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  • noun A protective coating, or layer of insulation, as on a house or car.
  • verb Present participle of weatherize.

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Examples

  • For example, investing in weatherizing homes (1) provides training and jobs to do the installation, (2) reduces energy bills to the homeowners; and (3) serves strategic national interests by reducing energy usage.

    NASA Finds The Metric System Too Hard To Implement for Constellation - NASA Watch 2009

  • She also talked about the need to encourage more state-subsidized energy audits of buildings throughout the state, and to fix structural problems in many homes that are keeping them from "weatherizing" - becoming more energy efficient - with aid from the agency.

    Home News Tribune - News 2009

  • I was already sold on the idea of weatherizing, but uncertain how to do it.

    Will Byrne: Weatherizing Can Help Change D.C.'s Future Will Byrne 2010

  • I was already sold on the idea of weatherizing, but uncertain how to do it.

    Will Byrne: Weatherizing Can Help Change D.C.'s Future Will Byrne 2010

  • While the heat continues to beat down on Acadiana Many residents are cutting their utility bills by performing a process called weatherizing to their homes, and not paying one cent for it.

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  • While the heat continues to beat down on Acadiana Many residents are cutting their utility bills by performing a process called weatherizing to their homes, and not paying one cent for it.

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  • The states also are getting billions of dollars for "shovel ready" infrastructure projects, and can apply for grants to pay for efforts such as weatherizing buildings.

    Governors Agree on Woes But Disagree on Stimulus 2009

  • Texas is slated to get $327 million over the next two years to help cut poor families 'utility bills by "weatherizing" their homes.

    States, Nonprofits Jockey for 'Weatherizing' Funds 2009

  • They range from familiar ones such as weatherizing the home, changing HVAC filters, and car-pooling to more retro things like line-drying clothes.

    Bill Chameides: Can We Put a Brake on Homely Emissions? 2009

  • Charles Ebinger, Director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution, told the HPR that the incoming administration will likely fund a number of relatively simple measures to increase energy efficiency, such as "weatherizing" homes and reforming the setting of utility rates to encourage conservation.

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