The Town of Truckee is developing an Equitable Decarbonization Funding Strategy to support a more equitable pathway to cleaner, healthier, and more energy-efficient buildings. This survey is part of a broader community engagement process to better understand businesses’ experiences, barriers, and priorities. Your responses will help shape program design and future funding and incentives, so they are accessible, inclusive, and responsive to community needs. The survey takes about 5–10 minutes, and survey respondents will be entered into a raffle for a gift card.

Please note: This survey is voluntary and your responses will be anonymized. Optional questions at the end ask for your contact information to stay in touch with the project team or to be entered into the raffle – this information will be disaggregated from your other responses.
Business Background

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1. Which best describes your business or organization? (select all that apply) (Required.)

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2. About how many people work at your Truckee business or businesses during your busiest season?

If you operate more than one Truckee location, include employees across all of those locations. Count each person once, if possible. (Required.)

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3. About how many people work at your Truckee business or businesses during your least busy season?

If you operate more than one Truckee location, include employees across all of those locations. Count each person once, if possible. (Required.)

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4. When does your business or businesses typically operate? (Required.)

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5. Does your business or organization own or lease your business facility/ies? (Select all that apply)

This question helps us understand how much control you have over your building's ability to implement building upgrades. (Required.)

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6. If the business owner leases or rents, who is responsible for the following? (Required.)

  Business/tenant Property owner Shared Not Applicable
Paying electricity bills
Paying gas or propane bills

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7. Who would typically be responsible for paying for the following improvements? (Required.)

  Business/tenant Property owner Cost would be shared Depends on the lease or project Not sure/ N/A
Water heater replacement or upgrade
Heating, ventilation, or air-conditioning—HVAC—upgrade
Insulation, air sealing, or weatherization
Commercial kitchen equipment upgrade
Solar energy system
Battery storage or backup power system

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8. If you lease or rent, how much influence do you have over building improvements? (Required.)

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9. When you contact your building owner or property manager about maintenance, service requests, or building improvements, how responsive are they generally? (Required.)

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10. Optional: Would you like to expand on any of your answers above?

Building Information

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11. Which energy sources are used at this location? (check all that apply) (Required.)

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12. Does your building or buildings have AC? (Required.)

Awareness & Interest in Building Upgrades

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13. What is your current awareness and interest in making or having your building owner make the following improvements? (check one in each row) (Required.)

  Already completed/installed Interested Not interested Unsure/need information
Insulation, air sealing, windows, or weatherization
Ductwork or pipe improvements
Electric heat pump heating and cooling (HVAC)
Efficient or heat pump water heating
Battery storage or other backup power
Electric vehicle charging
Smart thermostats and controls
Induction cooking
Load management devices and smart panels
Electric service or panel upgrades
Solar energy system
Barriers to Complete Upgrades

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14. What would make it most difficult for your business to complete energy or resilience improvements? (check up to three) (Required.)

Funding & Program Preferences

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15. Which types of support would be most valuable to your business? (select up to four) (Required.)

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16. Assuming a building upgrade is a good fit for your business, generated long-term savings (e.g., reduced utility bills), and is fairly priced, what is the maximum amount your business would be willing and able to pay out-of-pocket after any incentive or rebates? (select one) (Required.)

Energy Costs & Reliability

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17. When considering building improvements, which outcomes are most important? (select up to three) (Required.)

Communication

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18. What would be the best way to reach you and other business owners about future support programs? (check all that apply) (Required.)

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19. Are there specific outreach channels, professional events/spaces, or organizations that you receive information from? (Required.)

Final Thoughts

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20. What should the Town know to design useful energy related programs for Truckee businesses? (Required.)

Optional: Stay Connected

This information will not be connected to your responses and will be used only to follow up with program updates.

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21. Business/Organization

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22. Name

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24. Phone Number

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25. Preferred language for follow-up

Optional: Raffle Contact Information

If you would like to be entered into a gift card raffle, please leave your email address or phone number below. This information will only be used to contact you about the raffle.

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27. Phone Number

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