Recovery Through Retrofit Green Jobs Report Released

October 18, 2009 By News Report

Vice President Biden today unveiled Recovery Through Retrofit, a report designed to expand green job opportunities and boost energy savings by making homes more energy efficient. The report, according to a DOE release, is a proposal for federal action to lay the groundwork for a self-sustaining home-energy efficiency retrofit industry. "Recovery Through Retrofit is a blueprint that will create good green jobs -- jobs that can't be outsourced, and jobs that will be the cornerstones of a 21st-Century economy," said Biden in a statement. "And, thanks to the Recovery Act's unprecedented investments in energy efficiency, we are making it easier for American families to retrofit their homes -- helping them save money while reducing carbon emissions and creating a healthier environment for our families."

Some recommendations in the report include:

Provide homeowners with home energy retrofit information
Provide access to retrofit financing
Establish national workforce certifications and training standards
Proper certification and training.

The Department of Energy (DOE) today also announced $454 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for energy efficiency efforts nationwide, and the DOE is now accepting applications for a new $390 million "Retrofit Ramp-Up" program that will deploy innovative approaches to energy efficiency building retrofits.

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