#16 – 3/4/2022

Home Energy Savings – Part 9

This completes our series of ways you can reduce your carbon footprint by saving energy at home. Oh yes…and save money at the same time!

How did the C3 2021 Cville Challenge go? 496 Cville homes were involved and together saved 700 tons of CO2! The top community group was St. Paul’s Memorial Church and the top team was GlobalChillin’.

Today’s Tips:

Weatherize your home by finding leaks and installing weatherstripping and door sweeps for drafty windows and doors:
https://www.cvillechallenge.org/action/weatherize-my-home

Weatherize and insulate your attic:
https://www.cvillechallenge.org/action/weatherize-and-insulate-attic

Insulate your walls and floors:
https://www.cvillechallenge.org/action/insulate-floors-walls

Upgrade your furnace or air conditioner to a more energy efficient model:
https://www.cvillechallenge.org/action/upgrade-furnace-or-boiler
https://www.cvillechallenge.org/action/upgrade-air-conditioner

Questions/Comments/Tips: Jean at environment@uucharlottesville.org
Past Newsletters: https://uucharlottesville.org/environmental-action-group/