Outreach, communications, and business development services
In May of 2009, Vice President Biden asked the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to develop strategies to expand green job opportunities and reduce our nation’s energy use by improving home energy efficiency. CEQ’s activities resulted in the Recovery Through Retrofit report, released in October of 2009. Recovery Through Retrofit identified key barriers to the growth of a strong home energy retrofit market, and solutions to overcome these barriers. The U.S. Department of Energy EERE and its National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) are developing the Home Energy Upgrades (HEU) to foster the growth of a high quality residential retrofit industry and a skilled and credentialed workforce, as called for in Recovery Through Retrofit. Confluence is pleased to be part of the team charged with providing outreach support to the HEU, as a subcontractor to NREL.
- Outreach and communications strategy development
- Business development
- Meeting and event management
- Partnership development and management
What We’ve Done (just a few examples)
- Building America Retrofit Alliance – Program and partnership development and management, outreach strategy development and implementation, meeting management, and communications support.
- Building Media, Inc. – Program and proposal development, program management, partnership development and support.
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – Communications support services in support of NREL and its clients at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), including:
- Residential Buildings Program – full service meeting and event design, development, and management for the Residential Energy Efficiency Meeting series
- Workforce Guidelines for Home Energy Upgrades (HEU) initiative – writing, editing, material development, and outreach services in support of the HEU
- Energy and Environmental Building Association – Program development, fundraising, and grant writing services.
- Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR for New Homes Program – Outreach partnership support and development.
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory/DOE – Management of editorial partnerships and content for the residential buildings program, as well as the marketing communications strategy and activities for the DOE’s Builders Challenge.
Creative & Editorial Services
Stuff – you need it, we create it – including web sites, videos, white papers, brochures, and newsletters. From concept development and copy writing through graphic design and production.
What We’ve Done (just a few examples)
- Building Knowledge, Inc. – Complete web site development.
- Building Media – An entire curriculum for a state-sponsored weatherization training program, from video content to study guides. Click here to view an episode on insulating crawlspaces.
- Consumers Digest – Feature article writing.
- Energy and Environmental Building Alliance – Attendee newsletters and surveys.
- Green Builder Media - Feature and column article writing for Green Builder Magazine.
- Hanley Wood University – Training curricula and course development for American Institute of Architects (AIA) continuing education. Click here to learn more about our recent course development like Retrofitting Homes from Heating Oil to Propane.
- HomeTips.com – Web site content development.
- Huntsman International – Editorial services for industry white papers and a trade magazine feature article. Click here to read a white paper on spray foam insulation in forward base military applications.
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory/U.S. Department of Energy – Click here to read a fact sheet on the development for the Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility.
- Northwestern Energy – Development of communications materials for demand-side management programs.
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory/DOE – Builders Challenge – management of strategy, content and architecture for the web site, development and production of white papers, reports, videos, technical bulletins, brochures and other materials.