Susan Davis: “San Diegans may have ``America's Finest Weather,'' but when we do use our heating and cooling systems we want to ensure…”

“San Diegans may have ``America's Finest Weather,'' but when we do use our heating and cooling systems we want to ensure they provide the best cost-benefit for our pocketbooks and our planet. In fact, one of our major hotels in the Gaslamp District is currently competing against 13 other businesses across our country to see which can retrofit and reduce energy use the most, as part of the EPA's Energy Star National Building Competition. So I'm pleased that the Home Star Energy Retrofit legislation before us will let the homeowners in my district follow that example. This is the kind of nuts and bolts legislation we need--it saves homeowners money, puts Americans back to work, and cuts energy consumption--by retrofitting the nuts and bolts of our appliances and our homes. In fact, we've been calling this retrofitting, but ``future-fitting'' is a more appropriate name. We are investing in the future of our country's economy by creating jobs and helping the future of our environment by lowering energy consumption. This bipartisan legislation makes sense and shows what we can do when we reach across the aisle and work together to create jobs and protect our environment.”