DOE, HUD, and EPA Announce Partnerships for Home Energy Efficiency

The U.S. Department of Energy, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Environmental Protection Agency have teamed up to create the Partnerships for Home Energy Efficiency, an initiative aimed at cutting household energy costs by 10% over the next decade. “It seems to me that one of the greatest untapped sources of energy we have in this country is the energy we currently waste,” says Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman. “So by making our homes more energy- efficient, we can go a long way to ensuring our nation’s future energy security, improving our greenhouse gas intensity, and, at the same time, taking some of the sting out of consumers’ utility bills.” The initiative is online at www.energysavers.gov.