Join us on Tuesday, May 27 (7-9 pm at the Lansing Community Center, 25 Auburn Road) to learn how to reduce electricity consumption through conservation and efficiency measures before investing in a solar electric (PV) system. Solar panel prices are lower than ever and incentives and tax credits remain high, so this is a great time to get off fossil fuels for your home electric needs. However, it would be wasteful to spend more money and consume more natural resources than necessary to provide lighting and power to your appliances using solar energy.
This workshop will feature Cheryl Shields of Friedman Electric to share the latest in LED lighting, Dee Gamble of Tompkins County Cooperative Extension on reducing phantom load and switching to high efficiency equipment, and Gay Nicholson on creating your own personal plan for transitioning to a low carbon lifestyle. Be sure to take a look at your recent electric bills so you can participate in an exercise on how to rightsize your own solar array. Read the rest of this entry »
