We know: It’s easy to get behind on holiday gift shopping! Every year, the season of giving feels like it comes a little sooner than the last, and before you know it, you’re scrambling for the perfect last-minute gift idea. Whether your loved one is an efficiency fanatic, or if you’d just like to read more...
***PRESS RELEASE*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Charlottesville, Virginia – City program buys down interest rate on business loan to support clean energy for local businesses. The Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP) is happy to report on the success of the City of Charlottesville’s innovative Clean Energy Loan Program. Through 2018, the Clean Energy Loan Program read more...
According to the Department of Energy, drafts can waste 5% to 30% of your heated or cooled interior air; that’s energy and money down the drain. A little weatherproofing goes a long way, and the good news is there are some super easy and inexpensive ways to reduce drafts around windows and doors. Weather read more...
By annual presidential proclamation, October is Energy Awareness Month. The Federal Energy Management Program is supporting Energy Awareness Month this year with a plan and resources for federal agencies to raise awareness of energy-and water-saving possibilities in their buildings and operations. Here at LEAP, we want to support you by deconstructing and explaining the read more...
Domestic water heating costs the average household up to $700 per year. What if you could slash that cost by 60%? Compared to a standard electric storage water heater, a heat pump water heater uses 2-3 times less energy, saving thousands in utility costs over the life of the water heater. How does it read more...
Back-to-school means shopping for new notebooks and backpacks and shoes, moving bedtimes back, and gearing up for packing lunches and homework battles. It also means your home is empty (or emptier) during the day. Adjustments for this lowered occupancy and other small actions can realize significant energy and cost savings during this busy, and read more...
Another local company is going solar through the Charlottesville Commercial Clean Energy Loan Program. Hubbard Properties, LLC contracted with Sun Tribe Solar to install a rooftop solar PV system at their Inova Solutions building located just off Charlottesville’s downtown mall. The Commercial Clean Energy Loan Program, funded by the City of Charlottesville and administered read more...
More than 90 percent of U.S. homes have air conditioners that use 6% of electricity produced in this country at an annual cost of $29 billion to homeowners and 117 million metric tons of carbon dioxide released into the environment. Furthermore, those carbon emissions are predicted to double by 2050 at their current rate. read more...
When Richard Crisler saw a new roof going on the warehouse next door to his firm, SunDay Solar, on River Road, he thought like any good solar installer would, “Wow, that roof is perfect for solar.” The building owner at the time was not receptive and Richard waited a whole year after MS Events read more...
Instead of a groundbreaking to celebrate the new solar installation on the historic Silk Mills building, Indoor Biotechnologies hosted a “Skybreaking” ceremony on January 8 to celebrate its new ability to harness the sun for electricity. The 155.25 kW photovoltaic system is one of the first PV system installations under the reinvigorated Charlottesville Commercial read more...
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