Low Income Single Family Rehabilitation Program

Historically, whole building programs attract participants from upper-class and upper-middle-class demographics due to their high cost. To relieve the energy burden for low-income participants and overcome the up-front costs for home upgrade programs, Frontier Energy partners with Community Development Commissions to connect their clients to local programs in Los Angeles County. Through outreach, contractor training, and program requirement coordination, 88 low-income households upgraded an average 11.75% whole home energy savings. The program issued $200,000 in incentives. In addition, 19 contractors participated in the program and 5 people were trained to become BPI Building Analysts.

Frontier Energy:

• Worked with clients to understand their eligibility for specific energy efficiency measures and how those measures could be integrated into the rehabilitation work on their homes.
• Arranged for funding through a local credit union to provide a low-interest, no-cost loan for the work.
• Conducted multilingual outreach to residents and contractors.
• Encouraged contractors qualified to participate in programs to become Participating Contractors.
• Conducted contractor training.