“There is a direct tie between the efficiency of a building and the health of its occupants.”said Todd McAlister of EEpartnership Texas could save lives and prevent future outages through energy efficiency programs, writes _e_delger: Heatwave
to help low-income households pay for utility bills and energy efficiency upgrades. This funding is funneled through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, which passes the money on to local aid organizations in each county. Households then need toAll these efforts, however, don’t match the scale of Texas’ need to reduce energy consumption, and don’t grasp the cost-saving and even life-saving opportunities of doing so.
“There is a direct tie between the efficiency of a building and the health of its occupants,” she pointed out. “We should expect to see rising numbers of morbidity and mortality as a result of this heat, as these heat waves drag on and as the high cost of electricity hurts more and more people.” The only special interests that energy efficiency wouldn’t benefit are companies that build and operate power plants.