Evaluation of DOE's resource-leveraging partnerships for low-income weatherization

Conference · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5316695

Lee, A. D.; Callaway, J. W.

In July 1986, the US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded competitive grants to five states to conduct pilot projects establishing partnerships and using resource leveraging to stimulate support for low-income residential energy retrofits. The projects were conducted under DOE's Partnerships in Low-Income Residential Retrofit (PILIRR) Program. These projects have been monitored and analyzed through a concurrent process evaluation conducted by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL). The goal of the PILIRR Program was to demonstrate that states could use resource-leveraging partnerships to stimulate non-federal resources in support of low-income residential energy improvements. The evaluation relied on qualitative analysis to determine whether the states met DOE's goal. Several of the states were successful in meeting DOE's goal. This paper describes the state programs and provides observations about what factors affected program success. 4 refs., 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5316695
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-16889; CONF-890845--6; ON: DE90004676
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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