… are considering how to create a company that has a positive impact on society, promote corporatesocialresponsibility, and use the power of business for higher purposes of social good. This guide …
… testing strategies and messages that are most conducive to solar adoption, this new project seeks to develop more effective ways to communicate with low- and moderate-income … Bank New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) SmartPower , a social marketing firm; MySunBuddy , an online marketplace that connects solar owners with … in Connecticut Introduction of Solarize and SEEDS II Solarize is a unique community-based program that leverages peers and social networks to encourage residential solar …
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… research (which commenced in October of 2021) will build off of the success of the previous projects that assessed the use of novel behavioral strategies and social interactions to accelerate the deployment of solar energy to both low-and-moderate income households and all households. This next project is a data-driven analysis of the co-adoption of rooftop solar energy along with …
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