For contractors who want to help low-income households lower their utilities and raise comfort, while also turning a profit, getting into weatherization could be a great choice. The federal government ...

blows in dense-pack cellulose insulation into an attic. (Photo by Pete Davis.)I am just back from the National Weatherization Training Conference in Orlando, Florida. The Weatherization Assistance ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that 34 projects in 27 states have been selected to receive $29 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to develop and ...

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, invests in a broad network of home energy professionals that ...

Students take part in a weatherization training class where fundamentals of installing insulation are taught. Gary Higgins / Boston Business Journal To continue ...

WESTMINSTER -- Southeastern Vermont Community Action (SEVCA) will host a pair of weatherization certification training programs later this month. SEVCA is teaming up with the Vermont Technical College ...

Non-profits like Green For All are working with federal and state goverments to usher in new "weatherization worker" legislation.Editor's note: our home energy blogger Jim Gunshinan sends in his post ...

Jasmine Ramero, a member of the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC), functioning on behalf of the Energy Department’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), is a top performer in her field. In ...

Peter Wingate, longtime weatherization specialist and energy director at Community Action Pioneer Valley, in his office on Deerfield Street. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's ...

After 10 months out of the work force, Joe Lupinski aims to build a new career from weatherization training. “There’s nothing good out there, with the economy,” Mr. Lupinski said Tuesday as he took a ...

SAN BERNARDINO – On a rainy Thursday afternoon, area officials and community members attended the grand opening of the first Weatherization Training Center in Southern California. The center, which ...