EnergyActionNH Update
Tuesday, May 15, 2010, 7:00 PM: Film and Discussion: Kilowatt Ours
EnergyActionNH, in conjunction with the Canterbury Energy Committee, will present the film Kilowatt Ours at the Canterbury Public Library in the Canterbury Town Center at 7:00 PM. Join us for the film, refreshments and discussion!
Award-winning film Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America is a timely, solutions-oriented look at one of America’s most pressing environmental challenges: energy.
Filmmaker Jeff Barrie offers hope as he turns the camera on himself and asks, “How can I make a difference?” In his journey Barrie explores the source of our electricity and the problems caused by energy production including mountain top removal, childhood asthma and global warming. Along the way he encounters individuals, businesses, organizations, and communities who are leading the way, using energy conservation, efficiency and renewable, green power all while saving money and the environment.
This often amusing and always inspiring story shows, “You can easily make a difference and here’s how!”
Day of Solar Hot Water Site Evaluations Successful
On May 1, Craig Cadieux from the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative (PAREI) came down and we had a very full day of solar hot water site visits. We visited one home in Concord and two in Canterbury to evaluate them for possible new installations of solar hot water systems and, as a bonus, visited another Canterbury home with a 30 year old solar hot water system that will be the site of a future Energy Raiser to attempt to get it working again.
The first home we visited, in Concord, was an older home with a fairly steep roof. This home will require a professional installation of the solar collector on the roof for safety reasons but may involve an Energy Raiser in the Fall for the interior portions of the home.
The second home, in Canterbury, will have the solar collector on the roof of the shed which has 100% exposure, and will run the pipes underground from the shed, downhill to the house.
The third home, also in Canterbury, will have a roof mounted system with the pipes run externally outside the log home to the basement.
Stay tuned for further developments!
Steven Lundahl
EnergyActionNH