The Utility Working Group brings together utilities, implementers, and other stakeholders across the utility and window industries to support and create utility programs that inspire consumers, utilities, architects, builders, and manufacturers to promote high-performance windows and energy-efficient window attachments for residential, commercial, new construction, and retrofit applications.
We work in partnership with the Attachments Energy Rating Council (AERC), which also has a utility workgroup that targets program design for commercial and residential window attachment products.
Primary Utility Working Group Activities
- Meet on a monthly basis to discuss and strategize program support, best practices, resource and pilot development, and more.
- Host a quarterly Listserv Meeting to a broader audience to provide progress updates, highlight programs and resources, and engage stakeholders in discussion. If you’re interested in joining the mailing list for the Listserv Meetings, contact us [link to the Contact Us form page]
- Advise and bring additional value to existing utility programs that target primary windows and window attachments by connecting them with manufacturers, creating program resources, and sharing best practices and lessons learned.
- Accelerate the number of utilities that offer programs targeting primary windows and window attachments by providing data, shared tools, program resources, and Technical Reference Manual measure support.
- Provide a forum for utilities to share experiences and lessons learned from implementing primary and window attachment programs.
- Develop go-to informational resources and templates for utilities developing primary window and attachment-related programs.
- Serve as a one-stop shop for utilities interested in learning more about energy-efficient windows and window attachments.
Resources
PAWS has put together a list of residential window and window attachment incentives offered by utility programs around the country, courtesy of PAWS Members Nicor Gas and Ameren Illinois. Over 60 programs exist in total across more than half of all states. Need help understanding the landscape? Have another program to add? Contact us today!
Window retrofits for efficiency, affordability, and disaster resilience. Presented at NHPC 2025 in New Orleans, LA.
The Partnership for Advanced Window Solutions (PAWS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Storm Window and Insulating Panel (SWIP) Campaign have assembled this playbook for utilities interested in implementing residential storm window programs.
With recent advancements in window technologies, momentum towards electrification, and a need to improve building envelope performance, there is an exciting opportunity to begin building window programs that are cost-effective and popular among utility customers. This memo outlines the incremental cost of high-performance Window Products.
With recent advancements in window technologies, momentum towards electrification, and a need to improve building envelope performance, there is an exciting opportunity to begin building window programs that are cost-effective and popular among utility customers. This memo outlines the recommended lifetime assumptions for window products, which are substantially longer than most traditional energy efficiency measures.
The PAWS Utility Working Group works with stakeholders in the utility and window industry to support and create utility programs that target consumer, architect and builder uptake of high performance and attachment window products for residential and commercial, new construction, and retrofit applications.
For more information, see the Resources page.
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