The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Department of Economic Development, and USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service provided partial funding for this demonstration project. SWIne USA is an AgSTAR Charter Farm and received technical assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency AgSTAR program as in-kind support. Workshop leaders included Jeff Tiller and Mike Barcik, from Southface Energy Institute, and John Bower, of the Healthy House Institute. KDOE will host a series of nine one-day workshops covering the construction of high performance houses. The workshops, tentatively scheduled to begin in January or February, will be conducted by Southface Energy Institute.
Funding is available for public and private non-profit schools and hospitals.
The TA grants provide the institution with a comprehensive planning document that identifies operations and maintenance changes that have an immediate payback and determines energy conservation measures that have a longer payback. The KDOE has scheduled two public meetings in November to discuss ICP guidelines and the application process. School and hospital administrators, architects and professional engineers are encouraged to attend one of these two meetings. ICP grant money comes from the Kentucky Energy Assistance Fund. Both the residential and school programs are underway for their second year with a goal of 20 roofs.