Retrofit Quotes

Taking products designed for large companies and then retrofitting them to work for smaller businesses is a recipe for failure. It would be like a bus manufacturer changing the color of the bus from yellow to black, and then calling it a car. - Zach Nelson

Retrofits and clean fuels offer clear benefits for regional air quality and provide cleaner environments for children as they travel to and from school. The Adams County District 12 project would not have been as successful without Pauline's leadership and significant personal contribution to EPA's National Clean Diesel Campaign. - Carol Campbell

Now, when you go back and retrofit where you have an overhead and you have to go back and put it underground, it can typically cost even more than that. - Paul Davis

Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of the recovery. Because those green dollars are the hardest working dollars in the history of American politics. That same dollar that is being used to cut energy bills, is also cutting global warming gas emissions, is also cutting unemployment, is also cutting poverty, through retrofits it's also raising the value of homes, is also by cleaning the air, cutting asthma rates. - Van Jones

It's not wrong having it the old way. We can't and we aren't going to go out and retrofit everyone we have. We have to wait until there is a maintenance issue or upgrade. - Mark Teague

It costs too much to retrofit. It's better to build a new hospital with state-of-the-art equipment. - David Burns

I think $150 million is a lot of money. I'm concerned about a plan to demolish every single building that hasn't been built in the last 10 years. I would like to see if it wouldn't be less expensive to retrofit some buildings. Some schools have done that and provided a 21st century school. - Mark Tanner

Home Star is a common sense idea that would create jobs and provide a boost to local economies, while helping families afford their energy bills. By encouraging homeowners to invest in energy efficiency retrofits, Home Star would create 170,000 manufacturing and construction jobs that could not be outsourced to China. - Peter Welch

For an economic recovery program to be effective, it must not only create a short-term economic boost but also generate lasting value. Home Star would accomplish that by breaking down the key barrier between homeowners and money-saving retrofits: upfront costs. - Peter Welch