Energy Efficiency & Conservation

Resource Source and Description Audience Topic Type Additional Tags File
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
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
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
PDF icon Download (1.03 MB)
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
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
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
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
Low-Income
Renter
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State and Local Solution Center

Explore resources that enable strategic investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies through the use of innovative practices across the United States by a wide range of stakeholders, in partnership with state and local organizations and community-based nonprofits.

Department of Energy: Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Guide or Toolkit
Financing & Incentives
Decision Maker Guides
State Community Power Score Map

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance's Community Power Score map assigns points to each state based on its policy environment for supporting local energy action.

Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Report
Policy or Regulation
Map
Government or Schools
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
Low-Income
Renter
North Carolina
Boone and the High Country
Decision Maker Guides
New River Light & Power
Blue Ridge Energy
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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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