EnergySmart (Boulder County, CO) Teams Up with InterNACHI

To support these goals, EnergySmart commits to the following initiatives:

1. EnergySmart will use its available resources to host 1-3 energy efficiency workshops or trainings for all home inspectors conducting business in Boulder County until December 31, 2012. 

• InterNACHI staff will contribute ideas for the subject matter for these sessions based on their assessment of inspector needs. 
• EnergySmart staff will send presentation to InterNACHI for content review and approval.
• The cost of these workshops and trainings will be the responsibility of EnergySmart unless a mutual cost sharing agreement between EnergySmart, InterNACHI, or a third party is negotiated. 
• Each workshop or training will occur at the time and place chosen by EnergySmart.

2. Provided InterNACHI’s Home Energy Inspection Report, accompanying data and recommendations can be adopted for use by EnergySmart, EnergySmart will waive the $30 EnergySmart Walk-Through audit fee for any InterNACHI member’s client should that client reside in Boulder County and wish to implement an EnergySmart recommended measure(s).

3. Provide InterNACHI with EnergySmart assessment/audit standards that will enable continuity with any future InterNACHI Full Home Energy Audit service offering. 

4. The EnergySmart call center will track any InterNACHI client who has been referred to the EnergySmart service from a home or business inspection.   EnergySmart will provide this data to InterNACHI to better understand how InterNACHI members are driving demand for energy efficiency.

5. EnergySmart will support a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) and InterNACHI in the use of the DOE Home Energy Score by qualified home inspectors conducting home energy inspections in Boulder County.  This support will extend to assessing the feasibility, and if deemed feasible, using the results of the Home Energy Score as a substitute for the EnergySmart Energy Assessment at no additional cost to the consumer. 

1. InterNACHI will use its available resources to promote the EnergySmart service to its members who provide inspection services to Boulder County residents.  Examples may include presenting co-branded marketing materials through InterNACHI channels of communication.

• InterNACHI will provide an outline to EnergySmart for disseminating co-branded EnergySmart information.

2. For InterNACHI members who perform inspections in Boulder County, InterNACHI will educate and encourage those members to include the benefits of the EnergySmart service during appropriate interactions with their Boulder County clients.  This is especially true when the inspections involve energy efficiency assessments and the Inspection Energy Rating option.   It is hoped that the “value added” attributes of EnergySmart can move more clients towards paying for the added cost of the InterNACHI energy rating. 

• For clients desiring a more thorough home energy analysis than what is provided through InterNACHI, inspectors will recommend and refer clients to EnergySmart and the Home Energy Assessment offered by this service.

3. To allow for the tracking of InterNACHI client data by EnergySmart, InterNACHI inspectors will employ a pre-approved (by EnergySmart), Client Release of Information Consent Form allowing EnergySmart to release pertinent data to InterNACHI. 

• This completed form shall be sent to EnergySmart prior to the release of this data.
• InterNACHI inspectors shall also contact the EnergySmart call center to notify the service that their client is being referred to EnergySmart.  Preliminary intake information will be provided to EnergySmart at that time.

This Statement of Understanding is non-binding and can be terminated by either party with sufficient written notice to the other party.  Regardless, all provisions in this Statement of Understanding will end by May 10^th, 2013.