Hi John,
I’m doing a calculation of my home (rented) needs to be most efficient. Estimated with rebates is about $6,000 for weatherizing/insulation, replacing 5 single pane windows and a in-efficient sliding door, furnace, water heater, and refrig (all from early 90′s or before). We are 100% cfl lighting.
January was meeting month! I kicked off the new year by meeting with Fort Collins Utility’s (FCU) efficiency manager John Phelan. My impression leaving the meeting was that FCU is focused on new goals and philosophy. That is important and needs to be done, but not at the expense of implementing “on the ground” projects that actually help people. The On-Bill Financing program had a first year goal of 30 and achieved 6 (details on our “financing efficiency” page). It is a recognized failure. FCU knows why the program was a flop and what needs to be done to fix it but they don’t want to take the time to do it right. That is not acceptable!
Happy New Year to everyone! We are proud to announce CforSe 2.0! CforSE was founded in 2006 and since then we’ve made progress on some important issues and given some young activists training and experience that will be with them throughout their professional and personal lives. Cforse 2.0 brings improvements to our on-line presence with a new website and soon to be hired on-line manager. We also hope to better communicate with our contributors and solicit member input into our campaigns and activities. We are restructuring our staffing in a way that will hopefully allow for more creativity and increased diversity in our community outreach. Many lessons have been learned over the years and we are excited to have the opportunity to launch a freshly updated Cforse!
