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Energy upgrades aid low-income families

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

EXETER — The town is currently home to a massive weatherization effort targeting manufactured homes.

Fulmont Community Action Agency Inc. celebrates weatherization grant success

Monday, May 14, 2012

Congressmen Paul Tonko arrived in the Mohawk Valley Monday to commemorate a weatherization program that is helping keep more money in the pockets of homeowners. YNN's Maria Valvanis has more.

NeighborImpact Finishes Weatherization Grant

Monday, May 14, 2012

NeighborImpact recently completed its final weatherization project utilizing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This special grant provided an additional $2.8 million over three years to expand NeighborImpact’s Weatherization Program for low-income home weatherization and improvements.

OCAB home weatherization program named state's best

Sunday, May 13, 2012

The Orangeburg-Calhoun-Allendale-Bamberg Community Action Agency Inc. has been recognized for excellence in its programs, including its home-weatherization efforts.

Weatherization Program Milestone

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Free weatherization completes the 300th home with American Reinvestment and Recovery funding

Weatherization program off to strong start

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

It wasn’t easy. Thanks to all the volunteers of SeacoastEnergy.org and its all volunteer committee members, vision and persistence have paid off. As Autoworks of Kittery’s president, Seacoast Energy Initiative vice chairman, and a student auditing Angus King’s class on Leaders and Leadership at Bowdoin College, I am pleased that those attributes resulted in being able to distribute the entire pool of weatherization loan funds for residential weatherization committed to residents of Kittery, Eliot, York, South Berwick and Ogunquit.

Weatherization program hit hard by budget cuts

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

CHILLICOTHE -- On Friday, a Ross County Community Action crew that once had 15 people working full time on home weatherization projects will be reduced to a skeleton crew.

Austin Energy completes federal weatherization program; Utility weatherizes 77 percent more homes than original goal

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

weatherization, Austin, Texas, utility, energy efficiency, stimulus, ARRA, Recovery Act

Weatherization program faces funding issues

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

A publicly funded weatherization program in Fayette County for the economically disadvantaged says it’s lacking necessary project completions this fiscal year and is running out of funds due to a number of challenges. Anticipated future federal budgetary cuts also put the program at risk.

CVPS windfall plan is good for ratepayers

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

A broad group of organizations focused on energy efficiency, clean energy, green jobs, affordable housing, and the needs of low-income Vermonters has expressed their support for the decision of the Department of Public Service that the $21 million “windfall” payment resulting from the CVPS/GMP merger will be invested in efficiency and clean energy programs to benefit CVPS ratepayers.

New program joins energy audits with weatherization work

Monday, April 30, 2012

Few people go to one car mechanic for a diagnosis of a rattle in the engine, then go to another to get the necessary repairs. But that’s the way Maine’s nascent home energy audit and weatherization work has been done.

Op-Ed: Energy Out West 2012 — Energy efficiency conference extravaganza

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Boise - Energy Out West is the biennial energy efficiency conference held to promote energy efficiency. If it has something to do with making green homes a reality, or just less expensive to heat & cool, it was at this conference.

Program can help you weatherize to save

Friday, April 27, 2012

Replacing standard light bulbs in your home could save up to 25 percent on your power bill each year.The average usage for residential power customers is 1,000 kwh a month -- which comes to about $266 at the current power rate. And 25 percent of that would be about $66.

Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation offers weatherization assistance program

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

According to a press release, the Bayonne Economic Opportunity Foundation (BEOF) offers a weatherization assistance program to homeowners and tenants who meet income guidelines.

Women wanted: ACC programming aims to steer women into green energy jobs

Monday, April 23, 2012

A half dozen attentive young women scattered around the large conference room in Building 8 of Austin Community College’s Eastview Campus clearly illustrate the speaker’s point: few women are taking advantage of growth in the green energy sector.

Staying green

Friday, April 20, 2012

Design students at Eastern View High School received a lesson Wednesday in using modern technology to create more eco-friendly buildings.

Effort under way to slash utility bill costs for thousands of Genesee County homes

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

An army of energy conservation experts are being deployed at homes across Genesee County with one mission in mind – to help homeowners cut their utility bills by potentially hundreds of dollars a year.

ALL ABOARD!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Green is the color of environmental friendliness. It symbolizes renewable energy, efficiency and global consciousness. But it’s also the color of cash. Try as we might, we will never be able to disassociate green from the root of all evil. A program on Syracuse’s North Side, however, is quietly proving that environmental awareness and fiscal savvy are not totally unrelated. The program is called Green Train, and it teaches students to be environmentally conscious and to make a buck while doing so.

Weatherization workers could gain new mobility

Friday, April 13, 2012

Those who work in construction upgrading or retrofitting homes for increased energy efficiency, could soon be able to make use of new certification programs. This June, the Building Performance Institute (BPI) will kick off four new Home Energy Professional certifications for weatherization and home performance.

Efficiency Maine Launches PowerSaver Loan Program

Thursday, April 12, 2012

April showers are bringing more than May flowers to Maine homeowners this year. A new loan program announced yesterday by Efficiency Maine and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development puts energy efficiency within reach for all homeowners, making weatherization and comfort improvements easy and affordable statewide.

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