retrofitting

• “Audits are important, and retrofitting is important, but we need to step into the new century to achieve real efficiencies - not just recycle Carter Administration ideas. bread and roses”

  Why Seattle’s Home Retrofit Grant Is Cool « PubliCola

• “The retrofitting is a much more difficult problem.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Trade Deficit Now Mostly Oil

• “Yep, I have always thought wind turbine projects could “offset” any bird kills by investing in retrofitting skyscrapers and other building projects.”

  Waldo Jaquith - Wind turbines and widdle birdies, BFF!

• “The imperative to move quickly past fossil fuels to clean energies - wind, solar and biomass - and conservation measures such as retrofitting homes, was noted by those reporting that 2009 and 2010 have been the hottest years on record, and Boulder and Jefferson County (where Coors operates a coal-fired plant) have earned an "F" grade for ozone levels in recent years.”

  The Huffington Post: Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy

• “One way is to retrofit smart systems onto existing process hardware and infrastructure, such as retrofitting your current house with a smart power meter and controls on your appliances.”

  The Huffington Post: Peter Fox-Penner, PhD: Is Smarter Greener?

• “Perhaps he's in the process of "retrofitting" a tennis racket.”

  Putting it Out There: BRAs, Belts, and Cockies

• “As Jones sees it, well-paid jobs such as retrofitting homes for energy efficiency, putting up solar panels and servicing wind turbines are all sure-fire ways to help an ailing economy, and as we've noted, compared to bailing out banks, wouldn't cost all that much.”

  Graham Hill: Green Idealism, or Which Way the Wind Is Really Blowing

• “For homeowners and small businesses, energy efficiency improvements mean an immediate savings on utility bills ( "retrofitting" a home can cut energy consumption by as much as 30 to 40%).”

  Dan Cantor: Landmark Green Jobs Bill is Win-Win-Win

• “Begin planning immediately for a broad range of infrastructure programs, from traditional outlay on roads, bridges and mass transit to spending on 21st century infrastructure such as retrofitting homes, green energy, universal broadband, and smart-grid electricity systems.”

  Robert Kuttner: Memo to Obama: Think Bigger

• “Green jobs training will include preparing workers for activities supported by other economic recovery funds, such as retrofitting of buildings, green construction, and the production of renewable electric power.”

  SUMMARY: AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT

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