Windfall Protocol
Windfall Protocol is a collaborative effort to design a decentralized protocol addressing multi-party coordination challenges faced by place-based energy efficiency initiatives.
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Windfall Protocol is a collaborative effort to design a decentralized protocol addressing multi-party coordination challenges faced by place-based energy efficiency initiatives.
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The goal of this project is to create an energy efficiency labeling protocol design (litepaper) to augment residential energy retrofit efforts currently underway as part of the Durham Greener Homes program.
Energy usage in residential buildings is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.
Governments at all levels have long recognized energy efficiency retrofits as effective programs that simultaneously achieve environment, employment, and civic awareness goals. Unlocking their full potential however is a massive multi-party coordination challenge across contractors, vendors, utility providers, and owners and occupants… a challenge further complicated by the scope and timing of benefits of efficiency investments extending well beyond an owner or occupants purchase decisions.
A central purpose of the Windfall Protocol project is to design a blockchain-enabled protocol that can help address these multi-party coordination challenges.
Development of the Windfall Protocol will happen in several phases, covering the design and development of the protocol to implementation and ecosystem development.
Development of the Litepaper - scoping the design of the protocol in collaboration with stakeholders from across all aspects of the residential retrofit space.
Implementation of the protocol - delivering a pilot of the protocol for the Durham region in Canada.
Broader ecosystem development - facilitating a wider community of interested parties to contribute ideas, funding and projects that innovate on the pilot version of the protocol.
While the Research Group's formal engagement ended in March 2024, collection of feedback and onchain signaling of community participation will continue through the beginning of the implementation phase.
The Windfall Protocol is designed for a proposed real-world pilot implementation. Coordinated by Windfall Ecology Centre, the pilot will serve Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, providing owner/occupant controlled building data ledgers to 200,000 homes as part of Canada's Greener Homes Initiative.
Organizations and community representatives participating in the Pilot Stakeholder group include:
To inform the development of the litepaper, the Protocol Research Group held a series of discussions with key stakeholders in the proposed Durham Region pilot. These discussions included an overview of the protocol design at key points in its development and provided an open space for questions and discussion among the Research and Stakeholder groups.
Recordings and other information related to these discussions can be found below. Direct feedback and questions from stakeholders, as well as their identities, have been redacted to ensure an open environment for discussion.
The goal of the community is to contribute ideas and feedback to the development of the protocol itself, as well as promoting innovation on top of the protocol.
Community Membership is open to all individuals who wish to participate. Prospective members can apply by reading the role description and filling out the signup form.
The Windfall Protocol Community provides members an opportunity to explore web3 tools and concepts while earning roles and participation rewards.
These guides have been created by the community to help members learn the basic skills of web3:
How-to guides are created upon request. Visit the Support page to learn how to request a new article.
The Windfall Protocol community is hosted by the WP cell at SuperBenefit DAO. Check out the Support page for more information.
