Power for the People: Let's Make a Switch by United Under the Sun
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Finalist Evaluation
Judges'' comments
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Additional Comments:
-I love the spirit of this proposal, but not the substance. A turn-key approach to solar installation, and an aggressive communication campaign to promote its availability and benefits, would indeed be a wonderful development, but this proposal does not convince me that this team has any ability to make any of that happen.
-Consumer-focused media campaign to promote solar installations. Target low-income consumers, renters, and people who are "unaware of, or alientated by environmental rhetoric."
The proposal is a communications campaign for change to solar installations.
Concerns: 1) this is not a tightly focused market segment. Too loose.
2) team may lack industry sophistication: key messaging is against utility and energy companies, but many are beginning to shift to solar alternatives. See http://www.nrghomesolar.com/ http://www.duke-energy.com/environment/solar.asp http://www.abengoasolar.com/web/en/acerca_de_nosotros/
Positives: team is experienced re: grass-roots marketing campaigns.
Semi-Finalist Evaluation
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Judges'' comments
Your proposal has been selected as a Semi-Finalist!
Congratulations! Your proposal, Power for the People: USA reinvests in solar technology and traditional values in the Shifting Attitudes & Behavior contest, has been selected to advance to the Semi-Finalists round.
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Judge's Comments-
Your proposal is thoughtfully written with intriguing elements. The judges feel you have some great ideas and a great team to accomplish it. One concern is that we still need to look to policy (e.g., tax credits, subsidies, SREC markets) to make solar cost-effective in many states. So, this type of messaging may actually be more effective in areas where SREC markets and subsidies are already in place (e.g., Massachusetts, California, Pennsylvania). There is so much unrealized potential even in these markets that it may be worthwhile to target them and then showcase the success of these policies in other areas. Similarly, focusing in areas where the solar industry is taking off may help provide willing industry participants in your effort.
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 Mariah Tinger Jul 14, 2015 10:10  | Proposal creator
Hello Judges and Climate CoLab Community!
United Under the Sun is very excited about the melding of minds in this community for climate change solutions. We are grateful for the opportunity to progress to the next round and we appreciate the guidance and comments provided to date.
After receiving our evaluation, we made several big updates to our proposal.
We took the judges' suggestions "to look to policy...target areas where SREC markets are already in place...and expand the unrealized potential" - and FULLY integrated it into our proposal. Our new target demographic is the populations underserved by the solar industry - low income, non-homeowners and traditional minded consumers - in the states that have flourishing SREC markets. See "Target Audience" in the "Description: What Actions Do You Propose" section.
In addition, to increase the novelty and impact of the proposal, we:
-bought a domain and created a website: www.power4thepeople.org See "Simplifying Solar Installations with a 'One Stop Shop' Website" in the "Description: What Actions Do You Propose" section.
-designed a new "sample logo" and added details about a sample "PR stunt" to the section "Where will these actions be taken?"
-recruited a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Molly Benson, to join our team.
-re-branded the proposal as an education and outreach program to target the next wave of solar adopters (low income, non-homeowners and traditional minded consumers) - based on recent legislation and current events.
-added additional behavioral and solar research and citations (e.g. Mooney, Sanders, Geller)
-overhauled and clarified the writing in the proposal for enhanced readability.
-adjusted the timeline and proposal costs to reflect more accurate projections.
We are thrilled with our proposal and the major improvements we have made. We hope you will be too!
All our best,
United Under the Sun - Mariah, Andy, JP, Molly, Laura, Budd and Wendy
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