November ESCO & Community Solar Update

By Gerri Wiley, Energy Navigator, HeatSmart Volunteer

This Fall, Cornell Cooperative Extension, HeatSmart Tompkins, HeatSmart Southern Tier, Delaware River Solar (DRS) and ETM Solar have co-sponsored a very informative event, called “Be Empowered”, held in three counties thus far: Broome, Tioga, and Chemung, with a fourth coming up in Chenango County on November 13th at Guernsey Memorial Library in Norwich from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. If you live nearby, come on out!

The central message is that we can:

1. Reduce our home energy load by sealing leaks and insulating.
2. Decarbonize our home space and water heating with an efficient heat pump system.
3. Power our 100% electric home with 100% renewable energy.

Results? An efficient, safe, comfortable, climate-smart home.

Want to start the process with a Home Performance Assessment? For most residents, this is free and so informative in finding areas of your home that are tossing your hard-earned dollars into your attic and the outdoors!  Just let me know and one of the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Energy Navigators will assist you in signing up.
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To learn about Heat Pump Systems, if you live in:
- Tompkins or Chemung Counties, visit www.heatsmarttompkins.org and call 607-351-1752.
- Tioga, Broome, Chenango, or Delaware Counties, visit www.heatsmartsoutherntier.org and/or 
call 607- 873-9220.

To power your home with renewable energy, see the most recent Subscription Community Solar update and 100% Renewable Electricity update.