Vermont has a number of energy programs that make important contributions to reductions in electricity usage in all sectors and reductions of fossil fuel usage among low-income households. However, Vermont is missing important opportunities for energy savings because there is a program gap with respect to fossil fuel usage by households that are not low income and fossil fuel usage in the commercial and industrial end use sectors. This 2006 memo presents the status of energy usage in Vermont, describes existing programs, and discusses opportunities for future programs.

The New Jersey Clean Energy Program (NJ CEP) promotes energy efficiency and the use of clean, renewable sources of energy. The Residential Construction Program, known as the New Jersey ENERGY STAR Homes Program, furnishes technical assistance and financial incentives to builders who commit to construct new homes to the standards established by the ENERGY STAR Homes Program. APPRISE conducted an impact evaluation of the New Jersey ENERGY STAR Homes Program as a subcontractor to KEMA. The evaluation found that ENERGY STAR Homes achieved the gas energy savings that were projected by the REM/Rate^TM model and achieved about three fourths of the air conditioning electric savings that were projected by the REM/Rate^TM model.

However, the net program impacts for the 2005 and 2006 ENERGY STAR Homes were considerably smaller than the gross program impacts. While ENERGY STAR Homes used considerably less gas and electricity than the REM/RateTM Reference Homes, the differences between ENERGY STAR Homes and Comparison Homes that are built without ENERGY STAR incentives were considerably smaller than the differences projected by the REM/Rate^TM model.

APPRISE conducted RDD telephone surveys in NY State, New York City, Ohio, Washington DC, and Houston in 2009 to assess the saturation of CFLs. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey.

The goal of NYSERDA’s ENERGY STAR Homes Program is to implement and promote an enhanced version of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program in New York State. The program provides technical assistance and targeted financial incentives to residential builders and income eligible homeowners to encourage the adoption of energy efficient design features and the selection and installation of energy efficient equipment. APPRISE conducted survey research to support NYSERDA’s market characterization research for the Energy Star Homes Program (ESH) in 2008. APPRISE surveyed home builders to assess their views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics related to program participation. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with formerly participating builders.

The goal of NYSERDA’s ENERGY STAR Homes Program is to implement and promote an enhanced version of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program in New York State. The program provides technical assistance and targeted financial incentives to residential builders and income eligible homeowners to encourage the adoption of energy efficient design features and the selection and installation of energy efficient equipment. APPRISE gathered information from homeowners who purchased a non-Energy Star Home to examine their views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with nonparticipating homeowners.

The goal of NYSERDA’s ENERGY STAR Homes Program is to implement and promote an enhanced version of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program in New York State. The program provides technical assistance and targeted financial incentives to residential builders and income eligible homeowners to encourage the adoption of energy efficient design features and the selection and installation of energy efficient equipment. APPRISE conducted survey research to support NYSERDA’s market characterization research for the Energy Star Homes Program (ESH) in 2008. APPRISE surveyed home builders to assess their views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with nonparticipating builders.

The goal of NYSERDA’s ENERGY STAR Homes Program is to implement and promote an enhanced version of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program in New York State. The program provides technical assistance and targeted financial incentives to residential builders and income eligible homeowners to encourage the adoption of energy efficient design features and the selection and installation of energy efficient equipment. APPRISE gathered information from homeowners who purchased an Energy Star Home to examine their views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics related to program participation. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with participating homeowners.

The goal of NYSERDA’s ENERGY STAR Homes Program is to implement and promote an enhanced version of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program in New York State. The program provides technical assistance and targeted financial incentives to residential builders and income eligible homeowners to encourage the adoption of energy efficient design features and the selection and installation of energy efficient equipment. APPRISE conducted survey research to support NYSERDA’s market characterization research for the Energy Star Homes Program (ESH) in 2008. APPRISE surveyed participating home builders to assess their views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics related to program participation. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with participating builders.

NYSERDA’s Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES) Program provides low-cost training to contractors and financial incentives to homeowners to help improve the energy efficiency of the housing stock in New York. APPRISE conducted survey research to support NYSERDA’s market characterization research for the program in 2008. APPRISE surveyed contractors to examine contractor views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics related to program participation. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with formerly participating contractors.

NYSERDA’s Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES) Program provides low-cost training to contractors and financial incentives to homeowners to help improve the energy efficiency of the housing stock in New York. APPRISE conducted survey research to support NYSERDA’s market characterization research for the program in 2008. APPRISE surveyed contractors to examine contractor views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with nonparticipating contractors.

NYSERDA’s Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES) Program provides low-cost training to contractors and financial incentives to homeowners to help improve the energy efficiency of the housing stock in New York. APPRISE conducted survey research to support NYSERDA’s market characterization research for the program in 2008. APPRISE’s research gathered information from homeowners who received a Comprehensive Home Assessment from a participating BPI certified technician to examine homeowner views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics related to program participation. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with partially participating homeowners.

NYSERDA’s Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES) Program provides low-cost training to contractors and financial incentives to homeowners to help improve the energy efficiency of the housing stock in New York. APPRISE conducted survey research to support NYSERDA’s market characterization research for the program in 2008. APPRISE’s research gathered information from homeowners who received a Comprehensive Home Assessment from a participating BPI certified technician to examine homeowner views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics related to program participation. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with participating homeowners.

NYSERDA’s Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES) Program provides low-cost training to contractors and financial incentives to homeowners to help improve the energy efficiency of the housing stock in New York. APPRISE conducted survey research to support NYSERDA’s market characterization research for the program in 2008. APPRISE surveyed participating contractors to examine contractor views, experiences, and perceptions on a variety of topics related to program participation. This methodology report describes the procedures used to conduct the telephone survey with participating contractors.