Subject: [big campaign] Sierra Club statement on White House Report--Retrofit Plan Will Create Jobs, Save Energy
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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:14:36 -0400
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 19, 2009

Contact:
Kristina Johnson (415) 977-5619
David Willett (202) 675-6698

Federal Report Proposes Important Energy Efficiency Measures
Retrofitting Plan Will Create Jobs, Save Money, and Combat Global Warming

Washington, D.C. Vice President Biden announced the release today of the
"Recovery through Retrofit" report, which lays out a federal plan for
capturing energy savings by retrofitting homes.

"This report represents a huge step forward," said Sierra Club Clean Energy
Solutions representative Allison Forbes. "By committing to ambitious
residential energy efficiency measures, the Obama administration can help
create good, family-supporting jobs, save families money on their energy
bills, and combat global warming."

The Sierra Club has been working with labor, business and community
partners to push for ambitious federal, state and local energy efficiency
measures. Key challenges include providing consumers with access to
information, making energy efficiency investments affordable, and
developing quality training and workforce development programs. At the
request of Vice President Biden, the White House Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) led an interagency working group consisting of eleven
Departments and Agencies and six White House Offices to develop proposals
aimed at expanding green jobs and increasing home energy savings.

Monday's federal report is expected to lay out a roadmap to achieve these
goals. According to the report, “existing techniques and technologies in
energy efficiency retrofitting can reduce energy use by up to 40 percent
per home and lower total associated greenhouse gas emissions by up to 160
million metric tons annually by 2020.  Retrofitting existing homes also has
the potential to cut home energy bills by $21 billion annually.”

"In order to effectively combat global warming, we need to rapidly and
effectively upgrade the energy efficiency of thirty percent of our existing
homes," Forbes said. "The good news is that retrofitting homes can also
create good, family-supporting jobs and save money in these uncertain
economic times."

The Sierra Club's Clean Energy Solutions Campaign has been working with the
Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), partners in the
Blue-Green Alliance to launch this ambitious retrofit effort.

On National Weatherization Day, October 30, in cities around the country,
the Sierra Club will showcase local low-income energy assistance programs
and the emerging retrofit industry.

For more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/greenjobs/training/

David Willett
Deputy  Director of Communications
Sierra Club
(202) 675-6698 (w)
(202) 491-6919 (m)
[email-masked]
www.sierraclub.org
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