The document provides information on simple and inexpensive ways for homeowners to save energy and money through the Clean Energy Advocate program. It discusses free solutions like setting thermostats properly and using a clothesline. Inexpensive options include weatherstripping, lighting upgrades, and pipe insulation. Moderate investments include appliances upgrades eligible for rebates. Larger projects like air sealing and insulation provide energy savings but require more costs. The overall document encourages homeowners to take advantage of both free solutions and rebate programs to improve home energy efficiency.
This document provides an overview of the ZED Woods apartment complex, highlighting its green and sustainable features. It is India's first Platinum-rated residential building under the Indian green Business Council rating system. Some key points:
1) ZED Woods has expansive landscaped areas that provide fresh air and privacy while reducing heat. It is one of the highest rated green buildings in the world.
2) The development utilizes sustainable materials and technologies to minimize energy and water usage and rely less on municipal infrastructure.
3) Residents benefit from many amenities while living in an environmentally-friendly community that supports health, comfort and green living.
This document provides 30 tips for living more sustainably and reducing one's carbon footprint. Some key tips include resolving to lower your carbon footprint for the new year, recycling materials like newsprint and aluminum cans, switching to energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs, running ceiling fans clockwise in the winter to push warm air up, insulating your water heater, taking shorter showers, washing full loads of laundry, and enabling energy saving settings on electronics. Following these types of tips can help significantly reduce energy and water usage.
NZEH stands for Net Zero Energy Home. The key requirements for a NZEH are to reduce energy needs for heating and cooling through efficiency measures, generate on-site renewable energy, and balance energy imported from and exported to the grid over the course of a year so the home has a net zero energy bill. Building an effective building envelope through air sealing, insulation, and reducing thermal bridging is crucial. On-site renewable energy sources like solar PV, solar thermal, or biomass can meet the home's energy needs.
This document provides information on responsible wood burning. It defines responsible wood burning as minimizing smoke emissions by using seasoned firewood and low-emission hearth products. Older wood stoves and fireplaces can emit significantly more smoke than necessary. However, newer hearth products certified by the EPA can reduce smoke emissions by over 85% compared to older models. The hearth industry encourages using certified products and practicing habits like building small fires to protect air quality while allowing people to enjoy wood fires.
These pages offer you a tour of what these homes offer—in terms of handpicked construction material, what it means to you as a long‐term resident, and in looks and aesthetic appeal.
The document discusses various ways to conserve energy and save money when using computers and appliances at home. It provides tips on setting power management settings on computers to reduce electricity usage and lower bills. Replacing older toilets and appliances with more efficient models that use less water can significantly reduce water consumption and utility costs over time. Making small adjustments to habits and devices can meaningfully decrease household energy and water usage.
This document provides home energy efficiency tips in several areas. It recommends switching to LED light bulbs, which use 80% less energy and last 50,000 hours compared to just 1,200 hours for regular bulbs. It also suggests keeping water heaters between 110-135 degrees, using appliances like washing machines and dryers efficiently when full, and unplugging idle electronics to save energy. Overall the tips promote small changes that collectively can significantly reduce energy usage and lower utility bills while benefiting the environment.
Heating and cooling account for over half of energy usage in homes and about a third in offices. Investing in a programmable thermostat and properly maintaining heating and cooling systems can improve efficiency. Additional tips include using appliances efficiently, insulating homes and water heaters, fixing leaks, shorter showers, and water-wise landscaping and car washing. Regular vehicle and gas appliance maintenance along with proper tire inflation enhances fuel savings.
This document provides an overview of the ZED Woods apartment complex, highlighting its green and sustainable features. It is India's first Platinum-rated residential building under the Indian green Business Council rating system. Some key points:
1) ZED Woods has expansive landscaped areas that provide fresh air and privacy while reducing heat. It is one of the highest rated green buildings in the world.
2) The development utilizes sustainable materials and technologies to minimize energy and water usage and rely less on municipal infrastructure.
3) Residents benefit from many amenities while living in an environmentally-friendly community that supports health, comfort and green living.
