Multifamily Technical Assistance Report: Arizona Public Service Multifamily Energy Efficiency Program

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and Elevate Energy are pleased to provide this technical assistance report, prepared in response to Arizona Public Service’s (APS) application to the ACEEE Multifamily Technical Assistance program of the Multifamily Energy Savings Project. APS requested an analysis of industry best practices on several program design elements, with specific recommendations for increasing market penetration of its multifamily efficiency retrofit program.

The following activities were conducted for this report:

• Interviewed APS staff regarding its multifamily program’s design elements.
• Developed criteria for best-in-class multifamily efficiency programs.
• Researched multifamily efficiency programs nationally, to identify best-in-class programs.
• Conducted interviews with program managers of best-in-class programs.
• Analyzed research findings and prepared specific recommendations for program design improvements for the APS Multifamily Energy Efficiency Program (MEEP).