Energy Equity for Homeowners Technical Assistance Application

Energy Equity for Homeowners Technical Assistance Application Form

Applications for our Energy Equity for Homeowners technical assistance are due by November 4, 2022 at 5 pm ET/2 pm PT. We will announce our selections in November and will provide an estimated 100 hours of ACEEE staff support services to each participating community between approximately November 2022 and May 2023. Please contact Amanda Dewey using adewey@aceee.org with any questions regarding this application.

Selection Criteria

Applicants must meet these minimum requirements:

Lead applicant (the one completing this application) should be a local government
Proposed technical assistance will support a policy or program designed to improve the energy performance of owner-occupied housing while preserving or expanding housing affordability
Local government applicant must include information about at least one community-based organization (CBO) partner that serves historically marginalized populations and a letter of support from that partner regarding the city’s energy efficiency and/or housing work
- Note: Community-based organizations (CBOs) are representative of a community or significant segments of a community and provide financial, educational, and/or other resources aimed at enhancing health, wealth, and overall community well-being. For this initiative, we exclude large nonprofits that have a particular area of focus beyond the local level. We will give priority to CBOs that serve historically marginalized/disinvested populations.
Proposed technical assistance must contribute to the city’s existing work (for example, the city has a program that is significantly planned or underway and is on track to be completed or substantially advanced by the end of 2024)
Technical assistance would supplement current and/or planned activities of the city

The most competitive applicants will also have the following characteristics:

Planned or active home energy efficiency policy
Policy or program development has the potential to result in substantial energy and non-energy benefits (e.g., positive health outcomes, improved household finances, increased comfort) for homeowners
Local government applicant submits multiple letters of support from more than one CBO partner
Sustainability staff have a strong relationship with local housing department and other relevant housing market stakeholders
Policy and/or program that proposed technical assistance supports is replicable in other communities across the United States
Local government is taking an innovative approach to policy or program development

1. Requesting local government: *This question is required.

2. Primary contact person: *This question is required.

3. Title of primary contact person: *This question is required.

4. Primary contact email address: *This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

5. Primary contact phone number: *This question is required.

6. CBO partner name: *This question is required.

7. Primary contact person: *This question is required.

8. Title of primary contact person: *This question is required.

9. Primary contact email address: *This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

10. Primary contact phone number: *This question is required.

11. Please describe all currently planned or active policy and/or program development work the proposed technical assistance will be used to support. (Suggested limit of 500 words or fewer)

Please describe the planned action steps and timing of your policy and/or program development work. (If already described in a written plan, please upload a copy of the plan in the following question.)
Please describe any funding and/or data-related challenges you face in completing this work.
Please share information demonstrating the city leadership’s commitment to establishing this policy or program.
What supportive technical assistance services do you envision ACEEE providing? For examples, see the initiative webpage.
How do you envision our technical assistance services being used to advance your planned or active work?
What barriers have you faced to completing this work previously?
How do you expect the initiative(s) will affect housing affordability in your community? Please be as detailed as possible.

*This question is required.

12. If components of the project above are already described in a written plan, please upload a copy of the plan here.

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13. Please provide an in-depth description of your local government’s past and current relationship with the CBO partner(s) you listed above. (Suggested limit of 300 words or fewer)

How would you like to see this relationship grow in the future?
ACEEE may be able to provide some funding to help compensate CBOs for their participation in work related to our technical assistance. Please share information about any of these funding needs. We encourage cities to fund CBO compensation whenever possible.

*This question is required.

14. Please attach at least one letter of support from your CBO partner(s). *This question is required.

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15. What other partners (within or outside government) do you anticipate being involved in work on these policies or programs? Please describe their role in this work.
*This question is required.

16. Please share any other relevant information for considering your technical assistance request above, including information about what makes your city unique and your motivation for seeking this opportunity. (Suggested limit of 300 words or fewer)

17. If necessary, please upload any additional files here.

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