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The full text of the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010 (S.3177) introduced in the Senate last week is now available online at the Library of Congress Web site. Four formats are available: Section-by-Section Web Version (including Bill Summary & Status link) Printer-Friendly Web Version (all in one page) PDF Version (requires Adobe reader [...]

The annual meeting of the Efficiency First Board of Directors and membership will take place on Friday, April 23rd from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Central Time. Renaissance Austin Hotel Austin, TX

Position Description Executive Director, CBPCA Located in the Northern California Bay Area, the Executive Director of the CBPCA reports to the CBPCA Board of Directors, and is responsible for the organization’s consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives. In program development and administration, the Executive Director will:: 1. Assure that the organization has a [...]

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Republican Lindsey Graham joins Democrats Jeff Bingaman and Mark Warner as cosponsor of Senate energy retrofit bill The Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010 (S.3177) was officially introduced in the Senate yesterday, marking another important step in the legislative process that could establish a powerful new energy retrofit incentive and financing program for American [...]

Affordable Comfort Inc. (ACI) Annual Conference will be held in Austin, TX April 19 – 23. For more details on the conference visit http://www.affordablecomfort.org/ Efficiency First will be hosting a reception on Wednesday, April 21 from 6 – 8 p.m. during the reception. Efficiency First’s annual meeting will be held on Friday, April 23rd in [...]

The Minnesota Senate passed PACE (SF2720) this afternoon which was authored by Senator John Doll. We also passed it out of our sixth committee in the House  (HF3109) earlier this morning. We have the language in the larger jobs bill  which is why we have passed so many house committees. We will likely pass the [...]

Today the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Environment completed markup on the HOME STAR Energy Retrofit Act of 2010. The bill was favorably forward, by a voice vote to the full committee on Energy and Commerce. Opening remarks today were received by Chairman Henry Waxman. The full details are available tonight on [...]

It’s a perfect storm out there for residential energy-efficiency retrofits, and many of the pieces of this tricky puzzle are coming together. But there’s one big catch – us. Here’s why: Efficiency is Cheaper, Safer, Faster and Smarter Okay, so we’ve known this since efficiency guru Amory Lovins first coined the term ‘negawatt’ decades ago. [...]

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