DOE funds Toledo project to expand clean energy industry

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded millions in funding in an effort to help residents weatherize their homes and increase energy efficiency.The DOE awarded more than $1.9 million to the Neighborhood Housing Services of Toledo to create the Toledo Healthy Homes Training Center. It’s a regional hub that would train Weatherization Assistance Program providers and contractors.It’s part of a larger effort to expand the clean energy industry in northern Ohio.“The specific innovation is the collocated areas of study concentrated in one facility: weatherization methodologies coupled with lead hazard mitigation, WAP and other healthy homes topics,” a summary from the DOE said of the initiative.The U.S. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, said the new funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program will help Americans keep money in their pockets and…

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