Featured Member
Our February Member of the Month is Community Housing Partners! Founded in 1975, Community Housing Partners (CHP) is a Virginia-based non-profit headquartered in Christiansburg, VA. Their mission is to create homes and communities that are healthy, sustainable, and affordable. Their more than 400 employees deliver a wide range of services, including real estate development, construction, energy services and training, asset management, property management, realty and homeownership, and comprehensive resident services.
CHP Energy Solutions, a division of CHP, provides government funded and utility-sponsored programs across Virginia and southern West Virginia. Programs deliver weatherization and energy efficiency improvements at no-cost to qualifying residents, landlords, renters, and homeowners. CHP Energy Solutions operates crews and auditors across Virginia, and partners with a trusted contractor network to deliver these services. They are the largest weatherization provider in Virginia and serve thousands of households every year. Their programs lower utility bills for clients while increasing health & safety. Additionally, they offer building science and energy conservation education and certifications through Their Training Center, training 40,000 students across the U.S., Canda, and Latin America since 1999.
They look forward to another year of improving homes, building partnerships, training students, and serving those most in need.
This past year, they are grateful to have been able to:
+ Serve the Southern Hampton Roads area of Virginia, including the localities of Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Chesapeake, after being selected to serve the area early 2024 by Virginia DHCD.
+ Lead and participate in innovative community partnerships across the state, including a collaborative resource fair in the largest mobile home park in Northern Virginia, a back to school event in Nottoway County, and a multi-home energy efficiency + solar effort with Habitat for Humanity.
+ Host their 2nd All-Team Summit in Blacksburg, VA
+ Host a collaborative multifamily peer exchange at their Training Center campus in Baltimore, VA
+ Celebrate the leadership, service, and advocacy of Billy Weitzenfeld at the Summer Weatherization Peer Exchange in Virginia Beach. Billy retired after serving for 32 years as Executive Director for the Association of Energy Conservation Professionals (AECP).
+ Serve hundreds of households through the RGGI-funded Weatherization Deferral Repair (WDR) Program repairing roofs, upgrading HVAC systems, remediating health & safety hazards, and more.
+ Receive the 2024 Leadership Award from VAEEC along with their partners Quick AC Quote for their innovative use of new heat pump technologies to serve garden-style multifamily properties.
CHP Energy Solutions partners with hundreds of stakeholders across the state and country. Please reach out about partnering with them. Email: escommunications@chpc2.org
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