Specifications include, but are not limited to: Through this Request for Proposals (“RFP”), the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation (“RIHousing”), the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (“OER”) and Rhode Island Energy, (“RI Energy”) (collectively, the “Program Partners”) seek proposals from qualified teams (“Project Teams” or “Project Team Members”) to design and construct affordable 1 energy efficient Zero Energy Building (“ZEB”) housing unit(s) to serve low- and moderate-income 2 (“LMI”) residents in Rhode Island. The housing units must employ solar PV and air-source heat pump (“ASHP”) technologies to achieve ZEB status. 1. Provide a grant to contribute to the design of one or more ZEBs that are aesthetically attractive, affordable, replicable, and meet RIHousing Design Standards. 2. Stimulate innovative, replicable solutions to utilize cost saving clean energy and encourages demand response technologies in homes available to low- and moderate-income customers through the efficient use of multi-agency funding. 3. Demonstrate the potential for solar PV systems in combination with ASHP, energy efficiency measures, and smart technologies to reduce the energy burden of low- and moderate-income customers. 4. Deliver the highest, long-term utility bill benefits for the households living in the units. 5. Collect data to inform the design and administration of future programs benefiting low- and moderate-income Rhode Island Residents. 6. Collect data to inform RIHousing, the Office of Energy Resources and RI Energy on program design that will contribute to the mobilization of the ZEB market, and other goals as stated in the Zero Energy Task Force white paper. The Program Partners seek to increase access to cost-savings, and clean energy technologies for Rhode Island’s low and moderate-income residents. We are seeking Project Teams that can deliver significant energy and cost savings for each dollar of public investment in creative and effective ways.
