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Green Energy Financing Faces Federal Roadblock - SF Gate
An innovative financing scheme designed to help homeowners afford to make their homes greener and more energy efficient could be in trouble. [+] MORE
Smart Spending on Energy Efficiency is the Key to Creating Construction Jobs - Xconomy
As Congress weighs legislation to address persistent concerns about high unemployment, the construction sector in particular demands urgent attention. [+] MORE
Energy Efficiency: Made in the USA
Investing in a home-energy upgrade isn't just good for your wallet and kind to the environment, it also might put a neighbor back to work and ramp a nearby factory back into high gear.[+] MORE
With Science and Software, Energy Efficiency Audits Made Easier - Smart Planet
How do you distinguish your home efficiency services company? You develop software that helps make your more efficient at energy audits and home performance audits. Then you raise $8 million from the world's second largest home improvements retailer to help market and distribute the application nationwide. [+] MORE
Lowe’s Invests In Home-Energy Auditor Recurve - Forbes
Fans of energy efficiency, take note: big do-it-yourself is signing on. Home-performance company Recurve is announcing early Wednesday that it has received an investment from giant retailer Lowe's as part of an $8 million round of funding its Series B. [+] MORE
Recurve Raises $8 Million from Lowe’s, Others Big box retailers move in - Greentech Media
Home-energy remodeler/software developer Recurve said Wednesday that it had raised another $8 million. High on the list of investors is Lowe's Companies, the North Carolina-based home products chain with 1,700 stores in the United States and 14 million customers.[+] MORE
Lowe’s Nails Down Investment In Energy-Efficiency Start-Up - Wall Street Journal
Lowe's Cos.' (LOW) slogan about "building something together" normally refers to projects like kitchen floors and backyard decks, but now it can be applied to companies, following its participation in an $8 million financing round for home energy efficiency start-up Recurve Inc.[+] MORE
Lowe’s buys in to home efficiency retrofitter Recurve - C|NET
The home improvement giant on Wednesday said it has invested in San Francisco-based Recurve, which provides software and services for auditing and retrofitting homes to be more efficient. [+] MORE
Recurve raises $8M from Lowe’s, others - San Francisco Business Times
Recurve, the home energy efficiency contractor and software company, has raised $8 million in a series B round of financing that includes home improvement chain Lowe's Companies Inc. as a first-time investor.[+] MORE
Recurve locks in $8M to make your home energy tight - Venture Beat
Recurve, a startup that helps homeowners identify and execute tasks that can make their homes more energy-efficient and thereby slash their monthly electricity bills, has brought in $8 million in a second round of capital with about $4 million came from major hardware store chain Lowe's.[+] MORE
Recurve Raises $8 Million From Lowe’s, Others - TechPulse 360
If you need more proof that big-box home-improvement retailers are sold on the home-energy retrofit business, here it is. [+] MORE
Deadline Ahead for Energy Credit - Wall Street Journal
Homeowners have until the end of the year to make improvements that qualify for a federal energy-efficiency tax credit, including insulation upgrades and purchases of heating and air-conditioning equipment.
That isn't to say incentives for home energy efficiency will go away for good. There are efforts under way in Washington to extend the credit plus the HomeStar bill slowly working through Congress would provide similar and possibly bigger breaks.
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Recurve Raises $8M for Home Energy Audits - Earth2Tech
Recurve, the startup that has built a business off of auditing homes for energy efficiency, has raised $8 million.[+] MORE
Startups Help Homeowners Conserve - Sea Change Radio
A profile of three Bay Area companies trying to help people lower their electric bills. [+] MORE
Recurve’s Toolbox Helps a Struggling Industry - SF Business Times
Recurve is making homes more energy efficient and empowering an army of contractors to replicate its success. [+] MORE