Bush's Home Energy Plan or Home Mold Retardation Plan?

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News for Release: Monday, July 11, 2005

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Federal Agencies Partner to Reduce Home Energy Bills and Protect Environment

EPA Press Contact: Millet, 202-564-4355

DOE Press Contact: Craig s, 202-586-4940

HUD Press Contact: Dustee Tucker, 202-708-0685

(Washington, D.C. - July 11 2005) The Bush administration announced a

new partnership aimed at reducing household energy costs by 10 percent

over the next decade while improving our nation's air. The Partnership

for Home Energy Efficiency will provide energy saving solutions for

households across the country and support research and implementation of

a new generation of energy efficiency technologies.

The Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will

provide Americans, including homebuilders, with the latest home energy

savings information on a Web portal, http://www.energysavers.gov.

" In this time of high energy costs it's important that the federal

government help Americans find ways to reduce home energy use and save

money on their energy bills, " DOE Secretary Bodman said. " Under

President Bush's leadership, we have developed new technologies and we

continue to invest new dollars in finding ways to help homes become more

energy efficient. We want to pass along this knowledge to the American

people as quickly as possible. "

Americans spend more than $160 billion a year to heat, cool, light and

live in their homes. By taking advantage of home energy efficiencies,

an average American family could save $150 year.

" For most owners and renters, utility bills are the second largest

household expense, " HUD Secretary Alphonso said. " That's why

housing affordability and energy efficiency go hand in hand. By

reducing the price of utility bills, we reduce the cost of living for

the nation's low- and moderate-income families. "

In addition to the billions of dollars lost through energy

inefficiencies, household power waste contributes to the power plant

emissions that create soot, smog and acid rain.

" Last year, through ENERGY STARR, Americans chose to invest in cleaner

air and healthier lives - saving enough energy to power 18 million homes

and cutting $10 billion from their energy bills, " EPA Administrator

said. " We are delighted to work with our federal

partners to help lower energy bills, reduce emissions from power plants

and provide the next generation a healthier, cleaner environment. "

Goals of the Bush administration's Partnership for Home Energy

Efficiency include:

Expanding efforts to promote ENERGY STARR products;

$ Developing durable, comfortable, affordable homes that use 40-50 percent

less energy;

$ Developing new energy efficiency services to provide homeowners with

greater savings, such as Home Performance with ENERGYSTARR;

$ Delivering energy efficiency savings to low income and subsidized housing;

$ Continue to invest in innovative research in building science

technologies, practices, and policies; and

$ Providing design technologies and building practices to allow cost

effective net zero energy homes, by 2020.

In addition, individuals can take many simple steps today to help make their

homes more energy efficient:

$ Replace incandescent bulbs with lights that have earned the ENERGY STARR.

$ Use a programmable thermostat with air conditioners to adjust the setting

warmer at night, or when no one is home.

$ Use a fan with window air conditioners to spread cool air through a home.

$ Use an energy-efficient ENERGY STARR air conditioner, which can save up

to 50 percent on cooling bills.

$ Plant trees around your home. Just three trees, properly placed around a

house, can save between $100 and $250 annually in cooling and heating costs.

Daytime air temperatures can be three to six degrees cooler in tree-shaded

neighborhoods.

$ Plant trees or shrubs to shade air conditioning units, but do not block

the airflow.

$ Install white window shades, drapes or blinds to reflect heat away from

the house. Sunny windows can make air conditioners work two to three times

harder.

$ Replace windows with ENERGY STARR models and consider the new double-pane

windows with spectrally selective coatings.

$ Tightly close fireplace damper.

For more information on the Partnership for Home Energy Efficiency,

visit: _http://www.energysavers.gov_ (http://www.energysavers.gov) .

Okay, have well learned to read between the lines of the disinformation

machine.

Do you all think that the term " Energy Efficient " is being substituted for

" Mold Retardant " ?

Maybe the press release should look more like this:

(SPOOF)

Goals of the Bush administration's Partnership for Home " Mold Retardant:

include:

Expanding efforts to promote MOLD RETARDANT STARR products;

$ Developing durable, comfortable, affordable homes that cause 40-50

percent less mold growth;

$ Developing new mold retardant services to provide homeowners with greater

savings, such

as Home Performance with MOLD RETARDANT STARR;

$ Delivering mold retardant savings to low income and subsidized housing;

$ Continue to invest in innovative research in building science

technologies, practices,

and policies; and

$ Providing design technologies and building practices to allow cost

effective net zero

mold growth retarded homes, by 2020.

In addition, individuals can take many simple steps today to help make their

homes more mold retardant:

$ Replace incandescent bulbs with lights that have earned the MOLD

RETARDANT STARR.

(would this ultra-violet lights?)

$ Use a programmable thermostat with air conditioners to adjust the

setting warmer at

night, or when no one is home.(so those suckers don't get dysfuctional

as quickly)

$ Use a fan with window air conditioners to spread cool air through a home

and keep

microbial killing oxygen circulating more effectively.

$ Use a " mold retardant " STARR air conditioner, which can stop up to 50

percent of mold

growth.

$ Plant trees around your home. Just three trees, properly placed around

a house, can

save between $100 and $250 annually in cooling and heating costs.

(Allowing one to

leave their windows open and not have to live in a gigantic, airtight

petrie dish.) Daytime

air temperatures can be three to six degrees cooler in tree-shaded

neighborhoods.

$ Plant trees or shrubs to shade air conditioning units, but do not block

the airflow. NEVER

BLOCK THE AIRFLOW!!!

$ Install white window shades, drapes or blinds to reflect heat away from

the house. Sunny

windows can make air conditioners work two to three times harder, which

greatly increases

the run-off condensation.

$ Replace windows with MOLD RETARDANT STAR models and consider the new

double-

pane windows with mold retardant coatings.

$ Tightly close fireplace damper.

For more information on the Partnership for Home Mold Retardant,

visit: _http://www.hyniesavers.gov_ (http://www.hyniesavers.gov) .

Sharon Kramer