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Sustainable Communities
Residential Energy Efficiency
This section features publications that look beyond the specific question of how much housing costs to consider how affordable housing can contribute to broader sustainability and energy-efficiency objectives. Among other topics, this section examines the combined costs of housing and transportation and explores strategies for reducing those combined costs to improve overall affordability, such as affordable transit-oriented development. This section also examines how to improve energy-efficiency of existing and new homes.
Mar 1, 2010
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Linking Efforts to Improve Disaster Resistance and Energy Efficiency of Homes
Ryan Sherriff
Measures that promote disaster resistance in homes have close links to those that promote energy efficiency. Therefore, home construction and retrofits serving both purposes can be installed at the same time. This issue brief explores new and potential future funding and incentives programs that enhance both the energy efficiency and disaster resistance of homes.
Mar 1, 2010
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AARP Factsheet: Weatherization
Rebecca Cohen
“Weatherization” refers to a collection of improvements that increase the energy efficiency of existing homes, lower utility bills, and create a more comfortable and healthy living environment. The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 dramatically expanded overall funding of the Weatherization Assistance Program, extending the benefits of energy efficiency to an increasing number of households.
Sep 1, 2009
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Financing Residential Energy-Efficiency: Assessing Opportunities and Coverage Gaps in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Rebecca Cohen, Jeffrey Lubell, Megan Richardson
This report describes key provisions in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that improve the energy-efficiency of subsidized and unsubsidized homes and makes recommendations for additional policy measures to address the energy-efficiency needs of households that may not be adequately covered by the legislation.