ESPC Champions Toolkit

DOE considers ESPC a promising tool to undertake retrofit projects across the country toward energy savings goals. Like all retrofits, ESPC projects start with an idea for an improvement. Making retrofits a reality requires strong project planning and a commitment to getting it done. Landlord agencies require a team of people to continually identify the energy savings potential in each agency’s buildings. Each project needs a dedicated project advocate or champion to shepherd the retrofit from idea to completion. Project champions are a way to magnify local efforts to cultivate energy efficiency retrofits. Champions will be motivated to develop retrofit projects to benefit their individual agencies. By organizing individual agency champions into a formal network and empowering them with the tools they need to develop strong retrofit projects, state and local governments can harness their efforts in a powerful, concerted drive toward their energy savings goals. To that end, this toolkit contains several resources to cultivate a formal, permanent network of ESPC champions. It provides presentations for state and local governments to introduce the program to champions and their agency leaders. It also contains a separate set of tools for the champions themselves as they plan, develop, and build support for local ESPC retrofit projects. Let's get started!