Priority Area: Clean Energy and Building Decarbonization
Barrier: Retrofit Feasibility

Challenge/Local/State

Description

Local Solution
(Type of Activity: Construction/Installation/Procurement )

Coordinate Regionally to Integrate Incentives and Deliver Turnkey, Multi-Benefit Retrofits. Local governments can participate in regional coordination frameworks—such as collaboration tables or hubs—to align retrofit funding, permitting, and outreach across jurisdictions. Through this coordination, agencies and partners can integrate funding sources behind the scenes using referral systems, bundled incentives, and turnkey retrofit offerings, enabling residents to access a single, streamlined pathway for cooling, electrification, panel upgrades, and resilience improvements.

Existing Examples of Progress: A multifamily building was able to install new heat-pump systems only because the owner stacked incentives from two local programs (BayREN and TECH), receiving about $80,000 in grants; even so, he had to front the full amount before reimbursement, highlighting the need for easier, low- or no-upfront models.
Region: San Francisco Bay Area, Inland Deserts, San Diego, Statewide

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