| 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. |
Report |
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| Better Buildings Financing Navigator |
The Better Buildings Financing Navigator includes financing primers, factsheets, overviews and guides to area-specific policies and programs. |
Guide or Toolkit |
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| Better Rentals, Better Cities |
Smart policies to improve your city's rental housing energy performance |
Guide or Toolkit |
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| 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. |
Service |
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| Blue Ridge Energy — Community Solar |
Learn about Blue Ridge Energy's Community Solar program or subscribe to a panel. |
General |
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| Blue Ridge Energy: Community Solar |
Learn about Blue Ridge Energy's Community Solar subscription program. |
General |
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| 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. |
Service |
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| 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. |
Guide or Toolkit |
 Download (1.16 MB) |
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| Consumer Guides to Wind |
Guides for utility-scale, community, and residential wind energy project development |
Report Guide or Toolkit |
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| 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. |
Service |
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| 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. |
Factsheet Guide or Toolkit |
Download (8.76 MB) |
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| Home Energy DIY Guides |
Explore energy efficiency factsheets (many with Spanish translations), designed to help residents improve the comfort of their homes as well as reduce energy costs. |
Guide or Toolkit |
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| 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. |
Report Map |
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| 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. |
Tool or Calculator |
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| 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. |
Report |
Download (1.48 MB) |
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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. |
Report |
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| 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. |
Report |
Download (1.81 MB) |
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| The 2019 Housing Need in Watauga County |
A 2019 factsheet describing housing need and energy burden in Watauga County |
Report Policy or Regulation |
Download (457.88 KB) |
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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. |
Service |
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| Watauga Crisis Assistance Network (WeCAN) Energy Assistance |
WeCAN provides emergency utility and heating fuel assistance for Watauga County residents. |
Service |
