Both homeowners and renters can benefit from home improvements that promote energy efficiency and improve indoor air quality. Raising the bar on air quality and energy performance at home helps reduce heating and cooling costs, saves energy, and improves occupant health and comfort.
To help consumers better understand the strategies and product options available to them, HUD’s (Housing and Urban Development) Office of Policy Development and Research has developed the Guide to Energy-Efficient and Healthy Homes. The Guide is a new section of their website that provides concise descriptions in an easy-to-navigate format.
Adopting energy-efficiency measures can also reduce both a home’s carbon footprint and the nation’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. This guide summarizes how homeowners and renters can make their homes energy efficient and healthy. Additional information on a wide range of topics is available via links to other federal agencies and allied organizations, so that readers can easily jump from the Guide’s brief overviews to more detailed, in-depth topical content. It provides links to websites, including those of federal agencies such as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for more detailed information on the different topics. Consumers will also learn about home energy audits and health assessments, as well as financial incentives that may be available for those making energy-efficiency improvements.
We invite you to explore the new Consumer’s Guide to begin identifying strategies to improve energy efficiency and air quality in your home.
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