E-=20
E-Newsletter from Clean Energy=20
Durham
2008
Neighbors Donna Levy and Jeanette =
Brossart,=20
anticipating a good time competing with the PowerCost=20
Monitor.
=
Neighbors=20
in Cleveland-Holloway learn how to save energy by =
putting=20
insulation around hot water pipes. =
Competition on=20
Electricity Use Reduction in Spring=20
Valley
Levy has competed in many running races over the =
years, and=20
now she has put her competitive experience to use in a =
new=20
way: organizing a competition in her Spring =
Valley=20
neighborhood to reduce use of electricity. Donna =
is the=20
leader of her neighborhood energy committee, and she =
has=20
enlisted six households, in three teams of two =
households=20
each, in a six-week competition that began November =
1st. =20
competition is based on using a device called a =
PowerCost=20
Monitor, provided by Clean Energy Durham. The =
PowerCost=20
Monitor attaches to a household’s electricity meter =
and sends=20
a signal to a small hand-held unit the size of a large =
candy=20
bar that the user can easily carry around the =
house. The=20
unit tells the user how many kilowatts of electricity =
are=20
being used by the house at any particular time. =
This=20
enables the user to experiment with turning on and off =
various=20
lights and appliances and learn over the course of a =
week or=20
two how to most effectively reduce home electricity=20
use.
The first three =
households in the=20
competition will use the device for three weeks and =
then pass=20
it on to their teammate household. The teams in =
the=20
competition were set up to be comparable in home size =
and=20
number of occupants. In addition to giving =
immediate=20
feedback on electricity use at any moment, the device =
also=20
records cumulative kilowatt hour use, which will allow =
the=20
three teams to compare their total electricity use =
during the=20
six-week competition and determine a winning=20
team. =20
Valley is serving as a pilot neighborhood for this=20
competition, which was designed by Clean Energy =
Durham. =20
Clean Energy Durham purchased several of the PowerCost =
Monitors, which retail at $150, to lend to =
neighborhood energy=20
committees. After the pilot competition =
concludes, Clean=20
Energy Durham plans to extend the program to other=20
neighborhood energy committees in=20
Durham.
More Neighbors Learn How to Save Energy =
in=20
Cleveland-Holloway Neighborhood
On November 15th, Christine Elder =
hosted=20
neighbors at a hands-on energy-saving training session =
in her=20
home in the Cleveland-Holloway section of Northeast =
Central=20
Durham.
Energy Durham “Super Trainers” Tom Higgins and Diana =
Peronis=20
taught neighbors how to put insulation around hot =
water pipes,=20
install a doorsweep under a door, and do a variety of =
other=20
easy and inexpensive do-it-yourself projects. =
Ms. Elder=20
has committed to being a resource for her neighbors =
and to=20
continue to show them how to save=20
energy.
the second such training in Cleveland-Holloway and the =
third=20
in Northeast Central Durham. The other Northeast =
Central=20
Durham training was in the Five Points=20
neighborhood.
Southside=20
Partnership
Energy Durham has begun a partnership with neighbors =
in=20
Southside and with two other organizations working in =
that=20
neighborhood. The Durham Affordable Housing =
Coalition=20
and Rebuilding Together of the Triangle are providing=20
resources to enable Clean Energy Durham to begin =
in-home,=20
hands-on training on household energy saving in=20
Southside. The first training was held on =
November=20
22nd.
Lively Breakfast=20
Fundraiser
100 people attended a lively breakfast fundraiser for =
Clean=20
Energy Durham on November 20th at Watts Street Baptist =
Church. People representing numerous =
congregations and=20
neighborhoods heard first-hand accounts from people =
whose=20
lives have been touched by Clean Energy Durham over =
the last=20
few months. The stories of learning about saving =
energy,=20
bonding with neighbors, and volunteering to teach =
others were=20
both heartwarming and entertaining. Many people =
became=20
new donors to Clean Energy Durham at the=20
breakfast.
Energy Durham’s main source of funding is individuals =
and=20
local businesses. To make a secure and easy =
donation to=20
Clean Energy Durham, visit the website at=20
www.cleanenergydurham.org and click on the “Donate =
Now”=20
button.
Energy=20
Durham
Box=20
2223
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27702
Sponsors: The Transformers
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