Category: WAP
More than 1,600 homes weatherized last year, thanks to federal grant
FELTON - The rustic cabin where Sandy Lockwood and her two daughters live is typical of others built in 1937: There's no insulation. The PG&E bill in the winter is a jaw-dropper: $800 a month. Relief arrived Wednesday when a crew of four showed up to install floor insulation at no charge. "You feel like you won the lotto," said Lockwood, who also will get new windows and doors to prevent
READ MORESecretary Chu Announces Major New Recovery Act Milestone: 300,000 Homes Weatherized
WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that states and territories across the country have now weatherized more than 300,000 low-income homes under the Recovery Act, a major milestone in the Department's efforts to reduce home energy bills for families. This means that states are now more than 50 percent of the way toward meeting President Obama's goal of
READ MOREA Job Market That's Heating Up
Jim Neveu says there are challenges to training people for jobs in the broad field of weatherization — as insulation installers, air sealers, energy auditors, and other specialists. “For starters, you need houses,” he explained. “And you’re just not going to find people who are going to let people come and drill holes in their homes and the other things you need to do to properly train
READ MOREConnecticut Weatherization Program Picking Up
HARTFORD, Conn. — A $64 million stimulus program to weatherize Connecticut homes is picking up after a slow start. A little more than a year after the money came from Washington, only about one-fifth of it has been spent and only about one-third of the target number of homes have been weatherized. If the state does not spend all the money by March 31, 2012, it must give back what's
READ MOREWAP 9th in Jobs, Weatherization Day Success, and State & Local Energy Report Article
The Weatherization Assistance Program is ranked 9th out of approximately 200 federal programs in the number of direct jobs funded by the Recovery Act for the quarter beginning July 1, 2010 and ending September 30, 2010. You can see this by clicking here. Also, NASCSP has been working with the State & Local Energy Report to publicize the successes of the WAP. We invite you
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