the feds are bringing back the ecoaction plan and there will be money from them for doing the fixes if you go through the correct channels. definitely worth looking into. I'm not sure if the budget got passed yet or if we have to wait until the fall. When it's passed the first step is to find one of the guys certified to do the energy audits. they'll be something like $300 but you get a credit from the feds that mostly covers it. They can give you a report, make recommendations and then when all of the changes are finished you call them back in then measure how effective you are and give you a piece of paper that says you did A,B and C and improved this much qualifying you for a rebate of X. Then you just send that in and get your money back.
I was seriously looking at buying an old house needing tons of work and had worked all this out back then.
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