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V.P. Biden Announces Three New Recovery through Retrofit Initiatives
Tom White
Vice President Biden announced new Recovery through Retrofit initiatives that will grow the home performance industry and help middle-class families save money on their energy bills: [continue reading]
What's Next for Weatherization--Pioneers in Community Energy Leadership
Tom White
At the recent NCAF Energy Leveraging conference, one of the big questions on the minds of attendees was how do we keep over 1700 weatherization subgrantees alive after the ARRA stimulus funding runs out? As Bob Adams, Program Lead with the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program, said,"We don't want [the unemployment of weatherization staff] to be our post-ARRA legacy. The crystal ball is really cloudy, but there are a lot of believers ... [continue reading]
National Community Action Foundation: Focus on the future
Tom White
This is an exciting and challenging time for community action agencies. Attendees at this year's NCAF Energy Leveraging conference were looking at the future from a different vantage point: a higher plateau of achievement. According to conference speaker Bob Adams, Program Lead, U.S. Dept. of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program, "There were lots of skeptics and doubters who said that the weatherization network couldn't achieve the ARRA stimulus goals of weatherizing 30,000 homes per month. But ... [continue reading]
National Residential Retrofit Guidelines
Tom White
Ben Goldstein, has a recipe for developing and implementing a comprehensive set of consistent national standards for the entire range of whole house energy retrofits. Ben is the Project Leader on Weatherization and Home Performance Workforce Standards at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Ben has the lead role at DOE for developing the National Residential Retrofit Guidelines and Standards for the Building Retrofit Industry. [continue reading]
Home Performance & Weatherization Community Launches
Carol Markell
Home Energy Saver and Home Energy Magazine Announce the Launch of a Unique Social Networking Community for Home Performance and Weatherization Professionals [continue reading]
Leslie Gets Weatherized
Jim Gunshinan
When Home Energy’s part-time Associate Editor Leslie Jackson got home from a trip to New Orleans, where she did research on the rebuilding since Hurricane Karina, she got a message on her phone. It was PG&E calling to tell her that since she had been accepted into their CARE program, for households whose income falls below a maximum requirement, they wanted to come out and weatherize her home. CARE is a program ... [continue reading]
B&B's: adaptive reuse of historic homes
Tom White
In the current economy, one bed and breakfast proprietor is looking to branch out from the romantic, weekend vacationer image of B&B's and serve weekday business clientele as well. "There are only 52 weekends a year", Ed Caldwell told me over a delicious breakfast, "and that's not enough to keep this business in the black." Ed is the proprietor of the Dicken's House Bed & Breakfast Inn, a few blocks from downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, where ... [continue reading]
Blower Door Training, Part 2
Montana Weatherization Training Center
Hope you all enjoyed the start of our Blower Door Basics mini-series. The second part of this series is now online! [continue reading]
Weatherization savings follow waste
Tom White
Looking to maximize energy savings? Then look for energy wasters. "Savings follow waste", said Joel Eisenberg, Senior Analyst for Public Policy at Oak Ridge National Lab, speaking to attendees at his presentation for the National Community Action Foundation Energy Programs Leveraging Conference. [continue reading]
Energy leveraging for Community Action Agencies
Tom White
I'm in St. Petersburg, Florida, attending the National Community Action Foundation and Community Investment Futures Energy Conference. Today is the conference kick-off and I'm looking forward to learning more about how community action agencies (CAA's), the prime movers of the US DOE weatherization program, are using energy leveraging projects to end poverty and improve energy affordability. [continue reading]
