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By 2023, a Changed World in Energy
04/25/2013

Energy Analyst and Weatherization & Retrofit are IREC Accredited with 2 Certified Affiliated Master Trainers.
04/11/2013

 

ECA’s Training Center is the first in the Mid Atlantic region to become IREC accredited for Retrofit Installer Technicians and Energy Auditors.  The delivery of ECA’s training prepares individuals for the new BPI certifications.  IREC accreditation denotes that ECA’s curriculum, faculty, facility, processes and procedures meet the most rigorous national standards developed by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).  

Owners of energy efficient homes have lower foreclosure rates
04/02/2013

You can read the full LA Times article here. but here's the punchline: "researchers found that mortgages on homes with Energy Star certifications were on average 32% less likely to default compared with loans on homes with no energy-efficiency improvements."

Manufacturing Housing Innovation Project Report
04/02/2013

The VT Housing and Conservation Board just finished up a new report on energy efficient manufactured housing, which VEIC helped to produce. Some of you may find it of interest:

 

Manufactured Housing Innovation Project Report
A cost benefit analysis of using energy efficient, modular manufactured housing in mobile home parks, March 2013

Philadelphia Ranks 11th On List of Most Energy Efficient Cities
03/14/2013

ECA's Reinventing the Rowhome Exhibition
03/01/2013

 

The Philadelphia History Museum’s Philadelphia Voices Community History Gallery is now featuring an exhibit on The Energy Coordinating Agency (ECA)!

Calculating the Nation's Annual Energy Efficiency Investments
02/19/2013

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Media Contact: Patrick Kiker
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Calculating the Nation's Annual Energy Efficiency Investments

New Pa rules to help customers switch electric suppliers
02/15/2013

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Thursday adopted new rules governing competitive electric markets that it hopes will encourage suppliers to provide more innovative products and will make it easier for customers to switch suppliers.

Homeowners Want Energy Efficiency!
02/04/2013

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Ranks of Working Poor Increasing.
01/16/2013

Nearly a third of the nation’s working families earn salaries so low that they struggle to pay for their necessities, according to a new report.
The ranks of the so-called working poor have grown even as the nation has created new jobs for 27 consecutive months and is showing other signs of shaking off the worst effects of the recession.