Energy Efficiency & Conservation

Resource Source and Description Audience Topic Type Additional Tags File
Self-Assessment Guide for Energy Savings

This guide is designed to encourage leaders to engage their organizations in more efficient use of energy resources, thereby improving financial performance, pursuing cleaner air and reducing dependency on foreign energy.

N.C. Department of Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Land-of-Sky Regional Council
Factsheet
Guide or Toolkit
Business or Commercial
North Carolina
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)

REAP provides renewable energy and energy efficiency loans and grants to agricultural producers with at least 50% of gross income coming from agricultural operations, and small businesses in eligible rural areas.

USDA
General
Rural or Agricultural
Business or Commercial
Financing & Incentives
RESNET — Certified Home Energy Professional Member Directory

Find a Residential Energy Services Network member near you.

Residential Energy Services Network
Guide or Toolkit
North Carolina
Residential Moisture: Issues and Solutions

A 2-page factsheet with solutions to common home moisture issues

Touchstone Energy Cooperative, Advanced Energy
Factsheet
Clean Energy Basics
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Property Assessed Clean Energy: North Carolina, PACE-ing Itself

2015 blog post describing the regulatory and legislative landscape regarding PACE financing in North Carolina and existing challenges to its implementation

UNC Environmental Finance Center
Report
North Carolina
Financing & Incentives
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) and Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE)

An overview of the property assessed clean energy (PACE) model, an innovative mechanism for financing energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements on private property

Department of Energy
General
Financing & Incentives
Decision Maker Guides
PACE Programs Near You

A map of PACE and C-PACE programs across the U.S.

PACE Nation
Map
Business or Commercial
Financing & Incentives
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
Low-Income
Renter
Decision Maker Guides
NREL Data and Tools

Datasets, maps, models and tools for economic and financial analysis of energy efficiency and renewables

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Report
Tool or Calculator
Map
NC Project Green

NC Project Green serves as a tool to share resources for NC agencies and local governments including case studies, Cool Cities resolutions and toolkits, U.S. Mayor's Climate Action Handbook, webinars, meetings, legislation and more.

NC Department of Environmental Quality
Report
Policy or Regulation
Guide or Toolkit
Service
Government or Schools
Business or Commercial
North Carolina

Energy Efficiency & Conservation News

App State Architect Illustrates a New Standard in Carbon-Neutral Design

“We have just experienced the hottest 10 years of our existence,” Mike Kapp said. “Things are moving in the wrong direction and we need to do so...

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