The document summarizes the results of a participant meeting about a community energy reduction program involving 65 households from 3 towns. It notes that average energy usage decreased 13.5% from the previous year. It then provides examples of potential energy savings if 5,000 households made various changes, such as turning lights off one night a month or replacing bulbs with CFLs. The document encourages participants to discuss their experiences and announces an upcoming talk on national energy policy.

1. November 1, 2009
Participant Meeting

2. Crunch Status
• 65 Households
• Weston, Wellesley, Wayland all Represented
• 10 Teams
• September Data (n=17)
Sept ’08
min: 263
max: 3272
avg: 1,111
Sept ’09
min: 267
max: 2626
avg: 961
13.5% average kWh reduction

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4. Kill A Watt
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Inquire at front desk, Weston Public Library

5. If 5,000 Households...
• keep the lights off for one night a month, in a year we'll save $23,424
on our energy bills.
• turn off one 100-watt outdoor light bulb during the 8 hours they sleep
every night for a month, we'll save a collective $132,000 in electricity
costs.
• optimize their homes to let in daylight, we'll save a collective $990,000
on our annual energy bills.
• replace four traditional bulbs with CFLs, we'll eliminate the weight of
9,000 elephants in CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
• turn their holiday lights off one hour early each day during December,
we'll save enough power to watch Christmas Vacation on DVD nonstop
for 55 years.

6. If 5,000 Households...
• air-dry their dishes, in a year it'll have the same CO2-reducing effect as
planting 1,672 trees.
• dry their clothes on lines instead of in dryers, each year we'll save up
to a combined $675,000.
• air dry their laundry instead of using an electric clothes dryer for 1
month, we'll save enough electricity to light 10,000 homes for the same
period.
• switch to cold water (which is usually just as effective as hot) for
washing clothes, in a year it'll be as if we've planted 3,203 trees thanks
to averted CO2.
• turn down their (electric) water heaters by 20 degrees, we'll avert the
CO2 created by 150 Americans in a year.

7. If 5,000 Households...
• clean their refrigerator coils regularly, in a year we'll save a collective
$90,000.
• ditch their electric blankies, we'll avert the weight of almost 2,350 sumo
wrestlers in CO2.
• switch from electric drip coffee makers with warming plates to French
press/electric kettle combos, we'll save the power used by 105 houses in
a year.
• install solar panels to fulfill their home energy needs, we'll avert the CO2
pollution caused by 4,052,632 espresso machines in a year.
• choose high efficiency computers next time, over the computers’
lifetimes, we'll save enough energy to light a house for 20,000 years.

8. Interested in
the Bigger Picture?

9. National Energy & Climate Legislation
and
Carbon Emissions Treaty
Negotiations in Copenhagen
Jean Sideris, Union of Concerned Scientists
Tuesday, November 10, 7pm
Weston Public Library
Free and Open to the Public

10. Team Discussion Ideas
• What have you tried?
• What has been harder to do than
you expected?
• What has been easier to do than
you expected?