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Baltimore launches energy conservation program
Posted on 14. Aug, 2009 by GMS Editor in Newsflash, ShowOnLatestPanel
Associated Press
08/13/09 4:30 AM EDT
BALTIMORE — Baltimore has launched a pilot program that will encourage residents in nine neighborhoods to reduce power usage.
The Baltimore Neighborhood Energy Challenge will operate for nine months, spreading the word about energy efficiency through neighbor-to-neighbor contact. It is in partnership with the Baltimore Community Foundation, a group that helps businesses and donors plan charitable work.
The goal of the program, launched Wednesday, is to cut electricity use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Baltimore 15 percent by 2015. That is similar to Maryland’s EmPower Maryland goals.
Through the city’s pilot program, neighborhood “captains” will recruit volunteers to educate the neighborhood on how to reduce energy use. Civic Works, Baltimore’s job-training section of AmeriCorps, will teach the volunteers how to reach out to their neighbors.
Households that take part will get free or subsidized energy saving kits, and a free BGE home energy audit. Those households will sign a waiver allowing BGE to calculate their energy consumption before, during and after the pilot program to measure its effectiveness.
