And that's why part of our jobs package is actually -- it's a very simple concept: Hire people to weatherize homes that will save those homeowners' heating bills, or cooling bills, and at the same time put people back to work and train them in things like insulation and heating systems.

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Technologies being tested in the program include advanced guidance, navigation and control, thermal protection systems, avionics, high temperature structures and seals, conformal reusable insulation, lightweight electromechanical flight systems, and autonomous orbital flight, reentry and landing.

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For the heating of homes and businesses, which accounts for about half of Scotland's energy use, it said there would have to be a shift to more efficient systems and insulation.

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Eligible improvements (PDF) include not only energy-saving equipment such as insulation, lighting, and HVAC systems but onsite renewable energy (rooftop PV, wind turbines, and fuel cells) and water-saving upgrades such as low-flow plumbing fixtures and grey water systems.

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Among other improvements introduced or recommended: better insulation of cables and switchboards, and more fire suppression systems.

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In 2001 Aspen Aerogels--a Northborough, Massachusetts spinoff of Aspen Systems--figured out how to use aerogel blankets instead of fiberglass as insulation in undersea oil pipelines.

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In 2001 Aspen Aerogels--a Northborough, Mass. spinoff of Aspen Systems--figured out how to use aerogel blankets instead of fiberglass as insulation in undersea oil pipelines.

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