| Abstract: |
This Leep Workbook contains guidance, examples, and resource listings to help those seeking to increase EE at the local community level. Importantly, it tells the reader what can be done and how to do it. <br><br>
Funded by the California Public Utilities Commission*, the Leep Workbook describes a basic five-step process that communities can follow to increase their level of EE activitywhether it is starting from scratch or building on existing EE activities. The workbook was developed in a series of workshops that CALeep conducted with experts in local government energy efficiency, as well as pilot programs in six different communities that tested the concepts identified through the workshops. The pilot programs provided realworld feedback on approaches that work and dont work and, especially, on how to get around barriers that arise when you are trying to move an EE initiative forward. <br><br>
The Workbook assists communities to help them plug into existing resources that are crucial to success. The workbook emphasizes thinking laterally or outside the box when it comes to looking for help -- it identifies a lot of untapped resources available, if you can be flexible about exactly what you do or how you do it. And it points out that there is a network of others who have done or tried to do what you want to do. This network can be a powerful resource not only for finding the contacts and resources you need, but also for finding ways to cut through the overabundance of available information to quickly get to the information you really. |
