1. Miami County FREE ENERGY
Leib Lurie Jake Schlacter

2. Why are we here? To create a program that will use stimulus $$ to…
Create 500 jobs in Miami County
Cut Energy Bill for residents
Help keep more people in their homes
Reduce Carbon Emissions
HOW?
By Weatherizing 100 homes per week, 50,000 over five years
Then:
Pay back government stimulus money- a hand up, not a hand out.

3. For Workers in Miami County
Create good jobs weatherizing homes
Create more jobs when we source material for weatherizing homes
Create more jobs with multiplier effect
Each job created, generates 2-4 more jobs from the money spent by the first employee!
Create even more jobs by keeping fossil fuel savings here at home

4. For Homeowners and Tenants
Weatherizing Cuts your energy bill
Weatherizing Reduces your monthly housing costs
Weatherizing Puts $25 more in your pocket every month
Weatherizing Eliminates your Up-Front Expenses
Solves the renter / landlord divide by letting the renter pay for weatherization from their savings.

5. How We Hope to Do This Start a Public/Private Partnership
Build Infrastructure, people, systems, and processes to do high volume, low cost weatherization program
Build momentum with you here tonight

6. For Each Home Audit homes Weatherize! Payback
Check energy usage and weatherization in place
Determine best ways to cut energy costs
Start with low cost, high payback items, then ‘move up’
$ = Caulk, weather stripping, clock thermostat
$$ = attic, crawl space insulation
$$$= wall insulation, appliance changes
Weatherize!
Do the work fast! – with efficient teams
Payback
Set monthly payback for ½ of monthly savings
We hope to get payback on utility bill for simplicity
Payback weatherization in months

7. FROM RESIDENT’S VIEW… Monthly IMMEDIATE energy savings $50.00
We weatherize to get IMMEDIATE savings in first month, and every month
$500 in weatherization work,
Paid at $25.00 per month…
Will – for most homes- save $50 per month
Monthly IMMEDIATE energy savings
$50.00
Monthly weatherization costs
$25.00
Monthly NET savings
ANNUAL SAVINGS
$300.00

8. TYPICAL TROY HOME…

9. Troy Home Summary

10. Green is a plus… Energy Savings cuts CO2
$300 in energy savings = 10 TONS of CO2 per year
10 Tons of CO2 = 1 SUV off the road
10 Tons of CO2 = 4 mature Maple trees

11. Jobs Created from weather work
Value of work done - per home $300.00
Jobs would pay average $15.00 per hour
And we would use 20 hours per home
For a total of 2,000 job hours per week
To create 50 Full Time Jobs

12. MORE Jobs Created from purchasing weatherization material
Material value per home $200.00
Materials purchased per month $80,000.00
Percentage of materials=local labor %
Local Labor value / month $16,000.00
Jobs created from material purchases 6.7

13. Total JOBS CREATED FROM EFFICIENCY WORK
Construction Jobs Created
Material Jobs Created
Job Multiplier (each job pays for others) 2.5
TOTAL JOBS CREATED with Multiplier 125
Value added to Miami County/year from weatherization work…
$3,900, CASH INTO COUNTY from Jobs Created as we do the work

14. PLUS… Value of ENERGY CASH
Energy Savings available to spend -1st year
$1,560,000.00
That cash, spent in County = even more jobs 52
And THOSE Jobs have a multiplier too, of at least:
2.0
Adding THE VALUE of THESE jobs -1st Year
104
Year 2
208
Year 3
312
Year 4 - we double to 200 homes/year
520
Year 5
728
PLUS Construction jobs=
125
GRAND TOTAL 5 Year JOBS ADDED IN COUNTY
853

15. Weatherization - BOTTOM LINE
EVERY Resident can save TWICE what weatherization costs each and every month
Use Stimulus to put $16 million per year into County economy & pay back every penny
Create 150 jobs from weatherization immediately
Create 500 jobs from energy savings
Reduce carbon output equivalent to 50,000 SUV’s
Other ideas and benefits?

16. Next Steps Break up into groups and let’s brainstorm!
For this part… use easel pads…
What would “A GREAT Program” Look like?
What challenges are in the way?
Then we’ll share all ideas
Then we’ll draw for 5 FREE weatherization's!
Ideas? Thoughts? Volunteers?
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