The Audit Activation Platform the Retrofit Market Has Been Missing
Green Home Predictor
Infrastructure for Energy Action
The Green Home Predictor does not replace the audit. It makes the audit actionable. Energy audits—whether BPI-compliant or utility-led—identify issues effectively. Yet many projects stall between diagnosis and execution. We provide a structured technical layer that translates audit data into sequenced, contractor-ready workscopes designed to improve audit-to-install follow-through. Our north star is increasing qualified project starts—turning completed audits into install-ready scopes and real work orders.
What Is an Audit Activation Platform?
Green Home Predictor complements utility home energy programs and third-party assessments. It does not compete with them—it builds on them.
In today’s retrofit market, there is a measurable gap between the number of home energy assessments completed and the number of homes that move forward with upgrades. Closing that gap matters for program success—and for homeowner comfort, health, safety, and durability outcomes.
The Predictor translates assessment findings into a sequenced scope of work that can be reviewed and edited by qualified professionals. When homeowners seek multiple bids, the structured scope provides written clarity across contractors and allows for more consistent proposal comparison.
The system reinforces envelope-first sequencing before mechanical work, helping homeowners understand how improvements interact and why shell upgrades often increase the effectiveness and value of equipment upgrades.
For practitioners, the value is practical: improved expectation alignment, clearer next steps, and structured staging that reduces the risk of projects being sequenced inefficiently or abandoned midstream.
Why This Approach Is Credible
The logic is straightforward: when homeowners receive trusted interpretation, a clear written report, cost guidance, and help connecting to contractors, more of them move from recommendation to action. Green Home Predictor is designed to make that handoff more structured, more useful to contractors, and more comparable across cases.
| Observed in the 2018 Home Energy Squad pilot | What it suggests | How GHP uses that insight |
|---|---|---|
| More than half of web survey respondents (56%) had not completed any recommended upgrades, and another 14% had completed only some. | The main opportunity is not only better diagnosis. The larger gap is post-audit activation: prioritization, confidence, sequencing, and supported follow-through. | Attach GHP to existing audit and pilot workflows so audit findings become sequenced pathways, proposal-ready scopes, and clearer next steps instead of static recommendations. |
| Independent expert guidance, the emailed report, and the cost quote ranked among the most helpful services for participants. | The bottleneck is not only identifying measures. It is helping homeowners trust the guidance, understand the order of work, and see actionable costs. | Generate a sequenced pathway and contractor-ready packet from existing audits, so recommendations are translated into a practical scope rather than left as raw findings. |
| Not having to contact contractors alone and having a single point of contact also tested as helpful. | Transaction friction is part of the conversion problem. Even interested homeowners stall when the handoff to pricing and contractor engagement is fragmented. | Give implementers and contractors a cleaner handoff packet they can review, price, and act on faster, reducing friction between audit, proposal, and project start. |
| Among respondents who completed at least one upgrade, 31% said they would not have completed the recommended work without the added pilot services, and 35% said they did not know whether they would have done so. | Activation support can materially affect completion, not just satisfaction. | Compare GHP-assisted proposals with the current workflow on quote rate, close rate, time to next step, and share of households advancing from audit to contractor proposal. |
Source: Maddie Hansen and Cael Warren, Evaluation of the Home Energy Squad’s Residential Engagement Pilot, prepared for CenterPoint Energy and the Center for Energy and Environment (Wilder Research, April 2018).
Why Partners Integrate the Predictor
Universal Ingestion
Supports BPI-compliant audits, utility program reports, and standardized formats such as DOE Home Energy Score reports. Existing diagnostic data becomes structured implementation guidance.
Sequenced Workscopes
Reduces misordered upgrades through envelope-first logic and staged electrification pathways. Improves clarity between auditor findings and contractor execution.
Verification Flags
When critical fields—such as duct leakage or rim joist insulation—are missing, the system flags them for field verification rather than relying on assumptions.
Audit-to-Install Infrastructure
Designed to improve audit follow-through, scope clarity, and program alignment. Structured outputs support contractors, utilities, and workforce pilots.
Green Home Predictor Contractor Version — Pilot
A structured extension of the Green Home Predictor designed specifically for contractors and residential project managers.
Cost-Band Modeling
Generate sequenced scopes with adjustable cost ranges to support staged budgeting and clearer homeowner conversations.
Editable Scope Formatting
Convert assessment findings into structured, contractor-ready documents that improve proposal clarity across multiple bidders.
Verification Checkpoints
Identify missing diagnostic data and field conditions before scope commitments are finalized.
Phased Scope Planning
Support envelope-first logic and phased implementation so projects prepare for future upgrades rather than creating rework.
Savings-Tier Targeting (HOMES-Aligned)
Structure upgrade packages designed to pursue 20%+ or 35%+ modeled savings tiers, consistent with HOMES rebate pathways and subject to program verification.
Secure Project Vault Pilot Roadmap
Optional secure project persistence so homeowners can retain audits and scopes beyond 24 hours and share controlled, revocable access with contractors and program staff.
Contractor Mode is currently available through structured pilot participation.
Other Structured Pilot Programs
We are currently inviting structured pilot participation. Use the form below to indicate your role and request next steps.