Energy Efficiency Programs

Our services provide convening and collaborative facilitation among diverse groups to solve California’s most pressing agricultural, natural resource, and environmental challenges. We are known for our people-centered approach, interpersonal insight, and ability to guide complex, multi-stakeholder work with clarity and care.

Assist local government agencies and development community with meeting land use objectives with an emphasis on affordable housing

Ascent is an interdisciplinary collaborative, dedicated to advancing community vitality, climate action, environmental stewardship, and inclusive, equitable outcomes.

BayREN provides innovative programs for local governments, residents, and business owners to help improve buildings for energy efficiency.

California Climate Investments outreach materials include applicant factsheets that outline funding opportunities that are applicable to each applicant type. We also have copies of our Funding Workbook for All California Tribes that helps Tribes assess which CCI programs they’re eligible for and which might best align with their Tribe’s priorities. Additionally, through conversations with attendees, our staff can help identify programs and next steps for projects.

California Climate Investments programs facilitate greenhouse gas emissions reductions while providing environmental, economic, and public health benefits to Californians across the state. From affordable housing to clean transportation, urban greening to sustainable agriculture, waste diversion to technical assistance, and more, there are a diversity of program and funding types available to support your projects. Current opportunities can be found at caclimateinvestments.ca.gov/cci-programs

As the largest grant writer in the State of California, we help local governments and school districts fund priority programs and services by helping them secure grant dollars.

CDPH’s Climate Change and Health Equity Branch provides free climate and health equity technical assistance (TA) to Tribes and to Local Health Departments or Jurisdictions.

We equip LHJs and Tribes to serve their own populations and forge partnerships that increase overall capacity to mitigate and build resilience​ to climate change. Our work connects California LHJs and Tribes with each other and with CDPH to share resources, strategies, best practices, opportunities, and mutual support through barriers and challenges.

We provide TA through one-on-one cons​​ultation​, Local Health Jurisdiction Climate and Health Community of Practice​, and through Local Health Jurisdiction Office Hours.

We can advise with: Embedding health and climate considerations into planning projects; Accessing relevant state and federal data; Identifying funding sources to carry out a wide range of efforts that can promote health and address climate change impacts; Implementing related plans, programs, and projects; E​​valuating related plans, programs, and projects.

Climate adaptation capacity building, networking, assessment of wetland restoration and wildfire fuel reduction effectiveness in reducing climate impacts

Energy Efficiency Programs

We provide technical assistance to organizations interested in brownfields and land recycling. We also develop educational materials, such as webinars, funding matrices for parks + general redevelopment and an “Equity Guide” to Advance EJ in Brownfield Reuse.

Non Profit Vocational Adult School with 11 Campuses throughout CA. Established over 50 years ago; COE Accredited School

CSE runs local, regional, state, and federal programs and studies focused on decarbonization of transportation and buildings, including building decarbonization, solar and storage, electric vehicle, and electric vehicle infrastructure. In addition, I led CSE’s contributions to research and community-based engagement support for the CA Jobs First Thrive Inland SoCal effort over the past few years.

The Central Coast Climate Collaborative (4C) is a membership network and an organizing platform, uniting local governments, communities, nonprofits, businesses, academia, and Tribes to collaboratively advance climate equity and resilience across California’s Central Coast region. In particular, we offer services to support the development and advancement of community resilience hubs, funding navigation assistance, and grant writing support services.

At no cost to program participants, CC-LEAP provides customized and objective project management, engineering, and financing support services as a “one-stop shop” enabling participants to achieve streamlined and cost-effective energy upgrades.

Grant funding.

Customer Programs

–Our Reciprocity and Regranting Program is one of several ways that we fill a unique space that is critical to advancing a just and equitable future in a climate changed world. https://www.climatesciencealliance.org/reciprocity-and-regranting
–We are leads for The Collaborative of Native Nations for Climate Transformation and Stewardship (CNNCTS) advances a model of Indigenous-led lands stewardship for climate adaptation and resilience. funded by UCOP https://www.cnncts.org
–We are technical service providers for the tribal team of SDSU’s Center for Community Energy and Environmental Justice. This is funded by EPA and currently under a stop work order . we hope it will resume. https://cceej.sdsu.edu

CEC and its Central Coast partners offer a number of individual assistance and community training programs to accelerate transportation decarbonization on the Central Coast. Programs include:

• Evs for Everyone / Evs Para Todos: Personalized electric vehicle (EV) purchase guidance – from exploring options to understanding charging and navigating incentives – to make EV ownership accessible and affordable
• Electric Ride 805 : Central Coast coalition promoting clean, accessible transportation options — from EVs to e-bikes and public transit — through education, resources, and community engagement
• EV Charging Assistance : Helping community members understand their EV charging options and connecting them with the most relevant incentives and resources, tailored to their home or business to make charging easier, more affordable, and accessible.
• Healthy Refrigeration Education & Assistance: Energy-efficient refrigeration education and guidance for California businesses, food rescue organizations, and nonprofits to lower energy costs, extend the life of perishable goods, and promote local, California fresh foods
• Central Coast Community Resilience Hubs Accelerator: Accelerating the retrofits and mobilizations of neighborhood-level centers that serve residents who are most vulnerable or at high risk during extreme weather and disaster events such as wildfires, poor air quality, extreme heat, and flooding.

