Helpful Organizations

Web Resources

Please visit these sites for more information about home performance and energy efficiency:

Affordable Comfort, Inc.: Affordable Comfort, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization providing unbiased, cutting-edge conferences focused on promoting home performance, green building, and "house-as-a-system" skills for all building trades, housing groups, and program professionals. ACI's vision is that every family has a home that is energy efficient, durable, comfortable, affordable, healthy, and safe.

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting economic prosperity, energy security, and environmental protection. ACEEE fulfills its mission by conducting technical and policy assessments; working collaboratively with policymakers, businesses, and public interest groups; organizing conferences; publishing reports, conference proceedings, and consumer guides; and educating consumers.

Building Performance Institute: The Symbol of Contractor Excellence

California Energy Commission

Ecobroker: EcoBroker® is the one true green designation, developed and taught by experts in the fields of energy efficiency, environment and real estate. EcoBroker Certified® real estate professionals help clients market properties with green features, save money and live comfortably through energy efficiency and environmentally-sensitive choices.

EGIA sponsors its own national contractor financing program delivering direct financing through over 2,500 home improvement, renewable energy and home performance contractors, manufacturers and distributors. To support utility, municipal and state program sponsors and assure program success, EGIA provides in depth contractor training on how to sell financing and has developed all the necessary contractor sales tools and collateral materials

EnergyStar

Green Chamber of Commerce: is a growing and diverse business network dedicated to promoting the success of its members, supporting the development of sustainable business practices, and advocating for a green public policy.

Healdsburg Lumber Company

Home Energy: Home Energy, the magazine of home performance, covers residential energy efficiency, comfort, safety, and green building issues for remodelers, builders and contractors.

The Not So Big House: The Not So Big House books, by Sarah Susanka, bring to light a new way of thinking about what makes a place feel like home-characteristics that many people desire of their homes and their lives, but haven't known how to verbalize.