Weatherization Assistance Program: Weatherization Works! Updated February 15, 2005

Weatherization Assistance Program:

Weatherization Works!

Updated February 15, 2005

This is who we help

Weatherization Works!

$274* per family =

Average annual energy savings

* Calculated January 2005 based on 20-year EIA annual price projections discounted to present value.

We work in all types of homes

Weatherization Works!

92,500 =

Number of homes weatherized each year

This is what we find

Weatherization Works!

$1.48 = Benefits created for every

$1 invested

This is what we do

Weatherization Works!

8,000 =Jobs supported through

federal funding

We make it warmer in the winter

Weatherization Works!

31% = Average reduction in

gas space heating

Weatherization Works!

“Before any work was done, my electric bill for the previous month was

$200.33...(After Weatherization) my current bill is only $105.68…”

Single mother of three

Oklahoma

We make it cooler in the summer

Weatherization Works!

1 metric ton =

Reduction in annual carbon dioxide emissions per home

We make it safer for children, the elderly, and the disabled

Weatherization Works!

“I am truly grateful for this program because it has

undoubtedly saved my life...”

Weatherization found a potentially deadly carbon monoxide leak in this

West Virginia home.

Weatherization Works!

92,500 = Homes weatherized each year

$1.48 = Benefits created for each $1 invested

$274* per family = Annual energy savings

* Calculated January 2005 based on 20-year EIA annual price projections discounted to present value.

Weatherization Works!

1 metric ton = Annual reduction in carbon dioxide emissions per home

31% = Average reduction in gas heating

8,000 = Jobs created with federal funding

Weatherization Works

For Families

For the Nation

For Communities