Energy efficiency is an important part of many utilities’ demand-side management and outreach efforts, but your message may be ignored, or your customer simply may not be able afford the repairs, replacements or upgrades needed to make their homes more energy...
Millennials
Improve Satisfaction by Offering Recommendations from a Trusted Advisor
by HomeServe USA | Sep 23, 2020
The energy industry is transforming from the bottom up, and consumers expect personalized recommendations that echoes their experiences with companies such as Netflix and Amazon.
You Shouldn’t DIY Home Repairs in These Six Areas
by Bill Eller | Mar 31, 2020
While there are many opportunities for homeowners to save money by performing simple DIY home repairs, there are some projects that are better left to the experts. In these cases, an error in DIY home repair execution can be dangerous and result in a larger expense...
Engaging with Millennials: Why it Matters
by HomeServe USA | Mar 30, 2020
By 2025, Millennials will make up to 75 percent of the workforce, as the next largest generation, the Baby Boomers, retire in droves. This means their buying power will only increase in the next decade – Millennials are spending more than $65 billion each year and...
Empowered People and Advanced Technology
by HomeServe USA | Mar 27, 2020
Call centers are generally viewed as revolving doors, with turnover rates of between 30 and 45% versus 15% for all other industries. The work can be difficult, high volume, high stress, and lower paying, so high turnover is understandable but also problematic. In...
New Realities in an Evolving Energy Landscape
by HomeServe USA | Mar 27, 2020
With the energy industry in the midst of an evolution, utilities are more clearly understanding the need for transformation from a role of commodity supplier to “ratepayers” to a trusted advisor on a range of energy issues to a more and more sophisticated and...
Economic Shock: Solutions for Vulnerable Customers
by Peter Buttrick | Mar 27, 2020
The effects of an economic shock, such as an unexpected home or car repair or a sudden loss of income, can be devastating to homeowners on a fixed income, and the United Nations estimates 40 million Americans are living in poverty. Among those, 18.5 million are living...
Employee and Community Safety Safeguarded by Working from Home
by Bill Eller | Mar 26, 2020
During this coronavirus epidemic, we must all come together; figuratively!; to do what we can to ensure community safety by stopping the spread of the virus and protecting those who are most at-risk. That responsibility to community safety is why HomeServe moved our...
Economic Shock Poses Problem for Millennials
by HomeServe USA | Mar 9, 2020
Millennials have overtaken Baby Boomers as the largest generation currently in the workforce, and the oldest members of the generation are staring down 40. They also make up a significant component of the energy consumer market. Also, they’re more vulnerable to...
Solar Energy: A Path to the Future
by Kimberly Dailey | Feb 26, 2020
Solar energy prices have seen a sustained decrease – it once cost 20 times as much as coal to generate the same amount of energy with solar panels. However, the price dropped by more than 90 percent and is now comparable to fossil fuels. Solar distributed energy...
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Energy Efficiency: Why Are Some Homeowners Unengaged?
Energy efficiency is an important part of many utilities’ demand-side management and outreach efforts, but your message may be ignored, or your customer simply may not be able afford the repairs, replacements or upgrades needed to make their homes more energy...
Improve Satisfaction by Offering Recommendations from a Trusted Advisor
Energy providers must look beyond simply supplying a commodity in an industry that is undergoing rapid and unprecedented change. A growing percentage of decision makers, including millennials, are budget conscious, environmentally and socially aware, utilize social...
You Shouldn’t DIY Home Repairs in These Six Areas
While there are many opportunities for homeowners to save money by performing simple DIY home repairs, there are some projects that are better left to the experts. In these cases, an error in DIY home repair execution can be dangerous and result in a larger expense...