History
This Oregon commission is the regulatory body that ultimately helped create Energy Trust
What is the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC)?
This alliance partners with Energy Trust to advance broader markets for efficiency technologies.
What is the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA)?
Energy Trust directed teams to use this word instead of “campuses” to define SMF
What are complexes?
Residential participants may install these smart devices that improve comfort
What are smart thermostats?
Energy Trust provides free walkthrough surveys for this type of property
What are existing multifamily buildings?
Energy Trust officially began operations in this year
What is 2002?
Energy Trust’s Strategic Energy Management program recently expanded to serve this sector
What is affordable multifamily housing?
Under SMF rules, these areas will remain with the Commercial program, regardless of building size
What are common and community areas?
Residential customers can receive incentives for improving this home feature, which helps maintain indoor temperature
What is insulation?
Energy Trust must receive application materials within this number of days from installation
What is 90 days?
The roots of Oregon’s modern energy‑efficiency culture began in this decade
What are the 1970s?
This Oregon city hosted a community energy challenge with more than 800 homeowners & 50 businesses
What is Corvallis?
According to the sorting rules, a project with two 4-plexes sort to this program
What is Residential?
Since 2002, Energy Trust has helped this many homes adopt energy‑saving improvements
What are 778,000 homes?
Energy Trust provides up to $800/unit in incentives for these small cooling units
What are packaged terminal heat pumps?
This Senate Bill established the public purpose charge that funds Energy Trust programs
What is 1149?
A 1937 GE refrigerator won this Energy Trust contest after running for over seven decades
What is the “Oldest Fridge Contest”?
Side‑by‑side units in a non‑stacked 6‑unit property are sorted to this program
What is Residential?
This type of advice on the Energy Trust website includes weatherstripping windows and using portable air purifiers during wildfire smoke
What are Energy Trust’s Energy Saving Tips?
This Energy Trust offering reimburses up to 100% of the equipment costs to create designated cooling spaces
What is the Landlord‑Provided Cooling Spaces incentive?
Energy Trust has saved this amount of electricity (average megawatts) since it was founded
What is 956 average megawatts?
The first use of solar energy was used to illuminate this figure atop Oregon’s Capitol building
What is the Golden Pioneer?
When a property includes 500 apartment units and 2 4‑plexes, Energy Trust sorts using this approach
What is a case‑by‑case basis?
Oregon residents can receive new HOMES rebates for upgrades that achieve at least this percentage of energy savings
What is 20 percent?
To maximize energy savings and incentive amounts, Energy Trust recommends early involvement in this phase of the project
What is the design phase?