Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Welcome!

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! What will we be doing?

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Introductions

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! The Green Homes Challenge! Challenge 1: Be a Power Saver Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Helps residents reduce energy consumption and utility bills Challenge 3: Be a Renewable Star Renew Your Energy, Clear Our Air! Helps residents use renewable energy Framework: 3 Challenges; 3 Certifications Challenge 2: Be a Green Leader Green Your Lifestyle, Protect Our Resources! Helps residents adopt environmentally- friendly practices

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! CHALLENGE 1: Resources Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Free Power Saver Handbook Register today and take one home! Steps for certifying Catalog of Energy Saving Actions Green Ambassadors Your local point person, guide, and motivator! Earth Aid Track energy use and savings online Tips and energy saving actions Earn rewards for saving energy

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! CHALLENGE 1: Be a Power Saver Key Components Take the Challenge Pre-Survey Conduct Home Energy Audit Make Energy Saving Action Plan Implement energy saving project Sign up with Earth Aid Implement other energy saving actions from the Power Saver Handbook Catalog Earn 50 Green Points for Certification Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money!

What’s in it for You? Incentives First 50 Certified Households $50 Gift Reward Annual Drawings for all Certified Households Rewards from local business for saving energy – Earth AID Recognition Televised recognition with public officials Decals & yard signs Media & web profiles Our Goal: Engage 2000 households by 2014

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Becoming “Power-Aware”

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Becoming Power-Aware… 5000 watts 24 hrs/mo $10.80/mo; $130/yr 500 watts 120 hrs/mo $5.40/mo; $65/yr

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Becoming Power-Aware… 350 watts 120 hrs/mo $3.87/mo; $46/yr 90 watts 180 hrs/mo $1.46/mo; $17/yr

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Becoming Power-Aware… 80 watts 200 hrs/mo $1.44/mo; $17.28/yr 350 watts 720 hrs/mo (continuous) $22.68/mo; $272/yr

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Becoming Power-Aware… 12,000 watts 10 hrs/mo $10.80/mo; $130/yr 875 watts 10 hrs/mo $0.79/mo; $9.50/yr

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Does it work? One Example… Easy Stuff Next

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Does it work? One Example… Reduced energy use by 32% over 3 years Saved $1,422 over 3 years— more than cost of insulation project

Is this your Vision for the Future?

The Earth is Our Life Support System But we live our lives as if it weren’t We are very detached from the impacts of our energy consumption

So Your Home Matters! Buildings consume 41 % of US Energy

U.S. CITIZENS AS 5% OF THE PLANET’S POPULATION CONSUME 25% OF ITS RESOURCES Energy Wasted Residential Energy Use & Use Intensity Source: DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), ”Trend Data: Residential Buildings Sector,” updated 14 May 2008.Trend Data: Residential Buildings Sector AND WASTE UP TO 75% THROUGH INEFFICIENCY AND LACK OF AWARENESS.

Will The Power of Large Numbers Help Us Sink or Swim?

Small Actions, Multiplied by 110 Million Households, Make BIG Impacts! Increasing Populations Make Action All the More Urgent

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Just 1 Light Bulb If every one of 110 million American households screwed in one compact fluorescent bulb in the place of an ordinary 60-watt bulb Enough energy saved to power a city of 1.5 million people, or all the homes in DE & RI Equivalent to planting 2.7 billion new trees Equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads

With Properly Inflated Tires Save 4 million gallons of gas each day. (At ~$3/gal. that’s $11 M/day; $4.2 B/Yr!) Save hundreds of dollars each year on gas & extend the life of their tires by 25%. Breathe cleaner air Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge forever! Americans could…

Barriers Bingo! I ‘m just not handy. My spouse hates CFLs! Let the big corporations fix the problems they created! I’m too busy to make it a priority… Isn’t this our government’s job? It’s too expensive! The little bit I could do won’t make a difference… It’s not my problem!

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Time to Take Action on Energy!

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Next Steps!

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Countywide Roll-Out Powerware Parties Fun interactive gatherings of that help households Become more “power-aware” Take first energy-saving steps Hosted by individuals in affiliated communities Businesses & Government Faith Communities Neighborhoods Led by OES representatives Incentive for Hosts Free Watt Watchers Comprehensive Audit $140 value

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Countywide Roll-Out Incentives Free Watt Watchers Comprehensive Audit $140 value $500 mini grants for project implementation Green Ambassadors Volunteer Leaders in Affiliated Groups Promote the GHC Disseminate Resources Host Powerware Parties Organize workshops or events Flexible role

Save Our Energy, Bank Your Money! Inspiration! Dreaming in Green Plant for the Planet Kids vs Global Warming

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