This document provides 30 tips for living more sustainably and reducing one's carbon footprint. Some key tips include resolving to lower your carbon footprint for the new year, recycling materials like newsprint and aluminum cans, switching to energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs, running ceiling fans clockwise in the winter to push warm air up, insulating your water heater, taking shorter showers, washing full loads of laundry, and enabling energy saving settings on electronics. Following these types of tips can help significantly reduce energy and water usage.
NZEH stands for Net Zero Energy Home. The key requirements for a NZEH are to reduce energy needs for heating and cooling through efficiency measures, generate on-site renewable energy, and balance energy imported from and exported to the grid over the course of a year so the home has a net zero energy bill. Building an effective building envelope through air sealing, insulation, and reducing thermal bridging is crucial. On-site renewable energy sources like solar PV, solar thermal, or biomass can meet the home's energy needs.
This document provides information on responsible wood burning. It defines responsible wood burning as minimizing smoke emissions by using seasoned firewood and low-emission hearth products. Older wood stoves and fireplaces can emit significantly more smoke than necessary. However, newer hearth products certified by the EPA can reduce smoke emissions by over 85% compared to older models. The hearth industry encourages using certified products and practicing habits like building small fires to protect air quality while allowing people to enjoy wood fires.
These pages offer you a tour of what these homes offer—in terms of handpicked construction material, what it means to you as a long‐term resident, and in looks and aesthetic appeal.
The document discusses various ways to conserve energy and save money when using computers and appliances at home. It provides tips on setting power management settings on computers to reduce electricity usage and lower bills. Replacing older toilets and appliances with more efficient models that use less water can significantly reduce water consumption and utility costs over time. Making small adjustments to habits and devices can meaningfully decrease household energy and water usage.
This document provides home energy efficiency tips in several areas. It recommends switching to LED light bulbs, which use 80% less energy and last 50,000 hours compared to just 1,200 hours for regular bulbs. It also suggests keeping water heaters between 110-135 degrees, using appliances like washing machines and dryers efficiently when full, and unplugging idle electronics to save energy. Overall the tips promote small changes that collectively can significantly reduce energy usage and lower utility bills while benefiting the environment.
Heating and cooling account for over half of energy usage in homes and about a third in offices. Investing in a programmable thermostat and properly maintaining heating and cooling systems can improve efficiency. Additional tips include using appliances efficiently, insulating homes and water heaters, fixing leaks, shorter showers, and water-wise landscaping and car washing. Regular vehicle and gas appliance maintenance along with proper tire inflation enhances fuel savings.
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This document provides a three-step approach to making a home more energy efficient and environmentally friendly through changing habits, improving the home, and incorporating renewable energy sources. Step one involves establishing energy-saving habits like using cold water for laundry and unplugging unused appliances. Step two recommends home upgrades such as installing insulation, weatherstripping, and energy efficient appliances. Step three suggests generating energy on-site through solar water heating and solar electricity systems. The overall goals are to reduce energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Energy efficiency and renewable energy gabriel rileyMaria Donohue
Here are responses to the questions about hydroelectric power:
a) The series of energy transformations in a hydroelectric plant are:
1) Potential energy of water stored behind the dam is converted to kinetic energy as water flows through pipes/turbines.
2) The kinetic energy of flowing water is used to spin turbines.
3) The spinning turbines are connected to generators which convert the kinetic energy of the spinning turbines into electrical energy.
b) Once a hydroelectric dam is constructed, the source of fuel (falling water) is replenished by nature through the water cycle. As long as rainfall continues to fill reservoirs, the dams can generate electricity without incurring significant ongoing fuel costs.
c) One species
Here are 10 great energy saving tips for your home that can help you and the planet!
Visit out blog:
www.glocalresidentialblog.wordpress.com
Visit our website:
www.glocal-residential.co.uk
Here are our 10 great tips to help you save energy and at the same time you will be saving money!
Don't forget to check out our other great blogs:
glocalresidentialblog.wordpress.com
and, follow us on Social Media!
