[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.
[Insert Organization Name Here]

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.)