Making a High Quality Home Electrification Plan
This course introduces the ingredients of a good electrification plan and shows participants how to produce one. Trainers will start by demonstrating how to gather critical data from a home, including utility data, key photos, measurements and homeowner preferences. Next, participants will learn how to use that data, combined with load calculations (covered in the previous class), to select the best equipment for each end use in a home. Finally, trainers will show how to pull all of the pieces together into a set of actionable reports that homeowners can use to guide them on their electrification journeys. Home electrification plans emerge as a potential brand builders and differentiators for building contractors and tradespeople.
Agenda:
- Introduction and safety message
- Gathering data for a quality electrification plan
- Equipment selection
- Key customer reports
- Making the plan actionable
- Installation costs and incentives
- Keeping operating costs low
- Myths of electrification debunked
- Selling points of an electrification plan
The objective of this course is that at the conclusion, participants will be able to:
- Identify the data that needs to be collected for a good electrification plan and where to find it
- Select a set of electric appliances that both meets a client’s needs and avoids increasing the size of the main electrical panel
- Produce a detailed project plan that shows how to achieve full electrification
- Produce a wiring plan that helps guide electricians toward accurate bids even when electrification is phased over a couple of years
- Describe how a plan helps customers gain the confidence to get started on electrification and avoid missteps
- Articulate how electrification planning may boost sales or result in strong referrals
