Photos of Thursday’s HOME STAR Senate Hearing
Below are photographs provided by Tigercomm of the March 11 hearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding the proposed HOME STAR energy efficiency retrofit program. Read more about the hearing in our previous blog post.
Sen. Mark Warner and Sen. Jeff Merkley outline their thoughts and suggestions for the HOME STAR and Building STAR programs before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources before testimony begins.
Catherine Zoi, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy, testifies before the committee.
The HOME STAR Coalition's Larry Laseter (far left) and the panel of witnesses, from left to right: Jeffrey DeBoer, President & CEO, The Real Estate Roundtable; Stacey Epperson, Executive Director, Frontier Housing; Phil Giudice, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources; Terrence Mierzwa, Executive Manager of Marketing, Energy Efficiency & Research, Consumers Energy; Bob Hanbury, President, Hanbury Builders and representative, National Association of Home Builders.
Larry Laseter of the HOME STAR Coalition and WellHome highlights the benefits of the HOME STAR program before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman and Sen. Lisa Murkowski listen to the panel discuss the HOME STAR program's potential for job creation and energy efficiency.
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This is the cutting edge of a new industry that is now being awakened. The luxury of overall waste in this country is over. From every building or residence where power costs are paid in part or whole by taxes to all other remaining energy costs in this country, the time to save is now. If an energy audit costs about $350.00 and weatherazation retro-fit and repairs are another $5000.00 (approximate and tax deductable) and this saves 40% to 50% of monthly energy costs, this makes sense. Think of all of the old, energy draining Government owned buildings and residences that make up this amount. The amount of work and jobs this will create is something that even the, “PARTY OF NO”, cannot say no to. Mid-Term elections are about eight months away; This county needs business, jobs, taxpayers and savings and we can’t wait.