Before spending money on bigger items like a new heat pump, furnace or air conditioner, one of the best and first things to consider when looking for ways to save energy at home is weatherization.

The Center at Journey’s Way: Resources and Programs for People 55+, 403 Rector St. , is offering a home-weatherization service for older adults in the Roxborough, Manayunk, and East Falls areas.

More than 6.8 million homes have been weatherized using federal, state, utility, and other funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The weatherization program has supported over 14,000 ...

Obama administration officials say the home weatherization program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is making gains. Vice-President Joe Biden went to Manchester, N.H., on Aug. 26 ...

Just off Highway 3 in Northfield, a stone's throw from two prestigious private liberal arts colleges, roughly 200 mobile homes shelter scores of primarily Latino residents. About 14 miles farther ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Natalie Young lives in Knoxville. Over the last 13 years, she’s been in the same home. She said there were problems with the home from the beginning but due to her fixed income, it ...

A leaky or damaged roof isn't just an inconvenience. For homeowners, it stands in the way of making other improvements, including ones that can save money like weatherizing a home to cut down on ...

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One worker blew insulation through holes drilled into the South Broadway house, while another crawled around to winterize the attic and a third was in the basement wrapping insulation around pipes and ...

TESS VIGELAND: Green jobs have gotten an ongoing push from the Obama administration. And they came up again in this week’s State of the Union address. President Barack Obama: We should put more ...

The Inflation Reduction Act's climate funding included $9 billion for home energy rebates administered by the U.S. Department of Energy. (Jim Still-Pepper/iStock via Getty mages) A state program that ...