Efficiency First

The proposed HOME STAR energy retrofit program is the focus of an article published in the May/June issue of Home Energy Magazine, coauthored by Efficiency First’s national director, Jared Asch, and the association’s policy chair, Matt Golden. The article begins: For years, those of us who work in the energy remodeling field have been promoting [...]

Efficiency First’s nonprofit research arm, the Home Performance Resource Center (www.hprcenter.org), has published a one-age document summarizing the current legal status of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing nationwide. A total of 23 states have authorized PACE financing programs under new or pre-existing laws; legislation authorizing PACE financing is  pending in five more states. Download [...]

Efficiency First policy chair Matt Golden was among the participants in a one-day workshop last fall that formed the basis of a new white paper analyzing the potential for achieving significant energy savings in California through retrofitting of homes and small businesses. The document is part four in series of policy reports produced  by a [...]

The Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010 recently caught the eye of syndicated home improvement columnists Bill and Kevin Burnett. Here’s an excerpt of what they had to say about it: One of the more remarkable aspects of this story is the coalition that came together to support it. The House vote was bipartisan [...]

More than 100 representatives of the Home Performance industry converged on Capitol Hill recently to advocate for passage of the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010. Photographs courtesy of Peter Van Buren and Dan Thomsen.

Supplied by Michael Tanesky (IN)