Incentives for your home

Home Performance with Energy Star is a program designed to help organize and administer funds for residential housing energy efficiency improvements. We will see a great deal of cash from the federal government soon for this type of program. Hopefully those who are channeling these funds are aware of the Energy Star system. State, local, and utility task forces have been convened to study energy use and conservation over the last year. I wonder which one will actually drive the energy conservation effort and how effective they will be in putting these funds to work? The Energy Star sponsor guide and the RESNET Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Standards call for accurate home analysis that recommends home efficiency repairs. Following the home remediation there is a follow up analysis that verifies the results hit the target. Without a program like this we may fall into a situation where all the energy that is currently wasted is not captured.