{"id":5595,"date":"2016-03-26T19:32:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T23:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=5595"},"modified":"2017-02-15T18:42:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T23:42:51","slug":"mass-save-home-energy-assessments-next-step-living-has-shut-down-but-other-contractors-are-not-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/mass-save-home-energy-assessments-next-step-living-has-shut-down-but-other-contractors-are-not-affected\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Save Home Energy Assessments: Next Step Living Has Shut Down, But Other Contractors Are Not Affected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>For those Needham residents who have had a no-cost Mass Save home energy assessment, contractor Next Step Living is a familiar name.\u00a0 Recently, however, Next Step Living unexpectedly announced that it has ceased business operations as of March 18, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Mass Save has set up a toll-free number for Next Step Living customers to answer questions and address concerns. Next Step Living customers should call <b class=\"c\">1-877-315-1941<\/b> for assistance in completing a home energy assessment or weatherization work. While Next Step Living has performed home energy assessments and follow-up insulation and weatherization work for Needham residents, there are many such contractors available to perform the assessments and follow-up work.\u00a0 <b>Next Step Living&#8217;s closure does not affect other Mass Save vendors, and the Mass Save program is operating as always.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In addition to calling the telephone number noted above, you can visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masssave.com\/en\/residential\/home-energy-assessments\/about-home-energy-assessments\/working-with-a-contractor\" target=\"_blank\">Mass Save website <\/a>to get started scheduling a home energy assessment:<\/p>\n<p>The Mass Save website explains two options for residents:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Call Mass Save to schedule an energy assessment with a certified energy specialist who will then put them in contact with an insulation provider, <b>or<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Choose an &#8220;end-to-end&#8221; provider who does both energy assessments and follow-up work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those Needham residents who have had a no-cost Mass Save home energy assessment, contractor Next Step Living is a familiar name.\u00a0 Recently, however, Next Step Living unexpectedly announced that it has ceased business operations as of March 18, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":4787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,132],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-5595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-at-home","category-energy-efficiency","category-home-energy-savings","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}