Biden Unveils new Homeowners Energy Efficiency Campaign

By Richard Earle
Regis Affiliate

We’d like to thank our friends at SmartPower for tipping us off about this release. Last week Vice President Joe Biden announced a new energy efficiency program for homeowners who want to save money, energy, and create jobs for contractors. It’s a three-step program called Recovery through Retrofit.

The program will provide contractors with the with the software necessary to  show  people how they can save money,  and give people access to refinancing so they can easily afford it.  It also sets priorities for the contractors’ work.

“Most consumers do not have access to straightforward and reliable information about their home’s energy use,” said a White House release. “Without this information, homeowners are less likely to invest in home energy upgrades.”

“The Home Energy Score will help make energy efficiency easy and accessible to America’s families by providing them with straightforward and reliable information about their homes’ energy performance and specific, cost-effective energy efficiency improvements that will save them money on their monthly energy bills,” said Energy Secretary Steven Chu.