The amount of federal and state money spent on improving residential energy efficiency starts to reveal how much energy inefficiency remains throughout American’s homes.
This government commitment, which took off in the wake of the 1970s energy crisis, is led by the Low Income Weatherization Assistance Program and the U.S. DOE’s State Energy Program. Dozens of efficiency-related programs throughout the county represent one product of that commitment. The need for contractors to do a substantial amount of HVAC work among the overall weatherization workload is another.