Those are Incentives, Not Rebates: Using DSM Funds to Leverage Investment in Low-Income Multifamily Housing

摘要

Vermont established the Residential Energy Efficiency Program (REEP) in 1997 to overcome barriers to energy improvements in low-income multifamily housing and to promote energy investmetn in this difficult market. REEP's innovative design combines DSM resources from partner utilities with resources from the low-income Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and provides technical assistance that includes input from both the REEP and WAP technical staffs.