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If you are a state weatherization office or a local weatherization agency and you would like to complete a survey or submit data online, please visit the submit data page.


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This site has been created to help the WAP evaluation team communicate with state weatherization offices and local weatherization agencies participating in the national evaluation of the Weatherization Assistance Program.

The evaluation is being conducted in two phases. The ARRA-period evaluation, which focuses on PY 2009-2011, is launching in 2012. The retrospective evaluation focuses on program activity in PY 2008, and data collection for this study was completed in late 2011. Results from the retrospective analysis will be published in 2012 and 2013.

Our team consists of APPRISE, Blasnik & Associates, Dalhoff Associates and the Energy Center of Wisconsin. The Energy Center will serve as the team's single point of contact for state offices and local agencies in an effort to make the evaluation process as smooth as possible.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managing the national evaluation on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy. Visit their evaluation website.

Please visit the contact us page to submit questions, ideas or other feedback to the evaluation team.

News about the evaluation

April 25, 2012
The WAP evaluation team is now fielding the Housing Information Survey (DF2/DF3), which will be the final data request for sampled agencies. This survey collects detailed information about a sample of homes weatherized in PY 2010: housing characteristics, diagnostics performed, measures installed and job costs. In combination with electric and gas usage data, information from this survey will be used in assessing program cost-effectiveness and in evaluating which weatherization measures produce the greatest energy savings.

Here's the current status of our data collection effort:

  • All grantees have completed the S1 Program Information Survey and data collection is complete.
  • 91% of local weatherization agencies have completed the S2 Program Information Survey and data collection is complete.
  • 80% of sampled agencies have completed the DF4 Utility Info Survey and data collection is nearly complete.
  • 76% of sampled agencies have completed the S3 Detailed Program Information Survey.

The evaluation team will be wrapping up our data collection effort in June and turning to the analysis phase of the project.


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October 11, 2012