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Seattle’s Priority Green Expedited Program

Energy Rating Systems for New Homes
Local Governments
Provides customized green building education, early design guidance, technical assistance, incentives, and recognition of sustainable building. They also provide expedited construction permitting for certified homes.

HERS Index

Energy Rating Systems for New Homes
Private Entities
An industry standard by which a home’s energy efficiency is measured.

Green MLS

Energy Rating Systems for New Homes
Private Entities
An effort to define fields that help home buyers using the Multiple Listings Service quickly find green homes, and make it easy to fully promote the special features of a green home.

LEED for Homes

Energy Rating Systems for New Homes
Private Entities
The LEED for Homes program is a private standard and certification system that verifies the energy efficiency of a property and estimates cost savings for potential homebuyers.

Green Building Alliance

Energy Rating Systems for New Homes
Private Entities
Catalogs a variety of Green Building Certifications, Rating Systems, and Labels.

OPOWER programs

Utility Behavioral Efficiency Programs
Private Entities, Public Utilities
A popular technological platform for helping residential customers monitor and reduce their energy usage. They have been selected as the platform of choice in numerous utility-managed behavioral efficiency programs.

NYSERDA Behavioral Consulting

Utility Behavioral Efficiency Programs
State Agencies
Provides behavior design and evaluation consulting services to organizations that are interested in using behavioral strategies to increase the effectiveness of their clean energy programs in New York State.

ACEEE Field Guide to Utility-Run Behavior Programs

Utility Behavioral Efficiency Programs
Public Utilities
A comparative analysis of utility-run behavior programs, counting 281 programs, many with multiple iterations, offered by 114 energy providers and third parties between 2008 and 2013.