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Vice President Biden Kicks Off New Energy Efficiency Effort

The cities of Austin, Philadelphia, and Seattle are among 25 communities that will receive funding from the $425 million Recovery Act to be used for energy efficiency retrofits for commercial buildings and houses. Recipients of the DOE's Retrofit Ramp-Up initiative are communities, governments, private sector companies, and non-profit organizations that will work together on retrofits of neighborhoods and towns--and eventually entire states. These partnerships will support large-scale retrofits and make energy efficiency accessible to hundreds of thousands of homeowners and businesses, according to the DOE. Projects are set to begin in the fall.


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