (BPA)’s Board of Directors, and he’s optimistic about the association’s potential to serve and further our industry. As the chair, Francisco serves as the board’s contact point on board...
Today, presenters from the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Building Performance Association (BPA), and the National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP) spoke virtually on a workforce development update with the help of moderator Caroline Hazard of CHH Consulting. The...