New York’s SERC Initiative: Weatherization for the Future
New York’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has made significant progress in improving energy efficiency for underserved communities, thanks to the Sustainable Energy Resources for ...Read more
Home Energy Plus – Wisconsin Weatherization Assistance Program
In the Wisconsin Weatherization Assistance Program's (WisWAP) energy conservation techniques, correcting health and safety hazards and potentially life-threatening conditions is the first ...Read more
Weatherization Program Saves Georgia Family
The Jones family was experiencing high energy bills and serious health and safety issues with their home. The Weatherization Assistance Program improved their home's efficiency and comfort, fixed a ...Read more
Interfaith Housing Services Saves Lives, Improves Health, and Reduces Energy Burdens
IHS’s WAP replaced the hot water tank venting dangerous CO levels back into the attic in the Garcia’s home pictured above, and followed up with weatherization. Ms. Garcia has since been able ...Read more
Weatherization Plus Health: Leveraging Funds For Client Health
Access to the right kind of funding, and enough of it, truly can make a difference on the health and safety side of the equation for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and the clients that ...Read more
Couleecap’s Weatherization Deferral Program Makes Homes Safer and More Energy Efficient
As any Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) practitioner knows, having to walk away from a needy family’s home because of health and safety problems is demoralizing and goes against the ...Read more
Weatherization Plus Health: Future Direction of the Weatherization Assistance Program?
The future of the U.S. Department of Energy’s low-income Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is far from certain. The program faced much criticism after receiving $5 billion in American ...Read more
Weatherization Plus Health: The Next Step for the Weatherization Assistance Program
The connection between health and housing seems obvious: we spend most of our time in our homes, and our surroundings have a great impact on our well-being. What may be less obvious is the ...Read more
Leveraging Success Stories: Onward and Upward with Weatherization
As the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) reaches the end of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) period on March 31, 2012, states and local agencies are looking to the ...Read more
Weatherization Plus Health: The Connecticut Efficient Healthy Homes Initiative
This article is part of an ongoing series from the National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP), which is implementing Weatherization Plus Health on behalf of DOE. Each piece ...Read more
New Mexico’s Energy$mart Academy
This article is part of an ongoing series from the National Association for State Community Services Programs, which is implementing the Weatherization Plus Health initiative on behalf of the U.S. ...Read more
Case Study: Weatherization Plus Health – Opportunity Council
Ms. Jones applied for energy assistance through the Opportunity Council (OC). During the eligibility appointment, staff asked whether anyone in the household had asthma, allergies, or other ...Read more
Homes in Need by STEP, Inc.: Bringing a Fresh Approach to Weatherization Plus Health
Community action agencies administer dozens of programs under one roof, making coordination a challenge and best practices a must. Lycoming-Clinton Counties Commission for Community Action (STEP, ...Read more
Spotlight: Opportunity Council’s Weatherization Plus Health
A true pioneer in integrated healthy homes and weatherization services, the Opportunity Council (OC) in Bellingham, Washington, has been providing combined services to needy families since 1993. ...Read more
Spotlight: Baltimore City Weatherization Assistance Program and Healthy Homes
Since the stimulus-funded Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) began, Baltimore City has weatherized more than 3,000 households. However, due to the old and degraded state of much of the city’s ...Read more
