Washington Post environmental reporter Juliet Eilperin interviewed Matt Golden of Efficiency First this week for an article about the federal Retrofit Ramp-Up funding announced yesterday (see our previous post about the announcement). Here’s an excerpt: Matt Golden, a northern California contractor and member of the contractor coalition Efficiency First, said the federal funding could help [...]
Vice President Joe Biden kicked off five days of White House events marking the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by announcing the selection of 25 communities to receive up to $452 million in Recovery Act funding for energy efficiency retrofit programs. The funding will support public- and private-sector partnerships targeting large-scale retrofit initiatives, and make [...]
In a ceremony at the Opening Plenary of the ACI National Conference in Austin, Texas, this week, the Building Performance Institute (BPI) honored Congressman Peter Welch of Vermont with the 2010 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry. Welch has been a tireless advocate for national energy efficiency and climate change [...]
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