Entries for Buildings Upgrade Prize

Private-Public Partnership between BlocPower and City of Denver to electrify LMI Buildings in Denver, CO

Living Proof LLC's effort is to redevelop existing properties (single family, multifamily, apartments) with energy efficient upgrades.

We will accelerate the adoption of electric HVAC technologies, energy efficiency, resiliency, and improved air quality in K-12 schools!

Heat Pump Neighbors will build trust for residents, remove uncertainty for installers, curate financial resources and train contractors.

This initiative will pilot a scalable aggregated performance contract (aESPC) model in 3 disadvantaged school districts in Mississippi.

Franklin Cummings Tech and PowerOptions will increase heating systems’ efficiency in equity-eligible and EJ community facilities in Boston.

Building energy efficient homes and economic opportunity while writing a new climate narrative in rural, working-class Washington State

Our CBO will be decarbonizing, electrifying, improving the insulation envelop and adding heat pump technology to 75 homes.

A network of partners innovate to make homes in rural Pacific Northwest communities healthier and more energy efficient.

We will scale energy improvements by bundling buildings together to retrofit entire communities at a time, starting with coastal islands.

Small business building upgrades strengthen economic competitiveness as reduced energy expense frees capital for more productive investment.

A project retrofitting 500+ Black-owned and/or occupied buildings with minority contractors and workforce development programs.

A scalable collaborative model that accelerates and implements energy efficiency projects and creates equitable jobs and business ownership.

Accelerate HVAC electrification and energy optimization in Title 1 schools in the KC metro with funding, expertise and engagement.

I Heart My Home CT is a cost-free, one-stop shop that helps people make building energy efficiency upgrades in homes across Connecticut.

We seek to build capacity to get more environmentally sustainable technologies into Syracuse’s aging housing stock.