For over 45 years Community Resource Project's energy and weatherization program has provided housing improvements that increase a home’s energy efficiency through various state, federal, and other funded programs.
Weatherization works to help our community become energy efficient through education and free energy-efficient upgrades, one home at a time.
Weatherization is the installation of energy conservation efforts to make a home more energy-efficient and safe. Our goal is to reduce energy costs while improving energy efficiency and ensuring health and safety for low-income families; especially the elderly, people with disabilities, and families with young children.
Weatherization services may include the following, depending on household eligibility:
Installation of these services helps improve the comfort and cost of living of the home. Without these weatherization measures, homes lose energy which makes the heating/cooling units work harder to keep your home temperature comfortable, resulting in wasted energy and increased utility costs.
Sacramento region residents experience higher than normal temperatures during the summer to freezing temperatures in the winter and are forced to use their air conditioning and heating system in order to maintain a comfortable and safe temperature in their homes. This can lead to costly and unaffordable heating and cooling bills.
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides financial assistance to help offset eligible residents' home energy costs.
The Energy Crisis Intervention Program (ECIP) provides assistance to eligible households that are in a crisis situation. Examples include a household that has received a 24 to 48-hour disconnect notice or service termination by its utility company, or a household facing an energy-related crisis/life-threatening emergency, including leaky or broken gas appliances.
Additionally, LIHEAP services includes energy budget counseling, education on basic energy efficiency practices and instruction on the proper use and maintenance of installed weatherization measures.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) reduces energy costs for low-income households by increasing the energy efficiency of their homes, while ensuring their health and safety. The program supports 8,500 jobs and provides weatherization services to approximately 35,000 homes every year using DOE funds.
Through weatherization improvements and upgrades, these households save on average $372 or more every year according to a national evaluation of the program. Since the program began in 1976, WAP has helped improve the lives of more than 7 million families through weatherization services.
CRP is pleased to partner with Northern California's Maroma Energy Services to provide Low-Income Weatherization Program - Farmworker (LIWP Farm) services to low-income farmworker families in San Joaquin. Through LIWP, CRP can provide farmworkers in San Joaquin with energy services intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save them money on their power bills. Through LIWP, CRP is also able to provide solar panels to farmworker homeowners in San Joaquin at no cost. We are developing a waiting list for this program that will be released sometime in March 2023.
CRP's weatherization program is available to any household in Sacramento, Sutter or Yuba county that meets the requirements listed below:
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