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Government Partnerships

Government organizations that partner with QuitCarbon can push their environmental goals forward.

Interested in expanding residential electrification locally?

We make the transition to clean-energy homes smoother and more affordable for homeowners. Plus, you can tap into QuitCarbon’s know-how to promote public awareness of environmental initiatives and incentives.

Let's make residential electrification more appealing and accessible to all. Email Cooper Marcus, QuitCarbon's CEO and Chief Quitter, at cooper@quitcarbon.com. 

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Our Collaborations

At QuitCarbon, we work with a variety of local and regional governments to help accelerate residential electrification in their districts. We invite yours to be next!

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United States Department of Energy

Multiple Prizes For Home Electrification
 
We've won two Phase 1 prizes from the Department of Energy to accelerate home upgrade retrofits. More to come in Phase 2 and beyond!
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US Environmental Protection Agency

ENERGY STAR Program
 

QuitCarbon has partnered with the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® program to help homeowners make their homes cleaner and more efficient. Read our blog for details.

 
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Home Energy Usage Modeling
 
We work with NREL to refine the accuracy of the energy use modeling we provide to help homeowners make educated decisions.
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California Energy Commission

Grant for Home Electrification Tool Development 
 

QuitCarbon is part of a team awarded a grant from the CEC to develop a decision tool that  provides homeowners with details on their electricity use and panel capacity, and actionable pathways to electrification.

 

 
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City of Palo Alto

Residential Electrification Programs
 
The City has rolled out two innovative programs to accelerate home electrification—and QuitCarbon is proud to be a trusted partner in both. Read our blog for details.
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City of San Francisco

Collaboration on DoE Buildings UP Prize
 
We're working with the San Francisco Department of the Environment to upgrade 200 homes in disadvantaged communities to heat pump water heaters in 200 days.
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City of San Jose

Sustainable San Jose Outreach Program
 

The City of San Jose is advancing its carbon-neutrality goals by partnering with us to enroll residents in QuitCarbon’s free home electrification service. 

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City of Los Altos Hills

Home Electrification Assessments
 
We provide free home upgrade planning services to Los Altos Hills residents.
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City of Santa Monica

Homeowner Outreach for Electrification
 

The City of Santa Monica believes in proactive electrification. We’re helping its homeowners take action—and take advantage of electrification retrofit incentives.

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3C-REN
(CA Central Coast)

60-Day Campaign
 
We ran an outreach campaign across six marketing channels in the Central Coast and generated hundreds of signups from interested homeowners. Get the details in our free on-demand webinar.
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Pacific Northwest National Labs

Messaging and Outreach
 
We collaborate with researchers at PNNL who are studying motivations and messaging for home electrification.

Our Prize-Winning Approach

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QuitCarbon has won some big awards from the US Department of Energy for our unique service and results in accelerating home electrification upgrades. Regional government agencies such as 3C-REN also recognize our value via strategic partnerships.

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Amplifying Our Social Impact

QuitCarbon is now a Certified B Corporation, reinforcing our commitment to making home electrification easy, affordable, and impactful.

B Corps meet high social and environmental standards, and our free coaching services help families save money, improve air quality, and reduce carbon pollution. 

Read our blog for details.

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The City Of Palo Alto – JAN 2025
  

Helping Build a Greener Community

The City of Palo Alto is taking big strides toward helping residents transition to all-electric homes. Two new programs help make the switch easier than ever by offering technical assistance, financial resources, and easy access to online resources.

As a trusted partner of the City of Palo Alto, QuitCarbon was selected through two competitive RFP processes to help design and shape these innovate programs. And we continue to play an active role in the Electrification Expert Program, providing cutting-edge digital and live assistance to residents at any stage of their clean-energy transition. 

Read our blog for details.

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Advanced Water Heating Initiative – Dec 2024
  

Winner, Excellence in Water Heating Awards

The Excellence in in Water Heating Awards are given to individuals and groups who are transforming the market to heat pump water heaters (HPWHs).

We won the Residential HPWH Market Transformers award as recognition given to a residential HPWH manufacturer or program for a HPWH product release or innovative strategy to encourage HPWH adoption. 

View the AWHI Winners here.

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The 60-Day Home Electrification Campaign

3C-REN aims to inspire local homeowners to ditch gas and go electric. To advance their Home Energy Savings programs, they needed to gauge the effectiveness of their outreach methods and identify how to invest their resources better.

With a compressed timeline and modest budget, QuitCarbon created and implemented a highly effective campaign to promote home electrification – and generated valuable insights to inform 3C-REN's future campaigns.

Explore the insights here.

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Buildings Upgrade Prize

The Buildings UP (Buildings Upgrade) Prize from the US Department of Energy supports the transformation of existing U.S. buildings into more energy-efficient and clean energy-ready homes, commercial spaces, and communities.

QuitCarbon won this prize in collaboration with the San Francisco Department of the Environment for our project proposal to upgrade 200 homes in disadvantaged communities with heat pump water heaters in 200 days. We are using funds from this prize to conduct research and develop an implementation plan that will bring this project to life.

Read more in our blog.

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Contact our friendly CEO

Cooper Marcus, CEO and Chief Quitter, would love to collaborate with you to extend home electrification in your area.
Email Cooper