Transforming Communities: How Natural Gas Utilities Help Build Affordable & Sustainable Housing
With employees drawn from local communities and a mission to provide safe, affordable and reliable energy to customers, America’s natural gas utilities are cornerstones of their communities. AGA members spend $4.3 million every single day on programs to help their customers weatherize their homes or buy more efficient appliances. This investment in customers and communities makes a difference by helping lower their monthly energy bills. But what about the most vulnerable members of our communities?
AGA member companies like Atmos Energy are working with partner organizations like Habitat for Humanity to build safe and affordable homes for low-income families with their Zero Net Energy (ZNE) home program. Per Atmos, “A ZNE home is designed to produce as much energy as it consumes within a year, which results in net zero energy consumption. Our ZNE homes will include high efficiency natural gas heating, water heating, incorporating building envelope efficiency, and installing solar technology to make the home extremely efficient and environmentally responsible.”
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