CEC also offers technical assistance to our agricultural communities on the Central Coast to accelerate the adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices that draw down excess carbon from the atmosphere. Programs include:

• Central Coast AgLink: Regional platform connecting farmers, ranchers, and land stewards to climate-smart agriculture incentives and resources.

Project management and stakeholder engagement as it pertains to advanced aviation economic development

Data Elevates provides data analytics and dashboard development, along with other product development services.

Ecology Action’s EVs for Everyone/EVs Para Todos offers one‑on‑one electric vehicle purchase guidance. Ecology Action’s Resilient Central Coast initiative includes a free online information hub at resilientcentralcoast.org, connecting residents to climate action resources and local adaptation plans. Ecology Action’s planning team also supports local agencies and partners with active transportation and climate adaptation planning.

ECORP Consulting plays a crucial role in supporting energy, climate, and land use progress within the San Diego region by providing expert environmental consulting services that help public and private sector clients navigate regulatory requirements, mitigate environmental impacts, and advance sustainable development.Conducting greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and emissions modeling to support climate action planning.
Assisting agencies and developers in meeting California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements for air quality and climate change analyses.
Supporting energy transition projects, including renewable energy developments, hydrogen production, and electrification initiatives, by ensuring compliance with regional and state air quality standards. Through these efforts, ECORP Consulting helps shape the future of the San Diego region by ensuring that energy, climate, and land use projects align with environmental goals while fostering sustainable economic growth.

Community outreach, climate resilience planning, & NetZero planning services.

EVGIDE is a community-driven initiative providing equitable access to clean mobility solutions by building distributed solar energy systems, EV charging infrastructure, battery storage, and operating a zero-emissions carshare program. Our mission is to create sustainable and inclusive transportation options for underserved communities while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing California’s climate goals.

Your one-stop shop for no-cost tools, training and resources to help you comply with California’s Title 24, Part 6 Building Energy Codes and Title 20 Appliance Standards. We’re powered by the California Statewide Codes & Standards Program and vetted by the California Energy Commission.

EPIC is a neutral, university-based energy and climate policy center founded in 2005, offering both academic programs and external research. We have supported nearly all regional climate action plans through GHG inventories, policy analysis, and implementation support, and provide regional GHG analysis for SANDAG. Our expertise spans energy law, regulation, rooftop solar, electric rates, building electrification, and transportation energy, including a proprietary hourly analysis method for time-based climate impacts. We pioneered Climate Equity Index analysis in the region and partner on equity and innovation initiatives including the TCC RICCE project and the CEC-funded Southern CA Energy Innovation Network. Most recently, we launched the San Diego Regional Energy Academy, a free three-day program to build energy literacy among climate and energy professionals.

Environmental Health Coalition (EHC) works for environmental justice in the San Diego/Tijuana region and throughout California. Founded in 1980, EHC has worked to reduce pollution and improve health and well-being for thousands of people in underserved, low-income communities.Our Climate Justice campaign work has three focus areas:
Ensure climate policy includes strategies for clean air
Equitable implementation of the San Diego Climate Action Plan
Bring climate investments to frontline communities in San Diego

We help organizations move policy and ensure the communities impacted are at the table.

Grant writer, energy project developer

GRID develops and implements renewable energy projects that serve economic and environmental justice communities. GRID creates and installs solar projects that serve low-income households and communities, and is enabling these communities to access a variety of clean mobility and battery storage incentive programs. Through our unique, people-first model, we are putting money back into families’ pockets, reducing the energy cost burden for housing providers, and jumpstarting clean energy careers. We partner with affordable housing organizations, job training groups, government agencies, municipalities, utilities, tribes and local communities to make clean energy a win for everyone.

Design and implementation of programs serving low income and historically underserved communities; Climate Action Planning and related services; grants management; environmental services.

