Upcoming Presentations
How to Green Your Home: Energy Efficiency
Come learn how to understand your utility bills, typical usage -- and waste -- of energy in homes, and cost-effective ways to reduce your home's energy use. Presented by Suzanne Emerson, energy consultant with Emerson Environmental. Locations:
July 1, 7-8 pm, Millbrae Library;
July 29, 7-8 pm, Belmont Library;
Improve Your Home's Energy Efficiency
Interested in reducing your greenhouse gas emissions? Learn how to perform your own mini-energy audit, including what to test, how to test, and what to look for. A professional home energy auditor will show you the most economical efficiency changes to lower your utility bills. Receive useful information about FREE on-line energy audit software and resources for fixing energy-wasting problems you may find in your home. Instructor: Suzanne Henderson Emerson, J.D. Location: Lucie Stern Community Center, Palo Alto. 10 am - 1 pm, June 28, 2008. Preregistration required.
Presentation Materials for Palo Alto class:
(1) Energy Efficiency Presentation; (2) Mini-Audit Checklist; (3) Mini-Audit Presentation
Presentation Materials
Greening Your Home Energy Use, presented by Suzanne Emerson of Emerson Environmental at Acterra workshop (Jan. 2008).
Standby and Operational Loads Analysis
In addition to our standard audit and our project consulting services, we offer a Standby and Operational Loads Analysis. This analysis is cost-effective for homeowners seeking to reduce their electrical loads in order to cover a larger portion of their electrical use with a smaller photovoltaic system, or can be used by homeowners who want to be able to brag about how low their power bill is. The Loads Analysis takes about three hours, utilizing a Kill-a-Watt device and The Energy Detective or Blue Line PowerCost Monitor to obtain and analyze detailed data about passive and active electrical loads throughout the house.
However, for many homes, it would not be cost-effective to hire us to perform this analysis. If you are interested in performing the analysis yourself, you can utilize the protocol developed by the Florida Solar Energy Center, utilizing a Kill-a-Watt or similar device and a BlueLine Power Cost Monitor, The Energy Detective, or similar device, and record the data on a breaker loads spreadsheet. Here is an example of the resulting data.
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