This year’s NRECA PowerXchange conference brought together co-op leaders, board members and solutions providers to exchange ideas and insights about the industry as well as best practices for cooperative operations. HomeServe had the opportunity to attend sessions and...
Energy Efficiency
Increase In Extreme Cold Events Posing New Challenges for Cooperatives
by Kimberly Dailey | Feb 13, 2024
While it’s intuitive to link the warming of the planet with hotter and longer heatwaves, longer droughts, more wildfires, and heavier rain, the link is less obvious when it comes to an increase in extreme cold events across North America, particularly in areas that...
Addressing Cooperative Objectives
by HomeServe USA | Mar 23, 2023
Addressing Cooperative Objectives HomeServe offers cooperatives a no-cost, ancillary revenue generating opportunity that amplifies program results while enhancing the member experience. Support your members in their homes and improve engagement with energy efficiency...
Poll Shows Savings Sparks Interest in Energy Efficiency
by Kimberly Dailey | Nov 9, 2022
A major retrofit with an eye toward energy efficiency, including energy efficient heating, new windows, installing LED bulbs, improving insulation, replacing roofs and taking other actions to seal the thermal envelope can cut home energy use at least in half,...
Climate Change Will Cost Cooperatives Millions if Not Addressed
by Kimberly Dailey | Sep 20, 2022
Climate change spells lowered efficiency, increased expenses and more outages – the only thing members dislike more than rate increases – and as the demand for energy increases, the problems around climate change only loom larger. The decade between 2000 to 2010 was...
HomeServe Advantage Program Offers Significant Energy Savings for Residential Members
by Kimberly Dailey | Aug 8, 2022
One of the most promising strategies for achieving utility energy efficiency goals is the increased adoption of high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment. A new subscription makes efficient upgrades an easier decision for residential utility customers and delivers...
Just Launched: HomeServe Advantage Program – Residential HVAC Subscription
by Kimberly Dailey | Aug 8, 2022
New HVAC Solution Boosts Residential Energy Efficiency, Affordability and Customer Satisfaction Norwalk, CT – August 9, 2022 – A new solution – the HomeServe Advantage Program is an all-inclusive, hassle-free residential HVAC subscription service to help utilities...
LMI Households Face Obstacles to Achieving Energy Efficiency
by Kimberly Dailey | Apr 11, 2022
Low- and Middle-Income (LMI) households have historically faced obstacles to becoming more energy efficient, despite the outsized impact efficiency measures would have for this population. Low-income households pay more than 7 percent of their income on energy bills,...
Severe Energy Burdens Weigh Heavily on Low-to-Moderate Income Households
by Kimberly Dailey | Mar 11, 2022
A quarter of all U.S. households and two-thirds of low-income households have high energy burdens, meaning they spend more than 6 percent of their annual income on energy costs, and two out of five low-income households have severe energy burdens, meaning that they...
Heat Pumps: What Misconceptions Do Members Have?
by Kimberly Dailey | Jan 12, 2022
Heat pumps are misunderstood by many homeowners – many still believe that they do not adequately heat homes or know very little about them. Heat pumps are more energy efficient, because they move warm air from one space to another instead of generating cold or hot...
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2024 NRECA PowerXchange Provides Key Insights for Cooperative Landscape
This year’s NRECA PowerXchange conference brought together co-op leaders, board members and solutions providers to exchange ideas and insights about the industry as well as best practices for cooperative operations. HomeServe had the opportunity to attend sessions and...
Increase In Extreme Cold Events Posing New Challenges for Cooperatives
While it’s intuitive to link the warming of the planet with hotter and longer heatwaves, longer droughts, more wildfires, and heavier rain, the link is less obvious when it comes to an increase in extreme cold events across North America, particularly in areas that...
Addressing Cooperative Objectives
Addressing Cooperative Objectives HomeServe offers cooperatives a no-cost, ancillary revenue generating opportunity that amplifies program results while enhancing the member experience. Support your members in their homes and improve engagement with energy efficiency...