Browsing the blog archivesfor the day Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010.

Beyond Coal Meeting:Rescheduled!

Coal, Environmental Issues, Uncategorized
February 10, 2010
7:00 pm

BEYOND COAL COMMITTEE NEWS

Wed February 10 - 7:00 pm  

Rescheduled!: March 4th at 2 pm. Room 4

Akron Public Library - Main Street Branch - Meeting Room 1

Beyond Coal is ramping up on several fronts and we need your support/involvement.  Action areas include:

1.  Stop proposed coal mining operation in Carroll County.

2.  Stop proposed coal washing operation in Harrison County.

3.  Build public pressure campaign to keep local municipalities from pursuing energy contracts with companies planning to build NEW coal plants.

4.  Support alternative energy programs through local education & advocacy.

If one or more of these is of interest to you please join us on 2/10.  For questions contact: Paul Feezelpaul@distractedbynature.com 330-627-7163

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Saving Home Energy: First the Facts, then the Audit

Uncategorized
February 18, 2010
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

Call: 330-308-7434 to Register

Learn practical and affordable ways to save energy, money and the environment including:  reducing cold and hot water use, correcting insulation and air sealing materials and techniques, improving heating and cooling systems, reducing electrical energy use, modifying occupant behavior, and the benefits of and the opportunity to sign up for an energy audit of your home. Save money, energy, & the environment.  See the tools and techniques used in an energy audit.

Program presented by Allen Zimmerman, professor of Energy Efficient Home Building at the Agricultural Technical Institute, The Ohio State University.   

Tools & techniques used in conducting an energy audit presented by Keith Speirs, Architect with Speirs Architectural Design.

In Room 113, in the Science and Technology Building at Kent State University at Tuscarawas.

This program is duplicates the “Saving Home Energy” program offered last December 3rd by Wayne County Sustainable Energy Network (www.wcsen.org), in Wooster, OH.

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