Everyone wants a piece of the stimulus package, and as we reported last week, there is a significant amount of pie available in the recovery that addresses green investments - money for energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy projects, and green jobs.

The recovery is also stimulating interest among residential homeowners as they are seeing the potential money-savings available by greening their homes. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law on February 17th, included substantial investments and incentives relating to renewable energy. The Act included allocations of $92 billion dollars for cleantech, another $32.8 billion going towards clean energy and another $26 billion allocated for improved energy efficiency.

We recently heard from our friends at Alt-E who are definitely feeling the effects of the increased interest in sustainable, money-saving DIY projects. “We’ve seen an impact already in the traffic to our site and in the phone calls we’ve been receiving. This is the best time of year to plan for your renewable energy improvements – and it looks like, with this new stimulus package, this might very well be the Year of the Solar Hot Water Heater.” said Sascha Deri, CEO of AltE.

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