Archive for September 14, 2009

It’s a girl

Congratulations to Matt Golden, our national chair, and his wife Kristen on the birth of his first child. Wayka Wren Golden

$454 million for Retrofit Ramp Up

DOE to Fund up to $454 Million for Retrofit Ramp-Ups in Energy Efficiency September 14, 2009 — U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced a new $450 million program designed to catalyze a nationwide energy upgrade that experts estimate could save $100 million annually in utility bills for households and businesses. The Recovery Act’s [...]

Limited Impact of Stimulus Funding on Home Performance Market

Limited Impact of Stimulus Funding on Home Performance Market Recent study shows only modest gains in efficiency retrofitting despite $4.3 billion in new federal tax credits GigaOM’s earth2tech blog site reported earlier this week on new research into the real impact of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding on the home energy retrofit market. According [...]