Facebook + Twitter: @GlocalR
This document provides tips for reducing one's environmental impact and carbon footprint through smarter travel, eating, water and energy use, recycling, and home improvements. Key recommendations include driving less and using more efficient vehicles, eating less meat, using energy efficient light bulbs, washing clothes less frequently, reusing and recycling, turning down the thermostat, and unplugging electronics when not in use. Adopting these behaviors can collectively save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and hundreds of dollars per year.
This document discusses sustainable building practices for LEED certification. It covers several main categories: site selection and planning, sustainable architecture and design, water conservation, energy efficiency, building materials, and indoor environmental quality. Specific topics covered include advantages of building orientation, daylighting, water efficiency through harvesting and recycling, energy efficient lighting and HVAC systems, and impacts of volatile organic compounds and fats/oils/grease on drainage systems.
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Turn off lights and electronics when not in use using power strips. Properly maintain and insulate home heating/cooling systems, and turn them off or down when unoccupied. Do full loads of cold-water laundry, clean dryer lint, and air dry when possible. Carpool, use public transit, and take direct flights when possible. Reduce junk mail, only boil needed water, purchase energy efficient appliances, and plant trees to reduce carbon footprint.
PowerPoint Presentation on how to save energy made by Diana Mujoiu, student in 7th grade from Magura School for the multilateral Comenius project "Mission into the Future - A Quest for Sustainability" (2012 - 2014)
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The document provides tips for reducing energy usage and slowing global warming through individual actions like using energy efficient appliances and light bulbs, lowering thermostats, taking shorter showers, hanging laundry, and driving less. Compact fluorescent light bulbs and LED bulbs use less energy than incandescent bulbs. Proper disposal of CFL bulbs is also discussed.
Sioux Corporation designs and manufactures industrial cleaning equipment for heavy industries. It was founded in 1939 and specializes in application-specific equipment for mining, oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, and other industries. Sioux offers a range of pressure washers, steam cleaners, combination units, water heaters, chillers, and custom equipment that are designed to be rugged and reliable for industrial applications.
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The document discusses various strategies for improving energy and water conservation in homes. It begins by outlining objectives like reducing consumption of energy and water, improving the building envelope through insulation and air sealing, and discussing economics of various upgrades. It then provides many specific strategies categorized as low-hanging fruit or easy changes, more involved but higher return upgrades, and practices relating to HVAC, lighting, appliances, water conservation, and the building envelope. The strategies range from behavioral changes to equipment upgrades and retrofits.
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My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Tips and actions that you can take to save precious dollars on your electricity bills. Presented by the Melton Sustainable Living Group Inc, Melton West, Australia
Ifma Facility Fusion 2011 Everything You Wanted To Know About Foodservice I...Michael_Rice
The document provides information about different types of ice used in food service. It discusses cube ice, extruded or nugget ice, and flake ice. It then covers considerations for ice machines such as production capacity, type of condensing (air cooled vs. water cooled), efficiency regarding energy and water usage, sanitation, and space utilization. The document notes that extruded ice machines are more efficient due to being continuous operating versus batch machines, and they use less water. Sanitation of ice is also highlighted as important to prevent illness.
This document provides a three-step approach to making a home more energy efficient and environmentally friendly through changing habits, improving the home, and incorporating renewable energy sources. Step one involves establishing energy-saving habits like using cold water for laundry and unplugging unused appliances. Step two recommends home upgrades such as installing insulation, weatherstripping, and energy efficient appliances. Step three suggests generating energy on-site through solar water heating and solar electricity systems. The overall goals are to reduce energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.
This document summarizes a solar water heater called EcoSi Energy. It works by using glass tubes and the sun's energy to heat water without using electricity. The heated water rises to the main water tank and stays hot for 2 days, providing hot water even on cloudy days. It is more efficient than other heaters, saving space, preventing scaling, and being cheaper over time. Installation requires a south facing roof area for 20 years. Contact information is provided to learn more about costs, which are reduced by available government subsidies.
