Result

This year we launched a new program with Americorps to provide direct service and community education around energy issues. The way we use energy is unsustainable. Fossil fuels – coal, oil and natural gas – provide more than 85% of all the energy consumed in the U.S. This creates a whole host of environmental and public health problems – from global warming, to air pollution that causes asthma and cancer, to the environmental problems created by mining and drilling for coal and oil. We’ve known for some time that the quickest and easiest way to cut down on all these problems is to use less energy. Cutting our energy use will not only help our health and the environment, but it will also help take the burden on our pocketbooks as energy bills become more and more expensive. Since many people in our community cannot afford an energy audit or performing many upgrades in their home, we are providing a simple energy assessment and weatherization for free. We’re also reaching out to area schools to teach K-12 students how to cut their energy use.

In our first year running Energy Service Corps, students in CO educated more than 5,800 elementary and high school students about energy efficiency and conducted individual energy efficiency assessments in more than 680 homes, apartments and businesses. Learn more about our Energy Service Corps program.