Low-Income

Resource Source and Description Audience Topic Type Additional Tags File
ACEEE's Fourth National Review of Exemplary Energy Efficiency Programs

ACEEE's review of 53 selected energy efficiency models worthy of emulation in 14 categories includes a two-page profile of each program.

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
Report
Better Buildings Financing Navigator

The Better Buildings Financing Navigator includes financing primers, factsheets, overviews and guides to area-specific policies and programs.

U.S. Department of Energy; Better Buildings Initiative
Guide or Toolkit
Better Rentals, Better Cities

Smart policies to improve your city's rental housing energy performance

Rocky Mountain Institute
Guide or Toolkit
Blue Ridge Community Action - Weatherization Assistance Program

BRCA administers heating appliance repair (HARRP), the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and more to low-income households in Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rutherford, Stanly and Union Counties of North Carolina.

Blue Ridge Community Action (BRCA)
Service
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission - Weatherization Assistance Program

BROC is a community action organization administering heating appliance repair (HARRP), the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and more to low-income households in Alleghany, Ashe, and Wilkes Counties of North Carolina.

Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission (BROC)
Service
Consumer Guide to Community Solar

This guide provides consumers an overview of community solar, expert tips on how to be an informed consumer, questions solar consumers should ask before entering into an agreement and handy links to other resources.

Solar Energy Industries Association
Guide or Toolkit
PDF icon Download (1.16 MB)
Duke Energy Helping Home Fund

Find providers across North Carolina that conduct free health and safety repairs, appliance replacement, and heating and cooling system repair for households under 200% of the federal poverty level and served by Duke Energy.

North Carolina Community Action Association
Service
Energy Savers Network

Learn about the work being done in Buncombe County, NC to reduce energy costs for limited-income families. Sign up to volunteer or request home energy saving services.

Energy Savers Network
Service
Guide for Renting and Creating Lower Cost, Energy Efficient Apartments and Homes

This guide from NEEP includes a checklist for selecting energy efficient rental homes and tips for no- and low-cost improvements renters can make to improve comfort and to save energy and money.

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Factsheet
Guide or Toolkit
PDF icon Download (8.76 MB)
Housing Matters: Mapping Energy Burden

This blog post by NC Housing Coalition explains the problem of energy burden in NC and includes snapshots of state energy burden numbers and maps of the counties most affected.

North Carolina Housing Coalition
Report
Map
Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool

Created as a part of Better Building’s Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Accelerator (CELICA), this tool provides data for low- and moderate-income community energy expenditures across all 50 states, census divisions and tract levels and may be utilized in determining energy policy and program planning.

U.S. Department of Energy; Better Buildings Initiative
Tool or Calculator
Multifamily Energy Efficiency Retrofits: Barriers and Opportunities for Deep Energy Savings

This product of the Regional Energy Efficiency Organizations (REEO) was developed to inform national stakeholders about strategies used to achieve deep energy savings in the multifamily housing sector through energy efficiency upgrades.

Regional Energy Efficiency Organizations (REEO); 2016
Report
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One in Three U.S. Households Faces A Challenge in Meeting Energy Needs

This 2018 article from the EIA describes energy burden and energy insecurity in the U.S.

U.S. Energy Information Administration
Report
Southeast Multifamily Market Assessment

The Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) has prepared this assessment of the Southeast’s multifamily sector to better understand the current stock of multifamily units, regional and state multifamily construction trends, utility multifamily energy efficiency programs, and state and local policies and programs focused on the multifamily sector.

Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA); 2016
Report
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The 2019 Housing Need in Watauga County

A 2019 factsheet describing housing need and energy burden in Watauga County

North Carolina Housing Coalition
Report
Policy or Regulation
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W.A.M.Y. Community Action, Inc. - Weatherization Assistance Program

W.A.M.Y. is a community action organization administering heating appliance repair (HARRP), emergency bill assistance (LIHEAP), the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and more to low-income households in Watauga, Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties of North Carolina.

W.A.M.Y. Community Action, Inc.
Service
Watauga Crisis Assistance Network (WeCAN) Energy Assistance

WeCAN provides emergency utility and heating fuel assistance for Watauga County residents.

WeCAN
Service