Energy Conservation in Northwest Connecticut

Energy Conservation in Northwest CT

Energy Conservation is the first and best "renewable" energy! Experts, no matter their political or organizational affiliation, agree that the most cost efficient way to better manage energy resources is to eliminate waste in the production, transport and use of all forms of energy. Education, low energy design in new construction, and audits with retrofitting must be considered ahead of any alternative resource use simply because they usually pay for themselves faster (Think Globally).

Links:

Animation of changes in US energy use required to replace fossil fuels (http://www.eescilsm.org/energy/vert3.wmv). Narration Outline, 2009 US Energy Use Poster, Future Energy Use Poster (MS Publisher format)

NCD ConnVERT uses a variety of methods to help our towns reduce their energy demand.

We publicize the status of energy conservation efforts already underway in our towns based on surveys of town officials. (example).

We streamline sharing of successful practices between towns (example) .

We have links on our website to the best of many online guides for energy conservation (example), as well as links to professional energy audit sources in NW CT (example) .

We plan workshops and direct guidance to town governments to help them find and use technical assistance, available energy audits, equipment replacement financing.

We encouraging distributed power generation to ease the load on the power grid and to reduce transmission loss.

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Energy Conservation in Northwest CT