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People who want to be green would rather do things that are very visible, so they drive a Prius rather than carpool, she said. Al Matano Plugged In At home, at work or on the road, energy writer Thomas Content keeps you current as you adapt to changes in the world of energy, climate change and efforts to build a greener economy. Efficiency first: the cost-effective way to go green By Thomas Content of the Journal Sentinel March 25, 2010 Energy efficiency is almost too invisible for people who want to show the world they're going green. That was the message Kathy Kuntz of the state Focus on Energy program sent Thursday at the second day of the Green Energy Summit in Milwaukee. People who want to be green would rather do things that are very visible, so they drive a Prius rather than carpool, she said. The same is true with home energy choices. Putting solar panels on the roof is something people can see, but theres more bang for the buck in going green through extensive energy efficiency upgrades in a house, she said. She showed pictures of wind turbines and solar panels followed by pictures of projects completed with Focus on Energy assistance that boosted energy efficiency to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions. Now if this was a room of building scientist, this picture of a perfectly insulated rim joist (see above)would make them leap with joy, but none of you are going to show that picture in your basement to guests, she said. To help drive more interest in energy efficiency, Focus on Energy is revising the criteria for how it awards incentives for renewable energy projects providing more money to homeowners and businesses that have already taken steps to reduce energy waste, she said. We want to bring renewables and energy efficiency together to try to get some of that enthusiasm about green translated into action on behalf of customers, she said. Energy efficiency is considered the cheapest option to reduce carbon emissions because its so much cheaper than building new power generation of any kind. I tell customers that every dollar invested in energy efficiency buy you five dollars on the renewable energy side, Kuntz said. Thats shifting a little bit as prices start to change, but its still a much better investment to invest in efficiency first." © 2010, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/business/89127977.html _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
