Rafael Reyes on Monday, 15 February 2010 21:16

Coming Soon - Residential Retrofits; Financing Options

The Bay Area will be getting new residential energy programs this spring and summer. The Association of Bay Area Governments was just awarded 10.75 million dollars to manage a Bay Area Retrofit program - and each of the counties will get part of that to expand or create their energy efficiency programs.

In addition to San Francisco launching its green financing program, the Counties of Alameda, Solano, San Mateo and Santa Clara and several other non-Bay Area Counties are participating in the CaliforniaFIRST statewide pilot program that will allow residents to finance their energy efficiency and renewable energy projects with their property taxes. The California Energy Commission also funded a grant to launch this CaliforniaFIRST pilot.

There will be both regional and local approaches to energy efficiency and should result in significant reductions of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions AND help the construction industry create new jobs or work.