- The latest in NPR’s Climate Connections series looks at perhaps our most controversial climate problem—large, energy-hog suburban homes in cities like Atlanta where families like Michelle Carvalho's drive two cars everywhere. Does this type of media coverage raise awareness or just lead to more head-in-sand behavior about what’s a reasonable size home and commute?
- While Geography of Nowhere author James Howard Kunstler's usual hot rants about unsustainable suburban lifestyles takes a backseat in his column in the latest, local design-themed Metropolis centers on what localism means in our age of oil depletion. Not just driving will be affected. “We’ll be forced to make very different arrangements for virtually everything that constitutes everyday life in our society,” he writes. “Everything we do from now on will have to be finer in scale, quality, and character. We’ll have to grow food differently (than oil-reliant agribusiness), at a smaller scale, closer to home.”
- In Cambridge, Mass. a new effort is helping residents tighten up the energy efficiency of their homes and business with the goal of reducing the city’s carbon footprint by 10 percent in just five years. "NOW on PBS" reports on Cambridge Energy Alliance which provides energy audits and then comes up with a plan for each resident or business to reduce their energy use. The Alliance helps people find low interest loans to pay for the upfront costs of green retrofits. They expect to get 50% of people in the community to join in. GCBL reader David Slawson writes: “Could this serve as a model for us here in Northeast Ohio?”
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Home energy audit resources
Marc Lefkowitz Says:Hi Pat,
I emailed your question to Jim LaRue (who says 'hi') and he replies:
You can get a list of certified HERS (Home Energy Rating System) raters who do energy audits from the Office of Energy Efficiency for the Ohio Department of Development. Contact Tim Lenehan at that office or check their website. (614) 466-8434. Erika Weliczko of RePOWER Solutions is such an auditor who lives near Shaker Square. Have gotten good reports on her audits. You can reach her at: (216) 402-4458.
A friend also recommends Mark Canella of Home Energy Consultants, a local firm.
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