Residential weatherization represents a new American industry that will reduce energy bills and help our environment while creating the good jobs that are desperately needed.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act invested $5 billion to expand the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program and meet the Obama Administration’s goal of weatherizing one million homes a year. This is a nearly 10-fold increase in the amount typically invested in weatherizing poorly insulated homes.

A lot of work to do
There are 100 million energy inefficient homes in need of weatherization. Of those, 38 million homes are eligible for federal weatherization assistance.

A lot of people who need work
The construction industry continues to experience depression level unemployment. An effort to weatherize 100 million inefficient homes will create more than 500,000 construction jobs and hundreds of thousands more jobs in manufacturing and related activities.

Training for the new generation of workers
The growing demand for weatherization work is going to require a large industry, driven by trained, skilled workers who will do the work well and ensure that America’s weatherization investment is spent wisely. LIUNA is ready to meet that demand by training a skilled American weatherization workforce.

See an overview of the LIUNA Weatherization Training Program and a brief description of the program.