What's New
The Groton Local Energy Seminar Series:
These seminars address residential energy efficiency topics.
The seminars are held on the second Wednesday of each month and are scheduled through April 2008 as follows:
- 09/12/07: Solar "Appliances": Solar Dehydrator and Solar Oven
- 10/10/07: Residential Insulation
- 11/14/07: Your Home's "Envelope": Air Infiltration and Sealing
- 12/12/07: Electrical Thieves - Phantom Loads,
- 01/09/08: Recovering Wasted Energy at Our Homes
- 02/13/08: Heating Our Homes in the Furture - How to Prepare NOW
- 03/12/08: Wood: Heating Our Homes in an Environmentally Responsible Way
- 04/09/08: Landscaping to Help Heat and Cool Our Homes
Location: The location of future seminars is still TBD. Please check back here a week or two before each seminar.
Contact: Jim Hubert, Groton Local's Green Building and Energy Action Committee Chairman, at 978-272-1022 or jehubert@charter.net
This education series is also being filmed for cable viewing and possibly for web access. More details to come. In the meantime, slides from past events are available here.
Other items:
- As a member of the Massachusetts climate Action Network (MCAN) Groton Local will be starting the Low Carbon Living (LoCaL) program soon. More details will appear shortly.
- We have added some materials that discuss the relationship of Climate Change and Peak Oil. Take a look.
Archive
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