Jerry Loch: Save Money, Save Energy: It's Ten A.M. -- Do You Know What Your W...Ann Heidenreich
Jerry Loch of Cornell Cooperative Extension led a workshop on saving energy and money at home. The workshop aimed to identify households' biggest energy uses, discuss actions to reduce energy and costs, and dispel myths. Heating a home is typically the highest energy cost, with space heating, insulation, and air leakage as key areas to target. Recommendations included setting back thermostats, installing programmable thermostats, checking insulation, sealing air leaks, installing efficient appliances and lighting, and taking other low-cost actions to conserve energy. Attendees were encouraged to choose 3-5 actions to implement for lower utility bills.
Energy efficiency and renewable energy gabriel rileyMaria Donohue
Here are responses to the questions about hydroelectric power:
a) The series of energy transformations in a hydroelectric plant are:
1) Potential energy of water stored behind the dam is converted to kinetic energy as water flows through pipes/turbines.
2) The kinetic energy of flowing water is used to spin turbines.
3) The spinning turbines are connected to generators which convert the kinetic energy of the spinning turbines into electrical energy.
b) Once a hydroelectric dam is constructed, the source of fuel (falling water) is replenished by nature through the water cycle. As long as rainfall continues to fill reservoirs, the dams can generate electricity without incurring significant ongoing fuel costs.
c) One species
Here are 10 great energy saving tips for your home that can help you and the planet!
Visit out blog:
www.glocalresidentialblog.wordpress.com
Visit our website:
www.glocal-residential.co.uk
Here are our 10 great tips to help you save energy and at the same time you will be saving money!
Don't forget to check out our other great blogs:
glocalresidentialblog.wordpress.com
and, follow us on Social Media!
Facebook + Twitter: @GlocalR
This document provides tips for reducing one's environmental impact and carbon footprint through smarter travel, eating, water and energy use, recycling, and home improvements. Key recommendations include driving less and using more efficient vehicles, eating less meat, using energy efficient light bulbs, washing clothes less frequently, reusing and recycling, turning down the thermostat, and unplugging electronics when not in use. Adopting these behaviors can collectively save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and hundreds of dollars per year.
This document discusses sustainable building practices for LEED certification. It covers several main categories: site selection and planning, sustainable architecture and design, water conservation, energy efficiency, building materials, and indoor environmental quality. Specific topics covered include advantages of building orientation, daylighting, water efficiency through harvesting and recycling, energy efficient lighting and HVAC systems, and impacts of volatile organic compounds and fats/oils/grease on drainage systems.
Technology at work in your facility boilers:chillersTNenergy
This document discusses high performance building systems from Trane, including dedicated heat recovery chillers and ice storage. It provides an overview of Russ Phillips from Trane and his background. Specific systems are then described, including how dedicated heat recovery chillers can provide both cooling and heating from a single system with paybacks of 1-4 years. Ice storage systems are also discussed, explaining how they allow chillers to operate at optimal efficiency by shifting up to 40% of cooling loads and providing demand charge savings of around $14,000 per year.
Turn off lights and electronics when not in use using power strips. Properly maintain and insulate home heating/cooling systems, and turn them off or down when unoccupied. Do full loads of cold-water laundry, clean dryer lint, and air dry when possible. Carpool, use public transit, and take direct flights when possible. Reduce junk mail, only boil needed water, purchase energy efficient appliances, and plant trees to reduce carbon footprint.
PowerPoint Presentation on how to save energy made by Diana Mujoiu, student in 7th grade from Magura School for the multilateral Comenius project "Mission into the Future - A Quest for Sustainability" (2012 - 2014)
This document discusses improving lighting efficiency in poultry houses. It notes that utility rates are rising, incandescent bulbs are being phased out, and LED lighting provides significant energy savings and payback. Replacing incandescent lighting with LEDs can reduce annual energy costs by thousands of dollars while providing a payback period of just over two years. Proper installation, maintenance, and calibration of new LED lighting is important for maximizing energy savings and bulb lifespan.
The document provides tips for reducing energy usage and slowing global warming through individual actions like using energy efficient appliances and light bulbs, lowering thermostats, taking shorter showers, hanging laundry, and driving less. Compact fluorescent light bulbs and LED bulbs use less energy than incandescent bulbs. Proper disposal of CFL bulbs is also discussed.
