The New Economy..Home Energy Score

It's been some time in the making and message I have been preaching for the past 18 months. It's referred to as the "New Economy" Energy retrofitting of some 130 million homes in the U.S. If you know me or the company I work for, chances are you have herd about why you need to have your home energy efficient.
 The Federal government along with the Department of Energy issued a report on Tuesday that laid out the new government plan to tackel this issue and the three problems of why people do not have energy efficient homes. It's not that homeowners are stupid about energy savings; actually, most people know they need to do something. The first issue homeowners face is lack information and understanding of what to do and what will give them the biggest savings for the least amount of investment. The second, is the lake of funds to invest to gain the long term savings and the third, is who do I trust, and how do I know I am getting the right information.
 I am pretty low key on politics. I must say I think they got it right this time by creating a program that is self serving and not another subsidy. The Home Energy Score program will allow home owners to have their home rated by a certified professional. This professional will give them a standardized national Home Energy Score and educate them on what energy retrofits will be right for them and the cost involved. Next, the homeowner will be able to get funding through an FHA insured program called "Power Saver". This program gives low interest loan to have the recommended energy upgrades done with no out of pocket cost to the homeowner.
The last part is a qualified trained workforce. The days of just any idiot running around claiming to be an energy expert or doing these so called energy audits are over. This is where they really got it right!! 411 Energy experts is one of the leaders in this field and we are already certified under the new guidelines being purposed. 411 Energy Experts is also in the process of becoming and educator and provider of training to individual and companies seeking to train their workforce to be certified to perform home energy retrofits under the Home Energy Score guidelines.
More to come on this......don't be surprised to hear in the near future someone ask you; 'what's your home energy score?" to learn more visit our website or watch this announcment: http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/vice-president-biden-releases-recovery-through-retrofit-report#