Home Energy Saving

Federal regulators have essentially put the kibosh on nationwide lending programs linked to home energy efficiency retrofits, encouraging state and local governments to rethink “significant safety and soundness concerns.” In a statement Tuesday, the...

A week after federal regulators blocked financing programs for home energy efficiency retrofits around the country, California officials are using different tactics to try to change their minds. Some, like state utility officials, have sent pleading...

Shortly after unveiling on Monday a plan to increase rates by between 8% and 28% on Los Angeles electricity users to cover the fluctuating cost of coal and natural gas and boost the city's efforts to get more of its energy from renewable sources,...

Robert Whale knew his 1920s Sears Roebuck bungalow wasn't exactly airtight, but he didn't know just how drafty it was until an energy auditor flipped on the switch to a large fan he had placed in the doorway. That buzzing coming from an upstairs bedroom?...

The West Cook YMCA in Oak Park could win up to $25,000 in the Nicor Gas Energy Efficiency Program Community Challenge if residents and businesses sign up online for one of the company's six energy-efficiency programs. As of March 21, the YMCA had earned...

PETOSKEY -- Grants recently provided to Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity have helped the affordable housing ministry build homes that exceed certain construction standards for energy efficienct. These grants, awarded by the Petoskey-Harbor Springs...

You're probably familiar with some of the federal government's incentives for home energy efficiency -- heftier tax credits for solar panels, solar water heaters, geothermal heat pumps, heavy-duty insulation, windows, air conditioning and the like. But...

Rodgers Forgers certainly celebrated the Towson Fourth of July Parade on a high note. Forgers did us proud as they filled role of featured neighborhood. The community's unit was first to march after the grand marshals, and was indeed a shining example of...

Jim Lett knew his house was leaking money, especially during winter. Of course, he couldn't actually see heat slipping out of wiring conduits, exhaust fans, the attic. But he could feel the pain in his wallet as sure as the draftiness that compelled him...

You can save money by making your home energy-efficient. And now you can get help with that, too. The nonprofit Civic Works will do the job for free for low-to moderate-income residents in the neighborhoods of Belair-Edison, Harwood, Waverly and...