This course is based on the contractor section of BPA’s report, The Home Technology Revolution: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Remote Diagnostics to Drive Residential Energy Savings.

Key report takeaways include:

• AI tools, remote diagnostics, and smart technology are becoming increasingly commonplace in home performance. 
• AI and smart technology present an opportunity to reshape the residential energy industry as it exists today. 
• AI has the potential to streamline state energy office and utility program administration, improve contractor business operations, and promote demand flexibility, ultimately promoting U.S. energy dominance and a more resilient grid. 

In addition to the benefits AI can have for contractors, the report also takes a close look at how program implementers can benefit from it. For program implementers, particularly those designing and implementing utility programs, they can use AI to streamline their operations by increasing the speed of the program application approval process, reducing overall admin costs, and much more.

To read the full report, download it here.