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Community Energy Challenge - Partners

The Partners

A uniquely qualified team of collaborating organizations has been assembled to accomplish the aggressive goals of the Community Energy Challenge:

	Sustainable Connections provides strong connections to the business community and management of Commercial Conservation Services. A proven track record of campaign development and implementation that has resulted in shifting attitudes, increased knowledge and behavior change for sustainability at home and the workplace. SC will create a “one-stop shop” for businesses to get assistance to develop and implement energy efficiency projects in commercial buildings.
	The Opportunity Council, through the Weatherization & Home Repair department, provides weatherization retrofit services; over the past 20+ years they have weatherized more than 5000 homes. Opportunity Council also operates a home-performance training center through the Building Performance Center a department of the agency created in 1997. Since it’s inception the BPC has trained and certified thousands of energy efficiency professionals throughout the Northwest. They will build on this expertise and create a “one-stop shop” where non-low income residential customers can receive comprehensive assistance evaluating opportunities, clearing financial hurdles and implementing efficiency projects.
	Puget Sound Energy and Cascade Natural Gas are utility partners that bring marketing, data access, energy efficiency tools and incentives, and campaign evaluation capability.
	The City of Bellingham and Whatcom County and City of Ferndale (coordinating on behalf of all 6 smaller cities) are providing resources from federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants for loan loss reserves making retrofit financing more attractive, as well as communications and marketing support. Bellingham and Whatcom County have active resource conservation management programs also coordinating with the Community Energy Challenge.
	Workforce development opportunities will be addressed by the Building Performance Center and the Bellingham Technical College, two organizations with decades of experience in technical training and the ability to scale up training to ensure quality personnel for retrofits. Both organizations have a history not only of successful workforce training, but of creating careers.
	Energy Efficiency Finance Corporation provides the expertise to design the program’s financing component which combines resources from state and local governments and utilities with funding from local banks and credit unions to offer attractive financing options for residential and commercial property owners to implement deep conservation measures.
	RE Sources for Sustainable Communities is coordinating the Cool Schools Challenge, motivating students, teachers and families to address energy conservation and climate change in schools.
	Banner Bank provides the energy efficiency loan program for the Community Energy Challenge, offering reduced rate and preferential term loans to participating homes and businesses.
Other community partners: Western Washington University, PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center and the Bellingham/Whatcom County Housing Authority.

For more information, contact Alex at (360) 647-7093 x112

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