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| 01-07-2010 9:20:42 AM - 1 Comments | Posted By: Tom White, Publisher |
| Retrofit the Home of Your Local Government Official |
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Speaking to the Efficiency First California Chapter, Brett Knox (of GreenHomes America) recommended that home performance retrofitters offer discounted audits to their local, state and federal government officials. These officials understand whole-house performance concepts with the benefit of a demonstration (remember freebies aren't allowed). An example of this on-the-job approach to educating government officials is given by Rich Manning, a Long Island home performance contractor, writing in the Nov/Dec 2008 issue of Home Energy. Rich and his son Josh performed a home energy audit for Steve Bellone, a city supervisor in Babylon, NY. Steve helped to develop the Long Island Green Homes program which has become an leading example of residential energy efficiency programs in the Northeast U.S. From little acorns big oaks grow, so start knocking on those doors! |
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01-12-2010 1:04:59 AM |
What does economy need these days? Well, we have been longing for the right answer to this question, similarly to our desire to economic boost. Lots jobs were lost for the past several years, which resulted to the growth of foreclosed homes. No one can pay off a mortgage without a job and you can't save a mortgage with payday loans. One has to wonder if any of these bailout programs did any good. Thus far, the evidence is against it. For instance – Make Home Affordable, the government aid program for homeowners with troubled mortgages along with some other government aid programs to help stem the tide of foreclosures. The Mortgage Banker's Association has reported that one in seven mortgages is in foreclosure, though to be fair, that probably has more to do with the unemployment rate, rather than anything else. |
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