[SEMCO] Button Up for the Winter: Cozy, Cost-effective and Sustainable

[Tompkins, Laurie (DCR)]

Button-Up for the Winter: Cozy, Cost-effective, and Sustainable!
Waquoit Bay Reserve Visitor Center
Route 28
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
7:00 PM - 8:30PM

Waquoit Bay Reserve continues its monthly First Tuesday's forums at the Visitor Center with, "Button-Up for the Winter: Cozy, Cost-effective, and Sustainable!" with Kevin Galligan, Energy Efficiency Program Manager at the Cape Light Compact.  Mr. Galligan, who also teaches a class on energy efficiency at Cape Cod Community College, will provide practical information about Cape Light Compact energy efficiency programs for residential customers including free and low cost programs and materials available to consumers. In addition, he'll reveal some tips for lowering your energy bills (both electricity and fuel).  Just what is a phantom load? What are the top ten most effective actions you can take to lower your energy bill? Is it really true the Cape Light Compact will replace all the old light bulbs in my house with compact fluorescent bulbs if I request a free energy audit for my home? What's the scoop about that $1500 federal tax credit? What about the state, do they have programs that will help me make my home more energy efficient? The new smart strip technology will be demonstrated and one lucky winner will get to take home the smart strip as a door prize.

Following Mr. Galligan's presentation, there will be a hands-on session where people will get to try out Watt's Up meters, the smart strip and an infra-red camera. Energy Star catalogs will also be distributed.
This program is the second in the series: "Reduce Your Nitrogen Footprint: First Tuesdays at Waquoit Bay Reserve Visitor Center". Each month, we'll look at a different action that can help to preserve our coastal waters for ourselves and our children. Too much nitrogen entering our water results in polluted coastal bays by fertilizing the seaweed which chokes out the native grasses, an important habitat for the fish and shell fish we eat.  Along with the practical information presented by a topic specialist, Reserve staff will introduce the talks with information on how the reserve is modeling the chosen behavior as well as research going on at Waquoit Bay that shows the connections between actions on land and effects on water. The talks are followed by discussion time where participants can ask questions as well as share their own solutions and experiences. Finally, the last part of the workshops will include a hands-on portion and take away. The lecture starts at 7 pm and will wrap up by 8:30. People are also invited to come fifteen minutes early for light snacks and to view visitor center exhibits.

The program is free and open to all. Reasonable accommodations (including sign language or Portuguese interpreter) are available upon request. Registration is appreciated but not required. For more information and a downloadable complete schedule of the monthly forums as well as on-line registration, please go to www.waquoitbayreserve.org<http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org>. You can also call 508-457-0495 x107 for further questions or suggestions.


Laurie Tompkins
Event Coordinator
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
P.O. Box 3092
Waquoit, MA 02536
Tel. 508-457-0495 x108
Fax 617-727-5537

www.waquoitbayreserve.org<http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org>

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