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Overview
HOME STAR is proposed new legislation to create jobs in existing industries by providing strong short-term incentives for energy efficiency improvements in residential buildings. The program will move quickly, with a minimum of red tape, and will act as a bridge to long-term market development of existing industries. This initiative establishes a $6 billion rebate program to encourage immediate investment in energy-efficient appliances, building mechanical systems and insulation, and whole-home energy efficiency retrofits. HOME STAR will rapidly create jobs in both construction and manufacturing, while saving families money on their energy bills. It will build on current state programs and existing industry capacity for performing both retrofits and quality assurance, using federal standards and incentives as a common platform to lower program costs and increase consumer awareness. Strong consumer incentives to drive market demand, combined with meaningful standards and incentives to ensure model business practices for installing efficiency measures and verifying energy savings, will ensure that the growing energy efficiency retrofit industry produces ongoing and measurable energy savings while putting Americans back to work in long-term jobs. This provision should also include targeted insulation product consumer incentives to stimulate broad exposure to energy efficiency measures, expand overall retrofit activity while stimulating manufacturing.HOME STAR Coalition Supporters HOME STAR builds on existing policies and initiatives that have already demonstrated effectiveness and won widespread support from construction contractors, building products and mechanical manufacturers, retail sales businesses, environmental and energy efficiency groups and labor advocates. Organizations and businesses endorsing the HOME STAR approach include the following: |
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| AFC First Financial Corporation Affordable Comfort, Inc. (ACI) Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) Alliance for Green Heat Alliance to Save Energy American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Andersen Corporation BASF - The Chemical Company Blue Green Alliance Build It Green Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association Center for American Progress Action Fund Certainteed Corporation Change to Win Conservation Services Group (CSG) Council of the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (CNAIMA) DAP Products Inc. EcoBroker International Efficiency First Energy Federation, Inc. Energy Smart Real Estate Professionals Environment America Environment Northeast (ENE) Fiberite Technologies, Inc. Fluke Corporation - Fluke Thermography Green For All Green Home Solutions by Grupe Green Jobs Alliance GreenHomes America Honeywell ICF International Icynene Insulate America Johns Manville Knauf Insulation Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA) |
Lowe's Companies, Inc. Marvin Windows and Doors Masco Masco Contractor Services Masco Home Services Murphy’s Windows & Sunrooms National Association of Manufacturers National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) National Fiber National SAVE Energy Coalition National Trust for Historic Preservation Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Northeast Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC ) Nu-Wool Co., Inc. Oracle Corp. Owens Corning PEG Pella Corporation Performance Systems Development Recurve Inc. (formerly Sustainable Spaces) Renewable Funding LLC Rinnai America Corporation Sears Holdings Corporation Serious Materials Sierra Club Simonton Windows and Therma Tru Doors - Fortune Brands Companies SKYE International, Inc. Standard Renewable Energy The Dow Chemical Company The Grupe Company The Home Depot The Linc Group The Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association (PIMA) U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) U.S. GreenFiber, LLC |
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