Summary: As a follow up to his speech last week, the President visited a Home Depot in Alexandria, Virginia this afternoon to highlight the importance of providing incentives to consumers who retrofit their homes to save money, reduce pollution and create jobs. A copy of his remarks can be viewed here. Following the event, the President had lunch at the White House with business leaders representing different parts of the supply chain; manufacturing, retail and in-home audits and implementation to discuss the opportunities for creating jobs through incentivizing home energy efficiency upgrades.
Vice President Biden also sent a memo to the President yesterday afternoon on the positive impact of the energy components of the Recovery Act. In his memo to the President, the Vice President details the transformation of our economy underway as a result of the clean energy foundation the Administration has laid through the Recovery Act and other initiatives.
The Vice President’s memo can be viewed here.
More Information:
- A fact sheet on the meeting is at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/background-presidents-meeting-energy-efficiency-job-creation
- The President’s full remarks are at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-energy-efficiency-and-job-creation
Prepared by: This message was distributed by Kellen Mahoney, who may be reached at e-mail: kmahoney@eetnews.com
