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March 2017

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Generate Energy Predictions, Nurture Client Relationships with HomeSelfe

If you’ve struggled to cobble together energy data for a particular home, hunt down eligible rebates, and estimate the value and energy savings of potential upgrades for clients’ properties, the new GREEN Member Benefit with HomeSelfe may be the tool for you. 

February 2017

March 2017

Energy Efficiency Sectors Employ 2.2. Million Americans

The 2017 U.S. Energy and Employment Report analyzed four sectors of the U.S. economy, including energy efficiency, and found that 2.2 million Americans are employed in the design, installation, and manufacture of energy efficiency products and services. 

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Facebook Live: A New Way to Engage with Clients 

Greater visibility, better engagement, and a chance for real-time, two-way communication with clients are among the reasons Lemons-Ryhal advocates for live streaming video. Moreover she says, “The brain processes video content faster than the written word, and by the end of 2017, 74 percent of content viewed online will be in the form of a video.” See details.

August 2017

Back to Basics:5 Water Efficiency Messages to Deliver to Clients​

Remember Suzanne Shelton’s statistic showing that 30 percent of consumers associated energy efficiency with solar? It’s a reminder that although we think clients understand that small, consistent upgrades yield greater efficiency and save money, often they really don’t get it. 

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Green Flips Change the World 

By anyone’s measure, the house in Hendersonville, N.C., would’ve been considered a dump. 

It had seen few, if any, upgrades since it was built in the 1950s, the property had been occupied for a time by a hoarder-squatter, the yard was full of trash, and the interior was jammed with garbage.