This Rating Program will offer easy-to-understand and reliable information about the energy performance of an existing home that will help consumers to identify cost-effective energyefficiency improvements.
In recent years, energyefficiency has been widely touted as the most cost effective solution to address concerns posed by commercial buildings on climate change, energy security, and volatile energy prices.
Enhancing the efficiency of energy use is, hands down, the most cost-effective way to mitigate the environmental impact of energy use while fueling economic growth.
And I'm proposing that we expand select Recovery Act initiatives to promote energyefficiency and clean energy jobs which have been proven to be particularly popular and effective.