Resource Library
The latest resources for the home and building performance industry
Our online resource library is a compilation of home performance resources, including downloadable PDFs, webinar playbacks, videos, and industry reports. This library is continually updated to include the latest information and educational content.
Oregon DOE Podcast: Getting Grounded
Oregon DOE Podcast: Getting Grounded about renewable energy and Oregon families going green and making a difference.
Oregon Financial and Incentive Programs for Energy Efficiency Projects
View ODOE Financial and Incentive Programs
Thermentor: A Smarter, Simpler Way to Size Heat Pumps
Thermentor is a new web-based application that helps HVAC contractors size heat pumps using real energy data.
Energy Circle: PPC vs. SEO: Where should you spend your time and money? with Peter Troast
The Encirced Podcast talks with Energy Circle CEO, Peter Troast about how PPC and SEO tactics work and when the right time might be to use each strategy.
RESTalk: Ventilation, Codes & Comfort: What Builders Need to Know Now with Patrick Nielsen
In this episode of RESTalk, host Bill Spohn and Patrick Nielsen, Global Technical Products Manager at Broan-NuTone, discuss the evolving world of home ventilation.
Energy Circle: We Tested Google’s New AI Mode vs Traditional Search—Here’s What Contractors Need to Know
AI is changing everything, including how your customers search for your services online. Energy Circle shares what contractors need to know.
DOE Better Buildings Funding & Incentives Resource Hub
The Funding and Incentives Resource Hub can help you navigate and discover the many rebates, funding opportunities, and other incentives, including those available through the IRA and BIL.
NESP: Methods, Tools and Resources Handbook
Read the handbook which provides technical information on how benefits and costs of DER investments can be quantified (monetized or otherwise), with links to resources and tools.
HUD: Multifamily Utility Benchmarking Toolkit
This toolkit is a comprehensive guide to utility benchmarking for the multifamily sector and includes links to key resources and requirements, tools and reports, case studies, and FAQs.
DOE: WAP Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals
Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals including Standard Work Specifications for Home Energy Upgrades, and Home Energy Professional certifications along with accreditation of energy-efficiency training programs.
IREC: Registered Apprenticeships Toolkit for Clean Energy Employers
This toolkit is intended to provide employers and other stakeholders with the background information and supplemental resources needed to implement Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) to develop a clean energy workforce.
Insulation Institute: Getting Your Home Heat Pump Ready
This guide details the key actions homeowners should take prior to upgrading their homes with a high-efficiency heat pump.
Non-Energy Impacts of Weatherization
Download to read the study which discusses various issues related to incorporating non-energy impacts (NEIs) into costeffectiveness screening and measure selection in the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).
DOE: Building America Solution Center
Read to find expert information about hundreds of high-performance construction topics (including air sealing and insulation, HVAC components, windows, indoor air quality, labeling programs, and more) on the Building America Solution Center, or BASC, website.
Passive House Accelerator: Cracking the Case by Thinking Thermally
This presentation covers the general concepts of infrared technology, technique & use as a communication tool – connection to #Solarpunk, infrared in existing homes as well as a tool for other diagnostics & high-performance projects.
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