Archive for February 12, 2010

HOME STAR Profiled on Forbes.com

Efficiency First Chair Matt Golden makes the case for residential energy retrofit incentives In a commentary published today on Forbes.com (the online presence of Forbes Magazine), Efficiency First Chair Matt Golden outlines the essential economic arguments in favor of using direct consumer incentives to spur growth in the home energy retrofit industry. Golden argues that [...]

REEP Legislation Gains Further Support in Congress

Trailblazing energy retrofit bill up to 80 sponsors in the House of Representatives The office of Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, sponsor of the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) Program Act introduced in March 2009, reports this week that the bill now has 80 sponsors in the House of Representatives. The list includes: [...]