Sioux Corporation designs and manufactures industrial cleaning equipment for heavy industries. It was founded in 1939 and specializes in application-specific equipment for mining, oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, and other industries. Sioux offers a range of pressure washers, steam cleaners, combination units, water heaters, chillers, and custom equipment that are designed to be rugged and reliable for industrial applications.
Every year 14th December is celebrated all over India as Energy Conservation Day. This presentation was made on 14th Dec 2014 at Gujarat State Center of The Institution of Engineers (India) to spread awareness about conservation of energy.
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1. Simple, Easy Ways to Save
Energy and Money
Clean Energy Advocate
www.srcity.org/CEA
2. Outline
• What is the CEA program? • Moderate:
• Free: • Refrigerator
• Freezer
• Clothes Dryer
• Dishwasher
• Hot Water Heater
• Clothes Washer
• Standby Power
• Moisture barrier
• Water Efficiency
• Pool/Hot tub
• Inexpensive:
• Weather stripping
• An investment:
• Air sealing
• Lighting
• Duct sealing
• Air Filters
• Insulation
• Hot Water Pipe Insulation
• Programmable Thermostat • How do you pay for
this?
3. Clean Energy Advocate
• The CEA program is grant funded through the
Department of Energy grant.
• We are an independent, unbiased advocate
available to assist homeowners in navigating
the renewable energy, energy efficiency, and
water efficiency upgrade process.
4. Goals of the Clean Energy Advocate
1. Provide education to the public to improve
energy use by changing behavior
2. Increase solar PV and solar thermal in
Sonoma County
3. Improve the experience of installing solar
4. Increase employment
5. Reduce greenhouse gases
6. Behavior change- Clothes dryer
• Use a drying rack instead
Average
Cost
$450+
• Use auto dry setting instead of
timer
• Clean lint filter, vent, hose and
outside vent:
Cleaning the filter after every
load will improve air circulation
and increase the efficiency of the
dryer.
7. Behavior change- Hot Water Heater
Cheap: Free:
• Insulation: • Set the thermostat to
If the tank is warm to 120° (or A) if there is no
the touch it needs dishwasher
more insulation
• Use an insulation blanket
if the heater is old or
warm ($20+)
Rebate up to $50 from PG&E
and tax credit for $300
Average Cost: gas or electric: $300+. Varies per fuel type.
8. Behavior change- Standby Power
What to look for: • Standby power is when
• Plugged in appliances an appliance uses
power 24 hours a day
even when it is turned
off
• Unplug appliances
• Use a power strip to
turn the appliance off at
the strip
9. Water Use Efficiency
• Free water and energy audit:
• Indoor and outdoor
• Look for water leaks
• Free showerheads, aerators, hose nozzles
• Attend water wise gardening workshops, and
graywater workshops
City of Santa Rosa
707-543-3985
www.srcity.org/WUE
11. Weather stripping
Unimportant: Important:
• Type of windows, double • Look for leaks around
or single paned (payback the windows and doors
of ~10 years)
• Weather stripping is DIY,
and inexpensive
• Storm window can be
built
Average Cost for windows
$600+, Tax credit up to
$200
12. Lighting
What to look for: **Better to replace standard bulbs right
away with CFL’s or LED’s than wait for the
• Standard vs. CFL’s and LED’s
standard bulbs to burn out.
LED’s
• Lasts 35 to 50 times
CFL’s longer than a
• Last 10 times longer standard bulb
• Produces less heat • Durable: not made
that standard bulbs out of glass
• Disposal concerns • Turns on
immediately
$1.00+ $10+
13. Air Filters
• A dirty air filter makes • Solution:
the whole heating and • Replace or vacuum filters
every 3 months
cooling system work
harder.
Average Cost
$13+
14. Hot Water Pipe Insulation
Insulating hot water pipes can raise the water
temperature 2°- 4° F hotter than uninsulated pipes can
deliver, allowing for lower water temperature setting.
Also means you don’t have to
wait for the water to warm up
as long at the faucet.
Average $0.97 per 6ft
15. Programmable thermostat
Setting Temp (hot) Temp (cool)
Home 70° F or less 78° or greater
Not home (work) Minus 8° F Plus 8° F
Sleep Minus 8° F or off Plus 4° F or off
Get one ($40+) and set it.
