Home Energy Carbon September 01, 2011 How carbon offsets can
change low-income weatherization programs. The low-income energy
efficiency movement still needs to leverage money. Most everyone
who is involved in residential energy efficiency is aware that
DOE’s Weatherization Assistance program received $5 billion to
weatherize low-income homes under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (the Recovery Act) during the 2009-11 time
frame. DOE expects approximately 600,000 homes to be weatherized
with this unprecedented stream of federal funds. However, the
fact remains that even after the Recovery Act money is expended,
there will still be 30 million low-income homes that have not
been weatherized. The need for funding to tackle that enormous
task will remain great, and the environment for continued large-
scale federal appropriations for low-income weatherization will
be challenging at best. To read complete online articles, you
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