Author: nascspstaff
Gearing up for Weatherization Day 2015?
Weatherization Day is on October 30th, just a few short weeks away! Now is the time to request proclamations from your Governor's office, urge sub-grantees to hold events, celebrate effective practices, draft press releases in advance, pull together data to reflect your successes, start planning some great #WxDayOct30 tweets, and think about other ways to recognize the day in your state. The past
READ MOREDOE Blog Responds to E2e Study
Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, has written a blog to respond to the recent E2e Study. In this posting, Dr. Hogan provides a thoughtful response to the draft working paper released by the E2e Project that outlines results of a study conducted on the Michigan Weatherization Program. In the response, you will find a link to a fact sheet that provides a summary
Weatherization Committed to White House Initiative to Bring Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to Households Across the Country
President Obama is committed to taking responsible steps to address climate change, promote clean energy, and ensure a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations. That is why he has announced a robust set of executive actions and private sector commitments to accelerate the transition to cleaner sources of energy and cut energy waste. These actions will continue to expand
READ MORENASCSP Response to Michigan "Greenstone" Report Around Weatherization & Energy Efficiency Investments
The study released this week titled "Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver? Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program" by Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone, and Catherine Wolfram on energy savings from residential energy programs is seriously flawed and does not present a balanced assessment of the benefits of investing in energy efficiency in either its final or working draft
READ MOREPlace-based Approach of Community Action: Place, Opportunity, & Social Mobility
Written by Lauren Cook, Program Analyst, NASCSP New research has been released that emphasizes the impact of a child’s neighborhood on their chances of social mobility. Earlier this month, The Brookings Institution hosted a discussion titled “Place, Opportunity, and Social mobility: What now for Policy?” with Harvard Professor of Economics, Raj Chetty, and a panel of experts. As the
