DOE National Weatherization Training and Technical Assistance Plan

Through the 2009 Recovery Act, the Obama Administration made an unprecedented commitment to weatherizing and retrofitting our nation's esidential building stock.

• The Recovery Act provides the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program with $5 billion to accelerate its efforts and expand the availability of weatherization services to low-income Americans.
• Of the $5 billion made available to the program, 20%—approximately $1 billion—is for training and technical assistance directed at the state and local levels (approximately $854 million) and at the national level by DOE (approximately $141 million).

DOE has developed a plan for national weatherization training and technical assistance during the Recovery Act period that support the following objectives:

• Bolster weatherization programs implemented at the state and local levels, complement and expand ongoing training activities, communicate and build on recognized best practices to support activity across the weatherization network, address critical barriers, and fill training gaps where needed.
• Support the administration's energy efficiency retrofit goals by leveraging the vast expertise in the weatherization network to help grow the training infrastructure needed to support a national residential energy efficiency retrofit market.

DOE invited the public to comment on its proposed plan October 28–November 12, 2009. DOE would like to thank the stakeholder organizations and members of the public who provided valuable feedback and suggestions.

DOE is reviewing all comments submitted and will post the final plan as soon as possible.