Entries for Buildings Upgrade Prize

Red Lodge Retrofit seeks to decrease energy costs with upgraded technologies for women and veteran-owned businesses and low-income housing.

This initiative proposes to develop a renovation training program to compliment classroom workforce training programs.

Upgrading historic and existing buildings to be energy efficicent while incorporating ideas to reduce energy in the distillery process

Bringing innovative technology and financing together to deliver simple and affordable home electrification to rural and LMI populations.

Powerful building upgrade practitioners joining forces to deliver scalable and replicable building upgrades in disadvantaged communities!

We will improve energy efficiency for library systems, and leverage it to create an experiential learning curriculum for the public.

A standardized approach to multifamily decarbonization from initial building portfolio intake, to assessment, to implementation.

Proposing to retrofit existing mechanical systems with heat pumps at 5716 Michigan Ave in Detroit MI.

Highly cost-effective, scalable multi-state program delivering HP/HPWH, weatherization, AI/ML grid optimization and energy storage, and WFD

Urban Green Council and partners will catalyze heat pump water heater conversions in New York City’s Justice40 census tracts.

This program seeks to fund retrofit projects for equity-eligible multifamily buildings utilizing heat pump technology and weatherization.

Replace propane fuel with efficient heat pumps and water heaters; reduce building loads with advanced controls and envelope improvements.

Holistically addressing challenging electrification aspects: weatherization program enrollment, building repair and translation services.

Revitalize low-income communities by retrofitting vacant structures into energy-efficient, affordable single-family and multi-family homes.

A heat pump will be installed, monitored, and assessed. Results and lessons learned will be disseminated to similar US installations.

Jackson, WY will jumpstart an energy assessment, outreach, education, and pilot retrofit program for affordable housing developments.