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April 2, 2013

The Standard Work Specifications for Single-Family Home Energy Upgrades Now Available Online

After several years of development and industry review, NREL and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are pleased to announce that the Standard Work Specifications (SWS) for Single-Family Home Energy Upgrades are now available via a user-friendly online tool, with specifications for manufactured housing and multifamily homes to follow. More

March 12, 2013

Multifamily Housing Job Task Analyses: Opportunity Announcement

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Professional Testing, Inc. are seeking participants for a three- day workshop in Denver, Colorado, to inventory the tasks and skills that best define the common body of required knowledge for workers in the multifamily (MF) housing sector. More

March 7, 2013

Living Comfortably: A Consumer’s Guide to Home Energy Upgrades

A comfortable home is an energy-efficient home. The following article outlines the process for making your home more comfortable through energy upgrades and highlight the importance of choosing certified home energy professionals to do the work. More

February 27, 2013

Savings to Chew On: Wrigley Expands Commitment to Sustainability

Wrigley Manufacturing Company used funds from the Energy Department's State Energy Program to expand its commitment to sustainability by collecting solar power to help run a Tennessee plant. More

December 3, 2012

Shenandoah Valley Regional Energy Efficiency Strategy Yields Impressive Results

As the results roll in from a two-year Shenandoah Valley Regional Energy Efficiency Strategy developed and executed by the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission, the program is being touted by Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Projects Coordinator, Ron Hachey, as a “shining star” among other state energy efficiency projects. More

October 31, 2012

Weatherization Funds Reach 60,000 Homes

Nearly 60,000 low-income homes have now been made more energy efficient thanks to federal funds given to the state's Weatherization Assistance Program. More

October 28, 2012

Bill Clinton's New Role on the World Stage

President Bill Clinton recently toured a L'Oreal plant in Little Rock, AR that installed solar panels and did a building retrofit with State Energy Program Recovery Act funding. More

September 30, 2012

Obama Administration Marks 1 Million Homes Weatherized under the Stimulus

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) celebrated a significant milestone on Thursday. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced the completion of the 1 millionth home weatherized under funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in 2009. More

September 6, 2012

Video View of an Endangered Program Cutting Energy Waste

Two years ago I set out to make a five minute film on the history of the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) for a joint project of the State & Local Energy Report magazine and the National Association for State Community Service Programs. As we started collecting footage, stories, and artifacts from the program, what emerged was a compelling story of people who work day in and day out to make the homes of low-income Americans safe, affordable and energy efficient. It turned into a two-year project and a 50-minute film. As we’ve finished the film this summer, I didn’t expect to see WAP disappear before my eyes. More

August 27, 2012

Energy Efficiency Upgrades Part of Winning Formula for Oregon School District

A while ago, we wrote about the quiet, rural community of Vernonia, Oregon, which had been through its share of hard economic times. After two “500-year floods” in an 11-year period devastated the area, damaging its schools and the community core, the town finally started to rebuild its school last April. More

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