Water Efficiency Collection - Private Sector

[Insert Organization Name Here]

2013 Licensed Certification Provider Partner of the Year Written
Statement Template
Please complete, save, and upload to your award application. Compose your written statement by addressing
the evaluation criteria below based only on your activities in 2012, unless otherwise requested. Your written
statement must be no more than six (6) pages in length. Organize and label your statement using the
categories listed below (e.g., “Builder Support”). The point values following each category indicate the
maximum potential value for all activities within that category. Some partners may not be able to address all of
the evaluation criteria, but may be eligible for an Excellence Award if they exhibit outstanding accomplishments
in one of the following categories.
Remember that Partner of the Year awards are based on activities that increase awareness about the
WaterSense program, labeled products, new homes and services. General education on the importance of
water efficiency is valued, but the focus of your application should be on activities that specifically integrated
WaterSense. If you choose to submit supporting materials that complement your written statement, which is
recommended, clearly reference each supporting material in your written statement (preferably with
annotations).

Evaluation Criteria
1. Builder Support (35 points)
Describe how you educated builders on water-efficient building practices and how the WaterSense New
Homes program complements other green building programs.
Describe how you worked with builders to market or advertise WaterSense labeled new homes to potential
home buyers.
Identify the number and location of the new homes built in 2012 that your organization inspected or
certified to use the WaterSense label.
2. Builder Recruitment (25 points)
Identify any builders you recruited to become WaterSense partners. Explain how you encouraged them to
partner with WaterSense and to build to the WaterSense New Home Specification. Elaborate on your use
of the WaterSense partner tool kit materials or other recruitment tools that your organization found
effective.
Describe any recruiting events you organized, or tools or materials you created to recruit builders. Include
these supporting materials with your application package.
3. Employee/Inspector Education and Training (25 points)
Describe the training process you used to educate your employees/inspectors on the WaterSense New
Home Specification and the inspection process.
Identify the number of inspectors you trained in 2012.
If your inspectors identified any nonconformities while inspecting new homes built to the WaterSense New
Home Specification, describe the issues and how they were resolved.
4. Strategic Collaboration (15 points)
Describe how you collaborated with WaterSense or other stakeholders, including home builder trade
associations, home owner associations, realtors, WaterSense irrigation professionals, and local
governments, to spread the word about WaterSense and to encourage builders to construct, and
consumers to buy, WaterSense labeled new homes.

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Describe research your organization conducted, funded, or reviewed that furthered the development of a
WaterSense product or practice specification. (You may include specification support that began prior to
but continued into 2012.)