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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Maybe--But Not Sure What to Organize
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- I firmly believe alternative engery is the answer. I have researched solar and interested in help the people in New England find alternative ways to heat their homes without the use of oil furnaces. I would use any alternative energy for my home if I could afford this.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- This is an intelligent answer, a solution which the government has failed to provide. As you pointed out, this problem has been with us since 1970 and nothing done about it. I think we need private individuals such as yourself, to solve this problem, for the government is too slow and does not act in a responsible way to address this issue.
- What do you want to do to help?
- I will support this as much as I can. I would also like to know about alternative options for personal use and spread this inforamtion to others.
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WESTBROOK, Conn., and BEDFORD, Mass.--(June 27, 2008)--For the Lee Company, a long-standing icon of American ingenuity with 60 years of heritage in Connecticut, Independence Day arrived a few days early.
Today, June 27, the Lee Company will inaugurate its solar energy system—and proudly embark on a journey toward independence from the use of fossil fuels.
With 1,760 photovoltaic panels on the roof, the 308-kilowatt solar electric system is the largest of its kind to be installed by a manufacturing company in Connecticut, and one of the largest in New England.
Nearly half the size of a football field, the system covers 29,000 square feet on the rooftop of the manufacturing facility. At peak usage, the system is expected to generate the equivalent energy used by 34 homes each year.
The system was designed and installed by Gloria Spire Solar of Bedford, Mass., and was made possible, in part, by a $1.2 million grant from Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, which will defray approximately half of the cost of the photovoltaic system. Additionally, the Lee Company will seek to further defray costs utilizing the Federal renewable energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC) program.
At a time when the Federal ITC program is in jeopardy, the Lee Company’s solar installation may well be one of the last projects of its kind built in 2008 and perhaps longer. Many legislators realize that renewable energy is far too important to this country—in terms of energy independence, environmental protection and also for the much-needed economic boost of ‘green collar” jobs—to let it expire indefinitely. However, the program may lapse until a new administration is in place.
Both the Lee Company and Gloria Spire Solar emphasize that the renewable energy tax credits are critical to future projects such as this one.
“As a member of our community, our state and our country, we are absolutely committed to doing what we can to use renewable resources,” says Leighton Lee IV, facilities manager for The Lee Company. “However, as a business, the realities of funding projects like this one would be difficult without the financial incentives we’ve received.”
“Our belief is that our government will renew the tax credit program by the end of this year,” says Gloria Spire CEO Mark Goodreau. “Until then, it’s having a serious impact on the renewable energy industry. The Lee Company may be one of the last shining examples of large-scale renewable energy projects to move forward this year. Companies not already committed are likely to put projects on hold and diminish renewable energy’s impact toward reducing dependence on fossil fuels.”
There are lots of ways to make your home more energy efficient at a small cost.
Two of these are: 1. Get your HVAC ducts tested an sealed. 2. Add a whole house fan if you live in a dry climate.
Most electric companies have rebates available for the whole house fan.
I am a HERS rater and work with people every day tosave energy.
-- thanks, jeff
Nice to hear from you. Yes, I have already told a family member about the pickens web site and hope he will look into this. He already put in solar and is looking into geothermal. I am concerned that the people in Connecticut are not more active in this group. This winter with the cost of fuel oil estimated at $5.00 a galllon is going to be a killer. I think New England is going to get hit hard and I am supprised that more people are not responding. I talk to my cousin everyday in Connecticut and she said the cost of fuel is all people are talking about in Chruch. So Church maybe a good place to get other people. My cousin is 73 and does not have a computer. Her children do, and I hope she will tell them. I will mention this to her again. Thank you and good luck in getting more people into the group.
I live in Westchester County, NY. The geothermal system actually heats and cools far better than my prior oil burner and central AC system. Geothermal is a remarkably clean, simple system. Essentially you have a large heat pump, almost exactly like the one on your refrigerator. That pump heats or cools a liquid refrigerant who's temperature is maintained at 55 degrees by running pipes deep into the ground. This is probably 75% more efficient than an AC unit or oil burner. The design goes back more than 50 years. Here's a website with a decent explanation:
http://www.dpoconstruction.com/documents/how-does-a-heat-pump-work.html
We used a company named Smart Energy, out of Westchester. Was that helpful?