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Recovery Through Retrofit: Saving Homeowners Money — Part III

The Recovery Through Retrofit report of October, 2009 identified key factors preventing the growth of the home energy retrofit market. One of that report’s achievements was to help generate more and better financing options for energy-saving home improvements. One of these areas is PowerSaver Loans. The FHA PowerSaver is a new financing option, developed by [...]

Recovery Through Retrofit: Saving Homeowners Money — Part II

The Recovery Through Retrofit report of October, 2009 identified key factors preventing the growth of the home energy retrofit market. One of that report’s achievements was the creation of a Home Energy score. So, what’s a Home Energy Score? The Department of Energy, with the support of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of [...]

Recovery Through Retrofit: Saving Homeowners Money — Part I

In 2009, Vice President Joe Biden asked the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to develop a proposal for Federal action to increase energy savings by improving home energy efficiency. This resulted in the Recovery Through Retrofit report, released in October of that year. The report identified access issues when it came to homeowners [...]