Energy Efficiency Programs for Multifamily Properties
- California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC) resources page provides links to Utility Energy Efficiency & Solar Programs for Multifamily and Single Family Housing, Including Affordable Housing Utility Energy Efficiency & Solar Program Summaries
- Enterprise, LIIF, & SFMOH Green Retrofit Pilot Program seeks to improve energy and water efficiency in older multifamily rental buildings
- Build It Green financing and incentives resources page
- PIH Notice 2011-36: Guidance on incentives to promote energy conservation.
Tools for Multifamily Property Owners
Over 1,400 HUD-Assisted Multifamily Apartments in California Eligible for $185 million in Weatherization Assistance Program Funds
On March 2, 2010, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a final rule that identifies 49,000 HUD-assisted multifamily apartments and 41,000 public housing apartments in California as meeting the program's income requirements without need for further evaluation. This important ruling makes them eligible to receive up to $6,500 per unit in federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) funds, of which California has been awarded up to $185 million as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In 2011, a few hundred additional properties were added to the list.
Click here to visit HUD's Weatherization Assistance Program resources page that includes information about eligible buildings and how to request that your building be added to the list.
More resources:
- HUD Multifamily Properties Eligible for Weatherization Assistance: Check for frequent updates to eligible multifamily propery lists
- California CSD: ARRA Multifamily Guidance Weatherization Policies and Procedures
- DOE Rule for Weatherization Assistance Program Eligibility
- List of Weatherization Service Providers in California
- List of eligible properties in your county.
- HUD Process for Adding Properties to DOE Multifamily Weatherization List
- Self-Certification Documents for Addition to the DOE Multifamily Weatherization Listing:
2012 - 2014 Energy Savings Assistance Program (ESAP)
- Investor Owned Utility (IOU) Applications
- Pacific Gas & Electric Company
- Southen California Edison
- San Diego Gas & Electric
- Southern California Gas Company
For more information: Ross Nakasone at (415) 433-6804 ext. 310 or rnakasone@chpc.net.
The California Housing Partnership thanks the San Francisco Foundation for their generous sponsorship of our GREEN Initiative!
Preservation is Green
Preserving affordable homes is greener than building new. While many organizations focus on the benefits of building new "green" housing with eye‐catching energy saving features and special woods and other finishes with low carbon footprints, they often miss the point that there is nothing greener than preserving and rehabilitating existing housing. Preserving and safeguarding existing affordable homes is the cornerstone to creating livable communities and is the focus of CHPC’s Affordable Housing Preservation Program.