Efficiency First

New EPA Web Site Provides Tools to Cut Energy Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Homes
WASHINGTON – Home owners, buyers and renters have a new resource for going green indoors and outdoors. EPA’s new Green Homes Web site will help people make their homes greener with tips on reducing energy consumption, carbon footprints, waste generation [...]

The New York Times has published an article and related blog post about HOME STAR, a proposed federal program that would provide direct incentives to American homeowners who invest in improving the energy efficiency of their homes. If enacted, the HOME STAR program will have a profound positive impact on our industry, and address America’s [...]

$3.4 billion in ARRA grants will target job creation and lower utility bills through energy grid modernization
At a public appearance in Florida on Oct. 27, President Obama announced a package of Smart Grid Investment Grants described by the White House as “the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history.” The $3.4 billion in [...]

Six in 10 Americans favor proposal to limit greenhouse gas emissions
A national opinion poll of 1,038 adult Americans conducted last month by CNN/Opinion Research Corporation found that 60 percent of the survey respondents support cap and trade as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more about the poll results here:
www.politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/27/cnn-poll-6-in-10-back-cap-and-trade/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2009
EPA’s Energy Star Program Hits Major Milestone: 1 Million Energy Star Homes Built in the United States
Houston, Dallas and Las Vegas top the list for most Energy Star homes
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today reaches a milestone for the Energy Star program by passing the 1 millionth Energy Star [...]

Employment outlook for American construction workers remains bleak despite signs of economic recovery
Even as the GDP has reversed its downward trend with a 3.5 percent annual growth rate in the third quarter of this year, the latest job figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics highlight the urgent need for federal action to stimulate new [...]

Efficiency First is now in all 50 states.
Thank you to all 528 members and counting to make us a national organization.
Special thanks to Dan Thomsen of The Building Doctors in LA for helping to spearhead the effort that collected members in all 50 states.