Weatherization Assistance Program Enhancement and Innovation Selections

On July 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the projects that have been awarded funding from two Weatherization Assistance Program funding sources: the Enhancement & Innovation (E&I) Funding Opportunity Announcement and the Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers (SERC) grants.

Awarded projects for both funding sources are listed below.

Awarded Enhancement and Innovation Projects

Projects awarded E&I funding total $36.5 million. View the details of the recipients in the table below.

Project Title	Organization	City, State	Award Amount
Topic Area 1: Place-based Initiatives
Athens Energy Opportunity: Embedding Weatherization Readiness and Solarization into Community Development Practice in 3 High Energy-Burden Neighborhoods of Athens, Georgia	Athens Land Trust	Athens, Georgia	$478,976
WAP Enhancement for Milwaukee Homes	Community Relations Social Development Commission	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	$2,000,000
Native to Native Energy Sovereignty - A Path to Net Zero GHG Emissions Through Deep Energy Retrofits, Electrification and Onsite Renewables	Red Cloud Renewable	Pine Ridge, South Dakota	$1,650,000
Preparing the Frontlines for a Climate Future through Holistic Weatherization	Houston Advanced Research Center	Houston, Texas	$1,970,345
Emerald Connections: Community-Centered Weatherization and Health	Emerald Cities Collaborative	Washington, D.C.	$1,999,001
Ohio's First Net-Zero Neighborhood: American Addition	Impact Community Action	Columbus, Ohio	$2,000,000
Topic Area 2: Multifamily Housing
Advancing Comprehensive Multifamily Housing Retrofits with Equitable Electrification in the Midwest	Elevate Energy	Chicago, Illinois	$2,000,000
Launching WAP 2.0	International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology	Lakewood, Colorado	$1,999,419
Holistic Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency & Health Improvements in Multi-Family Affordable Housing	Seattle Office of Housing	Seattle, Washington	$1,800,000
Electrifying New York's Affordable Housing	Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.	Columbia, Maryland	$2,000,000
Topic Area 3: Single Family & Manufactured Housing
Healthy Homes Initiative in Maricopa County	FSL Home Improvements	Phoenix, Arizona	$1,999,981
Weatherization Innovation through Roofing and Electrification (WIRE) Access Project	Minnesota Department of Commerce	Saint Paul, Minnesota	$2,000,000
Electrify Monterey Bay	Central Coast Energy Services	Watsonville, California	$2,000,000
Built to Last (BTL): Holistic Home Improvement Pathways	Philadelphia Energy Authority/Philadelphia Green Capital Corp	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$2,000,000
Reducing Deferrals by Integrating Healthy Homes with Weatherization	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, Illinois	$1,632,302
Alaska Weatherization Support Project	Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc.	Anchorage, Alaska	$1,000,000
Topic Area 4: Workforce Development
Toledo Healthy Homes Training Center	Neighborhood Housing Services of Toledo, Inc.	Toledo, Ohio	$1,921,456
Cultivating a New Generation of Diverse WAP Workers	Interstate Renewable Energy Council	Albany, New York	$2,000,000
Weatherization Workforce Expansion and Diversification	Oregon Training Institute	Klamath Falls, Oregon	$1,443,757
La Casa De Don Pedro Energy Efficiency & Green Job Training Program	La Casa De Don Pedro	Newark, New Jersey	$600,000
Vermont Weatherization Training Center	Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity	Waterbury, Vermont	$2,000,000

Awarded Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers Projects

Awarded SERC projects total $5.1 million. View the details of the recipients below.

New York

The New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) Office of Housing Preservation will install heat pump water heaters, air source heat pumps, solar photovoltaic, and geothermal technologies on weatherization units, working particularly in opportunity zones and with Native American tribes.

New Mexico

The New Mexico Weatherization Assistance Program is transforming WAP Projects into Grid Efficient Buildings by installing solar photovoltaic, battery energy storage systems, heat pump water heaters, air source heat pumps, and building energy management systems in multifamily projects. Project work will be focused in opportunity zones is expected to improve home energy performance by at least 30% over baseline.

Minnesota

The Minnesota Weatherization Assistance Program will prepare weatherization participants for the changing climate by outfitting homes with prefabricated exterior expanded polystyrene (EPS) walls. Minnesota is focusing its work in historically redlined districts in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and particularly engaging census tracts with a high Social Vulnerability Index.

Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Weatherization Assistance Program is demonstrating that additional energy savings can be achieved in weatherized homes through expanding energy saving materials and technologies, specifically hybrid water heaters. The project will target five census tracts that are Opportunity Zones and underserved rural communities (USDA-designated towns) in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Weatherization Assistance Program will install air-source heat pump technology in combination with the traditional components of full-scale weatherization measures at each project dwelling unit. The project will target Municipal Utility service territories and Gateway Cities facing social and economic challenges. Historically underserved due to lack of utility funds for low-income retrofits.