And employers are hard up for hiring to complete the jobs they have. There are more than 2.1 million energy efficiency jobs in the U.S., according to the report out this week from E2, a national, nonpartisan group of energy investors and E4TheFuture, a nonprofit organization…
…Of the 12 million residences in the U.S., 80% are at least 20 years old, meaning they’re prime for retrofitting. Renovating those homes would create more than 1 million jobs, according to the E2 report.
Incentivizing owners and contractors to make homes, hospitals, schools and private buildings more energy efficient should be “low hanging fruit” for policymakers, said Bob Keefe, E2 executive director.