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Tired of high utility costs? With rising energy costs and declining incomes, families struggle to meet their utility cost responsibilities. If your home has not been Weatherized since 1994 and you are income eligible we may be able to help reduce the energy burden with Weatherization. The purpose of the Weatherization program is to install energy efficiency measures to reduce a home's energy consumption and lower the household's utility costs.
The cost savings measures can include:
  • adding or increasing attic insulation
  • performing duct sealing
  • adding wall or floor insulation
  • repairing or replacing inefficient heating systems
  • implementing health and safety measures such as installing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors
  • and much more!

Weatherization

What is Weatherization?
The Weatherization Assistance Program was created under Title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act of 1976. Community Action Kentucky, in partnership with Kentucky Housing Corporation, administers the Federal Weatherization Assistance Program in Kentucky through its network of 23 community action agencies with offices located in all 120 counties in Kentucky.
The purpose of the Weatherization program is to install energy efficiency measures such as insulation and air sealing to reduce a home's energy consumption and lower the household's utility costs. On average, low income families pay a greater percentage of their income towards their utility costs.  With rising energy costs and declining incomes, families struggle to meet their utility cost responsibilities. The Weatherization program provides a more long term solution to help meet that need.
Each measure that is installed in a home must be certified as cost effective through the National Energy Audit Tool software that each certified evaluator must complete on each home. This means that the cost of the measure must not exceed the savings that the measure will provide the household over the lifetime of the measure.
Facts about Weatherization:
  • Weatherization saves $437 in heating and cooling costs year after year at current prices. Savings are higher still if lighting and appliances are upgraded.
  • Energy savings due to Weatherization average 35% of consumption for the typical low-income home.
  • For every $1 invested in the program, Weatherization returns $2.51 to the household and society (of that, $1.80 is returned in reduced energy bills and $0.71 is returned to ratepayers, households, and communities).
Weatherizing May Include: 
  • Insulation of ductwork attics, walls and floors
  • Weather stripping and caulking
  • Measures to improve efficiency of appliances including heating system
  • Air sealing to improve indoor air quality
  • Replace incandescent bulbs with CFLs
  • Installation of kitchen and bath vent fans, smoke alarms and CO detectors
Important Note:
Not all households that are income eligible for the program live in homes that are good candidates for the Weatherization program.  Trained evaluators will make that determination when the energy audit is scheduled.

How Do I Apply?
Applications are taken for Weatherization at the local community action agency office in each county. Interested applicants should contact their local office for application procedures. 
Weatherization Eligibility & Documentation Requirements
​All approved applications are placed on a waiting list and priority is placed on homes with senior citizens, families with disabilities, children under the age of 18, and households with high energy usage and energy burdens. The demand for Weatherization is great so it is not uncommon for applicants to be on the waiting list for several months.
Hate throwing your money away? Contact your local Tri-County CAA office today!
Henry County
Phone: (502) 845-7808
Oldham County
Phone: (502) 222-1349
Trimble County
Phone: (502) 255-7514

​Weatherization Fact Sheet pdf
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These programs are funded, in part, under a contract with KIPDA through the Department for Aging and Independent Living
with funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 
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TCCAA operates its programs and services without regard to race, color, and national origin in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  Any person who believes her or she has been aggrieved by any unlawful discriminatory practice under Title VI may file a complaint with TCCAA.  For more information on TCCAA's civil rights plan and the procedures to file a complaint, please contact the following:
Brenda Fox
TCCAA Executive Director
502/222-1349
bfox@tccaaky.org
Carolyn Smither
TCCAA Title VI Coordinator
502/222-1349
csmither@tccaaky.org
A complaint may also be filed directly with:
Federal Transit Administration, Office of Civil Rights
Attention: Title VI Program Coordinator
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