I-REN empowers local governments in the Inland Empire to practice energy efficiency, enable code compliance in the building industry, and support workforce education and training in our region. I-REN’s Public Sector programs offer no-cost technical assistance and capacity and knowledge building activities to enable local governments to effectively leverage energy efficiency services and to demonstrate best practices. Through our Workforce Education & Training program, I-REN supports numerous local workforce education and training programs to encourage and realize energy efficiency goals across sectors. We provide training, tools, and opportunities for diverse participants in disadvantaged communities to pursue careers and contracts in energy efficiency and deploy up to 27 fellows every year to support public sector agencies with their energy efficiency initiatives within municipal operations and through outreach and engagement in the communities. The Codes & Standards programs work closely with local building departments and the building industry to support, train, and enable long-term streamlining of energy code compliance, as well as to assist local government agencies in better understanding and enforcing building codes.

For over 55 years, Institute for the Future (www.iftf.org) has brought foresight skills to global leaders and diverse communities, helping hundreds of organizations and thousands of people gain a sense of hope, agency, and resilience about the future. Our flagship training program, IFTF Foresight Essentials, teaches people how to harness the power of their imagination to envision new possibilities for themselves, their communities, and the world.

As part of our commitment to creating more diverse, inclusive, and intersectional narratives about the future, we offer a limited number of cost-free scholarships for IFTF Foresight Essentials trainings. Change makers in the climate space who meet the criterion are welcome to apply!

Workforce Development and Training in Clean Energy

LARC is a network of local governments, regional agencies, non-profit organizations, businesses, utilities, and academics working together to advance climate mitigation and adaptation efforts in the Los Angeles region. LARC serves as a convening body to support collaboration between local jurisdictions to coordinate regional climate action and adaptation efforts, maximize limited resources, and optimize outcomes for the LA region as a whole. This is accomplished through a series of established meetings that encourage peer-to-peer knowledge transfer amongst climate planners and practitioners.

Native American owned consulting business offering free initial utility assessments to Tribal governments and Tribal residents.

Advocates for climate change

As a Community Choice Aggregator, we reinvest revenue into Buena Park, Fullerton, Irvine, and now Fountain Valley.

We work with the city legislature and the stakeholders across the development process to find opportunities to build better for affordable housing

Our organization offers NO-COST energy and water-efficiency services, Green House Calls, to Central Valley residents. As part of the Green House Call conducted by our team of Energy Specialists, residents receive an efficiency home assessment, LED light bulbs, High-efficiency bathroom/kitchen aerators, and high-efficiency showerheads, and MORE! This Program offers workforce oportunities for local youth ages 15-24 and exposure to green craeer pathways.

RCAC partners with underserved rural and Indigenous communities throughout 13 western states to achieve their vision and well-being through technical assistance, training, financial resources and advocacy. RCAC works with rural water, wastewater and solid waste systems to make them sustainable. Our environmental services are directed to small, low-income rural and Indigenous communities to ensure that they comply with state and federal regulations.

Our organization works to cultivate a healthy, sustainable, and just food system in San Diego region. We work with organizations, farmers, fishermen, and food businesses.

A partnership of San Diego Community Power and the County of San Diego, the San Diego Regional Energy Network (SDREN) offers 10 programs that make clean energy upgrades easier, more accessible and more impactful for every community.

The SoCal IL is a hub for place-based, co-produced science that advances nature-based solutions and builds a collaborative community of practice among partners. CCEEJ provides technical assistance to community-based organizations on extreme heat, environmental quality, energy, and environmental justice. CNNCTS advances Indigenous-led land stewardship for climate adaptation through coastal resilience, cultural fire, restoration, and land rematriation in southern California. Additionally, the team maintains ongoing work in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys, with expertise in climate applications using weather prediction models and community collaboration on extreme heat, air pollution, and related issues.

The goal of this pilot grant application Technical Assistance (TA) program is to increase the capacity of vulnerable, underserved, and marginalized communities and Tribes to engage in regional planning processes and project implementation to address historical inequities and the anticipated disproportionate impacts of climate change on these communities.

Program objectives are to: 1) Increase the capacity of TA participants to participate in the work of the Estuary Partnership and broader environmental initiatives as valued partners and critical collaborators; 2) Increase the amount of grant funding that TA participants receive; 3) And reduce the administrative burden of applying to and receiving grant funds to increase equitable access.

SoCalREN offers no-cost programs that aim to achieve unprecedented levels of energy savings across California. SoCalREN offers energy efficiency incentives, financing, and technical assistance to public agencies and residents, as well as workforce, education, and training programs to support the growth of the clean energy workforce.

Provide an overview of South Coast AQMD zero-emission building appliances rules and incentives.

Developing & promoting reach codes, providing technical assistance to local jurisdictions, advancing building performance standards, education and outreach

A state-funded inclusive economic development initiative that is part of CA Jobs First

We support community and tribal partners in climate resilience planning, adaptation and mobilization through technical assistance, training, and capacity building.

TECC’s three program areas include capacity building and technical assistance, economic and workforce development, and policy and regulatory advocacy

We will provide general information about VIP programs.