Elevating Green Homes Through a Competitive Real Estate Market

The Bay Area has an exceedingly competitive housing market, and in the face of an aging housing stock, home buyers are often left to consider the costs of unforeseen home upgrades. Real estate agents have emerged as vital sources of information, tasked with educating potential clients on the different approaches to green home improvements. Learn about how BayREN's Green Labeling program is educating real estate agents about the benefits of green homes!

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House toured by real estate agents to learn about energy efficiency upgrades.

Real estate agents explore San Rafael house to learn about green home upgrades.

Cleaner Heat, Cleaner Air: Wood-Burning Device Replacement Grants

Residential wood burning is the largest source of wintertime air pollution in the Bay Area. To address this issue, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) is launching the Clean Heating Efficiency with Electric Technology program (Clean HEET). This program offers grants for homeowners who want to replace their wood-burning device with a cleaner heat-pump, which can also be used to help cool your home in the summertime.

Visit the Air District's website to learn more about improving indoor air and sign up for notifications on the program launch.

Visit the Air District's website.

A family turns a heat pump on to warm up.

A Glimpse into Our Work

In August, the BayREN team, joined by staff of the Association for Energy Affordability and members of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), embarked on an insightful tour of some of BayREN's projects in Oakland. This tour encompassed visits to the St. Mary’s Garden Affordable Senior Housing Community and the headquarters of Rising Sun Center for Opportunity.

It is not every day that we or staff of the CPUC are able to directly observe the tangible community impacts enabled by CPUC policy, but tours like these underscore the essential role that BayREN plays in fostering energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and community well-being.

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BayREN staff and colleagues tour Rising Sun Center for Opportunity.

Upcoming Events

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CODES FORUM

Building Resilience: Keeping the Lights on in an All-Electric Future

Wed, Sep 20| 9am - 12pm

State and local policies are pushing our built environment toward all-electric buildings in order to save energy and reduce climate impacts, and at the same time we are experiencing challenges such as wildfires, heat events, and brownouts. Join us to hear about building and community scale solutions that can help create a resilient built environment for everyone, including energy efficiency, load shifting, demand response strategies, and more. This Forum is free and open to all, and will be in a hybrid format with options to attend in person or virtually.

Induction Cooking Experience with Celebrity Chef Tú David Phu

Wed, Sep 26| 6pm - 8pm

Leininger Center, San Jose

Join Celebrity Chef Tú David Phu for a free live cooking experience. Chef Tú will explain the benefits of switching from natural gas cooking to electric induction through a tasty fried rice recipe. Information about resources and rebates to go electric in your kitchen will be provided. Plus, get a chance to taste this Top Chef alumnus' cooking! The event will be hosted in English with live Vietnamese translations.

Chef Tú David Phu.

Job Opportunities and RFQs

Single Family Project Manager | BayREN

Join our team! We're looking for a Program Manager to oversee the implementation of our Single Family residential energy efficiency program. If you have expertise in energy efficiency policy, electrification, EV charging, and related subjects, we encourage you to apply. We also value familiarity with addressing the needs of underrepresented market segments, including middle-income renters/homeowners, and non-English speakers. Closing date: 9/24/2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific.

Salary Range: $116,726.69 - $149,037.76 annually

To learn more about the position and apply, click here.

Sustainability Specialist I/II/III- Energy & Climate Action | County of San Mateo

Are you passionate about sustainability and being part of the evolving ways local governments can develop and implement programs to help San Mateo County? The County of San Mateo's Office of Sustainability is looking for two sustainabiluty specialists to lead the efforts of the County's Community Climate Action Plan and to coordinate energy efficiency and electrification programs. Closing date: 9/18/2023 at 11:59 PM Pacific.

Salary Range: $81,078 - $120,494.40 annually

To learn more about the position and apply, click here.

Bay Area Existing Building Study RFQ | BayREN

BayREN invites your firm to submit a Statement of Qualification for the BayREN Bay Area Existing Buildings Study (Project). Many Bay Area local governments are starting to consider different approaches for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from existing buildings. To support these efforts, BayREN is commissioning a study of the existing buildings in the Bay Area and their characteristics related to energy use and building decarbonization. This project will involve collecting and collating data in order to identify the most common and important types of existing buildings in the Bay Area, with information broken down at the county (minimum) or jurisdiction (preferred) level. The project also includes providing information or estimates about the characteristics of those building types and developing appropriate energy-efficient decarbonization pathways for each type.

To learn more, click here.

The Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) is a coalition of the Bay Area’s nine counties — a network of local governments partnering to promote resource efficiency at the regional level, focusing on energy, water and greenhouse gas reduction.

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