Audit Protocol Standardization

The Enterprise Retrofit Audit Protocol will make it easier to receive funding for retrofitting affordable housing by establishing a “baseline for metrics and disclosures in the analysis of green improvements”.

This protocol was developed by Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. and CAS Financial Advisory Services.

In addition to financial considerations, the protocol requires underwriters to examine other implications of the proposed retrofit–such as any health concerns it could have on residents or workers–as well as to determine the property’s impact on the environment.

Other retrofit analyses rely on audits based on inconsistent metrics and incomplete energy-conservation and cost-saving models.

For more information, please visit the Partnership for Sustainable Communities website.