17. Refrigerator
What to look for:
• Age: older than 1980, replace
and save $100/year
• Energy Star label
When replacing a fridge:
• Skip the automatic ice maker
and through the door ice
maker Free- Clean your
fridge coils which
Average Cost: $700, Recycling
can improve your
through PG&E $35
efficiency by up to
Free- Unplug your extra fridge 30%!
unless it’s full and used often.
18. Freezer
What to look for: Things to remember:
• Age: 1980, replace it • Get top mounted freezer
and save $70/year not side by side.
• Energy Star label • A manual defrost uses 50%
less energy than auto-
defrost, ONLY if it is
defrosted on a regular
basis.
• Stand alone freezer: chest
freezer is more efficient
Recycling than an upright freezer
$35 • The larger the freezer, the
greater the consumption.
19. Dishwasher
What to look for: Save energy and water
• Age: 1994+, replace it • Dishwasher built before
and save $40/year 1994 uses 10 gpc more
• Energy Star label than Energy Star labeled
model.
• Behavior change: Choose a
wash cycle according to
how dirty the dishes are.
• Choose the right size-
compact or standard.
Average Cost: $300, rebate
through PG&E up to $50
20. Clothes Washer
What to look for:
• Energy Star label Behavior change:
• High spin speed • Wash with cold water
option: reduces the • 90% of energy used in
amount of moisture washers goes to
in your clothes, heating the water.
decreasing drying
time
• Efficiency: front
loading, or efficient Average Cost: $500+,
top loading.
rebates through local gov.
and PG&E
21. Moisture barrier
• Why this is important:
• Moisture control (Mold, mildew, rot)
• Comfort (i.e getting ride of cold floors)
Add plastic
sheeting to control
moisture from
coming through ground.
22. Pool or Hot tub
• Pool efficiency:
• Pool covers save about 50% of heating
costs per year.
• Get a clear pool cover.
• The smaller the pump, the more energy
efficient.
• Turn the pool temperature off when not
using the pool for several days.
• It’s better to run the pump for longer
periods of time at a slower speed than a
Swimming pools can account for faster speed for a shorter amount of
up to 20% of the energy a time.
residence consumes.
Rebate up to $100 for variable
Get a variable speed pool pump. speed pool pump through PG&E
24. Air Sealing
• Seal cracks, and air leaks with caulking, and other methods
• Also includes weather
stripping, sealing leaks around
pipes, vents, fans, outlets etc
Energy Star estimates
that a homeowner can save
20% on heating and cooling
costs by air sealing.
Usually one of the most cost effective measures (in concert with insulation) for a home.
25. Insulation
• What to look for • R value- An insulation’s
• Depth of insulation: resistance to heat flow.
should be about 12 to 15 The higher the R-value,
inches deep, or check if the greater the
floor joists are exposed
insulation effectiveness.
• R-value: The
recommended
insulation level for SR
attics is R-38
Rebate up to $500 through PG&E,
tax credit up to $500
26. Duct Sealing
• Duct sealing: • Symptoms of needing
• Seal with metal foil tape ducts sealed:
or mastic- NOT duct tape • Too cold in a room
• Make sure connections • Dirt insulation around
at vents and registers ducts
are well-sealed where • Finding kinked flexible
the joints meet. ducts in the system
• Difficulty heating or cool
rooms and keeping them
at a steady temperature
Rebate up to $200 through PG&E
27. Energy Analysis
• A whole home “physical”
• 4-5 hours: testing building envelope,
insulation, windows, house leakage
Home energy analysis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YolBP0-
vkBU&feature=relmfu
28. How to pay?
SCEIP (Sonoma County Energy Independence Program)
www. sonomacountyenergy.org
• Up to 100% rebate on home energy analysis.
• Property lien for energy efficiency measures. 7% interest.
Energy Upgrade CA
www.energyupgradesonoma.org
• Up to $6,000 for energy efficiency measures.
PG&E
www.pge.com/rebates
• Single measure rebates vary on measure.
• Financial assistance (CARE, FERA, Medical Baseline, Energy Savings
Assistance Program).