Texas Field Experiment Results: Performance of the Weatherization Assistance Program in Hot-Climate, Low-Income Homes

Sustainable housing applications and policies for low-income self-build and housing rehab

“…However, for coloniatype environments the major constraint when thinking about housing sustainability tends to be that of affordability, and e at least in the past e the lack of low-cost sustainable housing applications provided through the larger do-it-yourself stores such as Home Depot, Lowes, etc. That is rapidly changing as technologies become available at much lower cost, as public awareness and commitment to green practices expands, and as government incentives such as the U.S. Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program (McCold, Goeltz, Ternes, & Berry, 2008) and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 come on line to support weatherization and energy efficient home improvements and upgrades.…”

Preliminary assessment of the Louisiana Home Energy Rebate Offer program using IPMVP guidelines

“…Industrial and commercial facilities have evolved standard protocol for evaluating energy conservation programs, primarily because of the large capital expenses involved, but residential programs tend to be subject to less rigorous criteria and performance metrics. For a review of program assessments in commercial facilities, see [7,8]; for residential programs, [15]; for weatherization, [2,4,21].…”