Weatherization alleviates the heavy energy burden on low-income households and helps them become self-sufficient. Weatherization measures:
- Provide average energy savings of $413 or more per year per household.
- Reduce a household’s annual gas heating consumption by 32%.
- Are “locked” into the home and continue to save money and energy every year.
- Improve health and safety by eliminating energy-related hazards.
- Weatherization returns $1.65 in energy-related benefits for every $1 invested in the Program.
- For every $1 invested by DOE, the Program leverages $1.54 in other federal, state, utility, and private resources.
- Agencies use leveraged resources to weatherize more low-income homes and to deliver more services while in the home.