Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man is cold and wrapped in a blanket inside his home - Studio Romantic/Shutterstock Prices on household items have seemingly ...

Bennie Tillman Jr. lives in a two-bedroom, one-bath house that his father built in Athens, Georgia, back in 1948. By 2022, “it was worn-out,” Tillman told me — drafty on cold winter nights and ...

For contractors who want to help low-income households lower their utilities and raise comfort, while also turning a profit, getting into weatherization could be a great choice. The federal government ...

The federal Weatherization Assistance Program is the oldest and largest energy efficiency initiative in American history. Born from the 1973 oil crisis, it helps low- and moderate-income households ...

Energy expenses affect millions of American households in serious ways, so the Weatherization Assistance Program is the much-needed federal program that can reduce this burden by making serious ...

The soaring cost of energy bills can be a real drain on household finances. Keeping a home comfortable in the summer or winter can lead to high costs, especially if it’s not properly weatherized.

Unemployment and the shift to remote work have confined many U.S. workers to their homes for much of the past year and half. But some are struggling to keep their homes adequately lit, heated, and ...

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As temperatures rise in the Valley, so do our utility bills. For those living on a tight budget, affording those bills and repairs to A/C units can be tough. A local valley non-profit is looking to ...

MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. In the basement of Phyllis Fick’s ordinary-looking suburban house, Tim Kenny of C&O Conservation, a nonprofit weatherization company, found black streaks of dirt on the yellow ...

In my reporting for my column this week, I had an email exchange with Bruce Tonn, who led the team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that performed an analysis of the federal weatherization program.