Efficiency First

Efficiency First’s nonprofit research arm, the Home Performance Resource Center, has released an in-depth report examining the workforce and training needs of America’s home energy retrofit businesses. Green Jobs in the Residential Energy Efficiency Industry: The Home Performance Industry Perspective on Training and Workforce Development is now available online at www.hprcenter.org. The report’s author, Elizabeth [...]

3 Republicans join 13 Democrats; 16 Senators as the list grows 1. Senator Bingaman (D-NM) 2. Senator Warner (D-VA) 3. Senator Graham (R-SC) 4. Senator Snowe (R-ME) 5. Senator Brown (R-MA) 6. Senator Stabenow (D-MI) 7. Senator Sanders (D-VT) 8. Senator Dodd (D-CT) 9. Senator Merkley (D-OR) 10. Senator Gillibrand (D-NY) 11. Senator Carper (D-DE) [...]

As the HOME STAR jobs bill was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate and referred to the Senate Finance Committee. Please read the new summary & language. Here the link to the language:  http://energy.senate.gov/public/_files/END10609.pdf Here is the summary:  http://energy.senate.gov/public/_files/HomeStarShortSummary.pdf

Home Star Generating Home-Grown Jobs for American Workers While Lowering Energy Costs for Cash-Strapped Homeowners Sen. Jeff Bingaman, working with a bipartisan coalition of colleagues including Senators Olympia Snowe, Mark Warner and Lindsey Graham, today introduced revised legislation which will create an estimated 168,000 direct new jobs while promoting home energy efficiency. The bill is cosponsored [...]