Our “Home Energy Guru”, Bob Fischman, made a very informative presentation to our first Forum on June 4.
Here is a copy of his slides.
The People’s Action for Clean Energy (PACE) has been working with quite a number of towns in Connecticut (including our neighbor to the north, Kent) to help them create a plan to reduce the carbon emissions coming from the towns.
Pace has done a study for Sherman, which shows how much total energy we are consuming – and the carbon emissions that we are responsible for in the process.
They report that Sherman spends $17.6 million each year on energy, or $4,821 per resident.
There are 43 residential solar installations, which provide 2.2% of the town’s electricity usage. There are also 17 electric vehicles and 16 heat pumps.
They also have a number of recommendations for what homeowners can do to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.
To see their findings and their recommendations, click here.