Alachua County, Florida – Alachua County’s Energy Conservation Strategies Commission will soon recommend a loan program to help county residents make their homes more energy-efficient. Under the program the county would make low-interest loans to home-owners who make energy-related repairs and improvements. It’s modeled after a program in Berkeley, California. The committee is still a few months away from making the recommendation official, according to an article in the Gainesville Sun.
Local initiatives are essential to the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Washington DC just can’t move fast enough.
Tom Heany
February 23, 2008 at 12:13 am
Seeing as how FREA is a non-profit there should be some consideration given to the idea of running a voice broadcast campaign to notify florida residents of developments like this.
May 14, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Hey! Thanks for the info about this new loan program the county’s offering. I was browsing through a bunch of green websites and blogs and I came across yours and found it very interesting. There are a bunch of others I like too, like the daily green, ecorazzi and earthlab.com. I especially like EarthLab.com’s carbon calculator (http://www.earthlab.com/signupprofile/). I find it really easy to use (it doesn’t make me feel guilty after I take it). Are there any others you would recommend? Can you drop me a link to your favorites (let me know if they are the same as mine).