{"id":123,"date":"2010-03-04T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T20:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2011-07-25T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T18:42:55","slug":"home-energy-efficiency-improvement-seminars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2010\/03\/home-energy-efficiency-improvement-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Energy Efficiency Improvement Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Green Needham&#8217;s Home Energy Efficiency Improvement project is aimed at making it much <strong>easier for Needham residents to identify and  implement high-value home energy efficiency improvements<\/strong>.  We are <strong>targeting  the key barriers<\/strong> preventing people from taking advantage of  opportunities that would reduce their energy use, save money and  increase their comfort and the value of their homes.<\/p>\n<p>Our Home Energy Efficiency Improvement seminars are 1 1\/2 hour sessions featuring local experts.\u00a0 The seminar covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Home energy audits and what they tell you<\/li>\n<li>Simple steps you can take yourself<\/li>\n<li>Insulation &amp; air sealing \u2013 deciding what you need<\/li>\n<li>Home heating &amp; cooling \u2013 when to replace older systems<\/li>\n<li>Incentives \u2013 taking advantage of energy efficiency improvement rebates  and tax credits<\/li>\n<li>Financing \u2013 selecting among options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This month, we&#8217;re doing the seminar in two parts, on March3rd and March 10th, for the Stephen Palmer Senior Center&#8217;s <em>Lunch and Learn<\/em> series.\u00a0 Later in March, we&#8217;ll be at Olin College&#8217;s <em>Lunch Bytes<\/em> program for its faculty &amp; staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;d like to schedule one for your community group or organization.<\/strong> If your house of worship, business, club or organization would like to offer this seminar, we&#8217;ll bring it to you.\u00a0 It&#8217;s easy to do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We pick a date with you<\/li>\n<li>You provide the location for the seminar<\/li>\n<li>You publicize the seminar to your organization.\u00a0 If you&#8217;d like to make it available to a wider audience (which we encourage if you have room), we&#8217;ll publicize it as well.<\/li>\n<li>We bring the team and do the seminar.<\/li>\n<li>We can work with you to follow up with people who attend &#8211; and reach out to others who couldn&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to host a seminar, or want more information, contact <a href=\"mailto:okerman@comcast.net\">Bill Okerman<\/a>.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re interested in working with us on this project, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.greenneedham.org\/gnc\/index.php\/Home_Energy_Efficiency_Improvement\" target=\"_blank\">project page on our wiki<\/a> and contact Bill Okerman or Michael Greis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Needham&#8217;s Home Energy Efficiency Improvement seminars are 1 1\/2 hour sessions aimed at making it much easier for Needham residents to identify and implement high-value home energy efficiency improvements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-efficiency","category-heei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}