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Energy loan program could boost LI remodelers

A new state program includes loans of up

Photo credit: AP | A new state program includes loans of up to $13,000 for homeowners for energy-related improvements, including upgrading insulation, repairing and replacing heating or cooling systems and water heaters, and installing new windows and doors. (November 2009)

An element of the Green Jobs/Green New York Act that provides loans for energy-savings improvements to homes and small commercial buildings could pump money into Long Island's sluggish remodeling industry, experts said this week.

Signed into law on Oct. 13 by Gov. David A. Paterson, it includes a program for loans of up to $13,000 for homeowners and up to $26,000 for owners of commercial buildings...

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