Category: Energy and Green Intiatives
Top Five Reasons You Should Care About Weatherization
Weatherization – what is it anyway? Why should I care about weatherizing my home? What good does it do? Good questions, and the answers may surprise you. Weatherization is a systemic, whole-house approach to saving energy. It includes insulation is key areas, like the attic, floors, sidewalls; sealing the perimeter of the home; and addressing air infiltration with advanced diagnostics like
Mini Weatherization Toolkit, Week 1
Welcome to the first week of Weatherization Month 2015! We’re excited to bring you the first of the mini Weatherization Month toolkits to start the online buzz around the WAP and set the stage for #WXDayOct30! We hope that you are as excited as we are to embark on this celebration of a program that has been proven to have great effects in communities around the nation. Between the results of
29 Days and Counting to Weatherization Day 2015!
National Weatherization Month starts today! Sure, October 30 is Weatherization Day, but why not take the whole month to build up the anticipation to promote the program and your good work? This is a great time to involve your partners in publicizing your activities. Bringing in partners – like healthy homes, CSBG, housing, State Energy Program, and LIHEAP stakeholders – can build support
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
