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Resident urges transferable energy audits to spur home upgrades, workforce hiring
Summary
At the City Utilities Committee meeting, a resident urged the committee to adopt legislation making energy audits transferable and prioritized for locally trained workers to expand retrofits and training. Committee leadership said they will consult the Office of Sustainability.
Mr. Costco Jones, a member of the public, told the City Utilities Committee that the city should adopt legislation to replace traditional real estate inspections with transferable energy audits to create market demand for home energy work and support workforce development.
"It's basically, supposed to put in place, legislation that will help replace the, real estate inspection with, energy audit," Mr. Jones said, urging the committee to allow audits to be "transferable, so to speak" and to prioritize graduates of local workforce programs for pilot opportunities.
Jones highlighted regional housing and market…
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