[SEMCO] "Staying Cool & Saving Energy This Summer" - May 16 - Yarmouth Senior Center

[Muller, Joan (DCR)]

"Staying Cool & Saving Energy This Summer" and CFL Giveaway
Featured at May 16 Forum on Local Energy Issues & Solutions 

Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative (CIREC) and Cape Light
Compact are cosponsoring a program on "Staying Cool & Saving Energy This
Summer" on Wednesday, May 16, from 7 to 9 pm at Yarmouth Senior Center.
The event, open to the public, includes a light-bulb giveaway for the
first 50 attendees who agree to join the EnergyStar(r) "Change a Light,
Change the World" campaign. 

Kevin Galligan of Cape Light Compact is featured speaker at this event.
He will provide energy-saving tips for those who cool naturally, as well
as for residents, businesses, and other consumers who rely on air
conditioning units. He will discuss the energy savings and economic and
environmental benefits associated with EnergyStar(r) air conditioners,
and he will highlight local turn-in programs for inefficient air
conditioners and dehumidifiers, rebates for the purchase of
energy-efficient equipment, and a new "tune-up" program for central air
conditioning systems.

Kevin Galligan is the energy efficiency program manager for the Cape
Light Compact and adjunct instructor at Cape Cod Community College,
where he teaches energy efficiency and conservation classes. He also is
board member of the National Energy Education Development Project and
water commissioner for the town of Orleans, and he formerly served as
chair of the town's Wind Energy Committee. He has more than 25 years of
experience in the energy industry. 

 

After the presentation, there will be a networking session with light
refreshments. 
CIREC (http://www.cirenew.org/ <http://www.cirenew.org/> ) was formed in
2000 to bring together diverse individuals and organizations with common
interest in achieving a sustainable energy future, both locally and
globally. CIREC participants work together to build awareness of the
benefits of renewable energy, increase the use of clean energy
technologies, and lay the groundwork for transforming the energy basis
of the Cape & Islands region. In September 2005, CIREC became the local
chapter of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). 

Cape Light Compact (http://www.capelightcompact.org
<http://www.capelightcompact.org/> ) is a regional services organization
made up of all 21 towns of Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, and
Barnstable and Dukes counties. The purpose of the Compact is to
represent and protect consumer interests in a restructured utility
industry. As authorized by each town, the Compact operates the regional
energy efficiency program and works with the combined buying power of
the region's 200,000 electric consumers to negotiate for lower-cost
electricity and other public benefits.

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