Staples & Associates is one of the first contractors in California conducting direct installation for a Middle Income Program (MIDI).
This program is targeted to those customers who are just above the low income thresholds but for whom energy efficiency improvements would not be possible. The program installs prescriptive measures similar to the low income program including comprehensive lighting, attic and pipe insulation, low flow showerheads and faucet aerators at no cost to the customer. Contractors also conduct a home energy audit and provide education to program participants.
Leads for this program are generated through marketing and outreach and also through the low income weatherization contractors. The contractors encounter homeowners who aren’t eligible for the LIEE program and now have the option to enroll those customers into the MIDI program for which they qualify. The program targets single family, multifamily and manufactured homes.
Staples & Associates has been implementing the MIDI program out of its Salinas, California office and in 2011 completed energy efficiency improvements in almost 1300 homes in a one year period. We will also be implementing the program in Kern County.
In one year, the program saved homeowners 665.5 kW and 1,271,963 kWh.
