Learn about Energy Efficiency in NH

• Review the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation's New Hampshire Energy Efficiency Resource Standard Study to understand the potential for increasing energy efficiency in New Hampshire

• NH Handbook on Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, Volume 1
• NH Handbook on Energy Efficiency and Climate Change, Volume 2
• Guide for Historic Commissions:  Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Historic Preservation (Nov. 2009)
• The Field Guide to Energy Conservation and Efficiency for New Hampshire Businesses​
• Find resources from other communities across the country at the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s State and Local Solution Center
• ​View municipal energy efficiency case studies from across the state from NHSaves

Assess Energy Efficiency Financing/Funding Opportunities in NH

• Find a comprehensive list of incentives by state through DSIRE (Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Energy Efficiency) or see the links below 

• NH Core Utility Programs: Financial and Technical Assistance Programs for Municipal and School Energy Projects in NH  
• Small grants for education, outreach and community energy projects through the New England Grassroots Environment Fund Small Grants Program 
• NH Community Development Finance Authority’s Municipal Energy Reduction Fund (MERF) for energy efficiency projects
• NH Department of Environmental Services Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund (DWSRF) for water conservation

• Funding for energy audits and loans to improve and replace wastewater treatment facilities and collection systems through the New Hampshire Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund (NH CWSRF)
• Energy Performance Contracts

Educate about Energy Efficiency and Encourage Action

• Host a Button Up Workshop to educate residents about how to save energy and money through weatherization
• Work with schools to incorporate energy efficiency curriculum

Reduce Energy Used to Manage Wastewater and Drinking Water 

• Conduct energy process audits at water treatment facilities
• Implement recommended operational measures and track results

Reduce and/or Retrofit Street Lighting

• Review Efficiency Vermont's Improving Efficiency in Municipal Street and Public Space Lighting guide that provides a step-by-step process for improving the efficiency of street and public space lighting, and upgrading to LED technology
• Obtain a map and inventory of existing street lights
• Develop a policy and recommendations for removing unnecessary street lighting
• Remove or replace existing street lights with LED lighting 

• Review Resources & Guides on Street Lighting:
  • NEEP’s (Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships) Regional Operations & Maintenance Guide for High Performance        Schools and Public Buildings in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic: Strategies for creating green, healthy & energy efficient existing buildings in your state or local government
    
  • Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership's LED Street Lighting Assessment and Strategies for the Northeast and Mid- Atlantic
    
  • NHSEA Testimony Before the Public Utilities Commission, November 2, 2018

 
Develop a Town-Wide Energy Efficiency Outreach Campaign

Energy Efficiency Action Videos

Button Up NH Residential Energy Efficiency & Weatherization Video Series
In 2012 the MyEnergyPlan.net program worked with Peter Adams of the Plymouth Area Renewable Initiative and EVP Marketing & Media and Dana Mosher of the Construction Technologies Department at Manchester Community College to develop a series of short videos to help residents understand their relationship with energy and to act on reducing energy consumption in different realms of their day to day life.  We've shared a few of these with you here but more are available on myenergyplan.net.  Consider embedding a video or two on your energy committee or town's website - contact myenergyplan for permission to do so.