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Frigid weather vs. high gas prices. How do you balance the two when it comes to warming up your car? How long do I need to let my car warm up on frigid mornings before I start driving? And is it eco-friendly to let it idle and stay warm while I’m parked . . . → Read More: To idle or not to idle Greenovations, a Portsmouth business that calls itself the “Seacoast’s first ‘green’ building supply store,” is offering some free informational sessions on green building strategies. “Green Build Portsmouth” will be held at the Portsmouth Public Library. It is an educational series on green building design, methods, approaches and benefits. There are three sessions for this . . . → Read More: Green building informational presentations The Seacoast Energy Initiative (SEI) is a newly formed association of towns and non- profit agencies assembled to implement a program of energy conservation and efficiency in a six town region of southern Maine (including the towns of Kittery, Eliot, South Berwick, York, Ogunquit and North Berwick). The group has received a $500,000 grant . . . → Read More: Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund and Coordinator RFP Victoria Simon, a member of the York Energy Efficiency Committee, wrote the following article for the Dec. 17-30, 2010, issue of the York Independent. Find it at http://www.yorkindependent.net/ Plastic pollution realities According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually.(Estimated cost to retailers is $4 billion).Plastic is . . . → Read More: Plastic Pollution Peak oil is sometimes defined as the point at which the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production begins to decline. Some experts believe that global peak oil will be reached by 2020; others insist that peak oil has already happened. Peak oil was reached for U.S. . . . → Read More: The real meaning of peak oil Here is a potential energy saver for the town. City of Concord Installs Anti-Idling Equipment on Light Duty Vehicles and Police Cruiser The City of Concord will install vehicle idle reduction equipment on eight of its vehicles at the end of December, thanks to grant funding from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) . . . → Read More: Concord Installs Anti-Idling Equipment on Municipal Vehicles Do you know anyone who might be interested in this training? The five-day course will be run the week of Jan. 3 and again the week of Feb. 28, 2011 at York County Community College. See the course schedule. . . . → Read More: Weatherization technician training at YCCC Greetings Everyone! We have a great meeting planned for this Tuesday. We’ll be in the downstairs meeting room at 7pm. On the agenda: 1. Stephen Kosacz will give us the latest on the KEYS area weatherization grant. 2. Jeff Beaudoin from the Town of York Energy Steering Committee will talk about the permit . . . → Read More: December Meeting! Just a reminder that if you are a Facebook user, please consider following our York Goes Green Facebook page by clicking on the “Like” button at http://www.facebook.com/YorkGoesGreen. There you’ll find brief but more frequent postings of news about energy efficiency strategies and information about living a greener life. Also, if you run across any . . . → Read More: York Goes Green Facebook page  |
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