Indeed, my comment had nada
Indeed, my comment had nada to do with gov’t. Methinks JC was responding to RJ.

Whoa! David never said

Whoa! David never said anything about government or regulations. I won’t put words in his mouth, though. Maybe that’s what he was thinking. Or maybe he was thinking of utility programs and how they measure results. Maybe he was thinking of energy efficient mortgages and PACE financing options that have requirements that must be met. It’s not rent seeking or theft if a homeowner participates in a program that has certain requirements put in place to protect the homeowner. Is it?

Or does everything come down to plate tectonics?

Tom, maybe Nate will jump in

Tom, maybe Nate will jump in share more of his experience as an individual consultant. I think that model can work well. I also think the model of the contractor doing the assesment can work well, too. I’ve done both and found that the contractor model worked best for me. That way I didn’t have to make all my money on the assessment side, which is hard to do in the residential world. Of course, you can couple consulting with other services to make it more profitable.

Nate?

Whoa ! So you want the gov’t
Whoa ! So you want the gov’t to put regulations in place that forces me to give you money? Some people call that rent seeking or theft.

IMO customers don’t have the
IMO customers don’t have the money and/or the desire to invest a lot of money trying follow through with the recommendations from a HP specialist. This is especially true in cooling dominated climates.

Allison wrote: “I think it
Allison wrote: “I think it has more to do with getting homeowners to realize what they’re missing.”

I think there’s also a credibility problem. Too many talk the talk but don’t deliver. And to RJ’s point, many contractors have trouble defining in objective terms what they can and will deliver. In particular, performance metrics are poorly understood, and since there’s rarely objective tracking, prospective customers have no way to tell who truly walks the talk.

I couldn’t agree more,
I couldn’t agree more, however the demand over the last 5 or so years doesn’t seem to justify the expense of going the HP consultant route. I for one don’t understand it! Is the answer better consumer education, and if so, shouldn’t it be from a higher level than the individual consultant? The individual consultant only has access to a few grains of sand in a world of beaches. I’m at a loss to explain the void. Please educate me.

RJ, I think it has more to do

RJ, I think it has more to do with getting homeowners to realize what they’re missing. When we get more comfortable houses out there and more financing opportunities, it’ll happen on a larger scale.