Low Income Single Family Rehabilitation Program

Historically, whole building programs attract participants from upper-class and upper-middle-class demographics due to their high cost. To relieve the energy burden for low-income participants and overcome the up-front costs for home upgrade programs, Frontier Energy partners with Community Development Commissions to connect their clients to local programs. Through outreach, contractor training, and program requirement coordination, 88 low-income households upgraded an average 11.75% whole home energy savings. The program issued $200,000 in incentives. In addition, 19 contractors participated in the program and 5 people were trained to become BPI Building Analysts.

Frontier Energy:

• Worked with clients to understand their eligibility for specific energy efficiency measures and how those measures could be integrated into the rehabilitation work on their homes.
• Arranged for funding through a local credit union to provide a low-interest, no-cost loan for the work.
• Conducted multilingual outreach to residents and contractors.
• Encouraged contractors qualified to participate in programs to become Participating Contractors.
• Conducted contractor training.