How Do Homes Perform In [Your Town]? [Your Name ] [Company Name] [email, phone, website]

1. [Insert your company logo here] How Do Homes Perform In [Your Town]? [Your Name ][Company Name][email, phone, website]

2. [Insert Company Name & Logo] • [Insert information about your company here]

3. About Efficiency First • A nonprofit trade association that unites the Home Performance workforce • Promotes the benefits of efficiency retrofitting to help the industry grow and meet demands for residential energy improvements • Represents its members in public policy discussions at the state & national levels

4. STANDARDS: Raising the bar • Efficiency First is raising the standards for our industry, through: • Stronger push for licensing requirements • Building Performance Institute accredited auditors and contractors • Training through organizations recognized by the Department of Energy & U.S. E.P.A. • Differentiating a ‘Home Performance Contractor’ from a ‘furnace salesperson’

5. What is Home Performance? Home Performance is a comprehensive whole-house approach to identifying and fixing comfort and energy efficiency problems in a home • Audit • Solution • Improvements • Commissioning • Quality Assurance

6. Sick? You Need a Diagnosis Home Performance = House Doctor • Person • Checkup • Blood Test • X-ray • Home • Whole House Inspection • Blower Door Test • Infrared Camera

7. Energy Leaks Cause • High energy bills • Discomfort • Poor health • Green house gases What is the solution?

8. Efficiency Improvement Loading Order • Insulation • Air Sealing • Duct Sealing • Lighting • Appliances • Water Conservation • Plug Loads • Behavior • Heating • Air Conditioning • Ventilation • Water Heating • Solar PV • Solar Thermal • Wind • Water Catchment

9. Reduce Then Produce “What is all the fuss with efficiency improvements? Why can’t we just put up solar panels?”

10. “The Firepower of the Lowly Caulk Gun” Wall Street Journal Cost Per Ton of Carbon Abatement http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123629700922046051.html

11. What is America’s Largest Source of Carbon Emissions? Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Fossil Fuel Combustion Residential Buildings Industrial 21% Buildings Passenger Cars 11.5% Transportation http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/Climate%20Change%20101,%20Technological%20Solutions.pdf http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/ustransp.pdf

12. HOW MUCH ENERGY WILL YOU SAVE? • American spend over $160 billion/year on home energy • Home can save 20-40% averagethrough energy efficiency How Do Homes Perform in Our Area?

13. [Insert CASE STUDY slides here] *This is your opportunity to showcase your company by offering homeowner “success stories” *Use or refer to the following 2 slides as a basic reference tool for how to structure your testimonial(s)

14. Meet Our Homeowners City: Potomac, MD Concerns: • High energy bills • Daughter has asthma • Drafty/cold in the winter Savings Health Comfort Climate

15. Meet Their Home • Age: 1958 • Size: 2,200 ft2 • Annual Electric: $1,115 • Annual Gas: $1,013 • Carbon Emissions: 8.6 Tons/Year • Infiltration: 3405 CFM50 (.68 ACHnat) • Attic Insulation: R 6.4 Fiberglass Batt (low quality) • Wall Insulation: No Insulation • Floor Insulation: No Insulation • Duct Leakage: 25% 168

16. HOW DO YOU GET STARTED? • Begin by getting a home energy audit • Schedule a home energy assessment by a certified Home Performance professional • Ask your contractor about company accreditation and staff certification credentials • Make Efficiency Improvements to your home.

17. [ACTION slide here] • [Insert objectives here: What do you want people to DO after they have listened to you?]