Beginning on Earth Day, you can receive a rebate of up to $250 if you exchange your old refrigerator, dishwasher, clothes washer, or freezer for a new energy efficient model. However advanced registration required for these rebates will only be available for a two week period.  Start planning now if you want to take advantage of this offer and save you money on your utility bills for years to come.

Cambridge was fortunate to have City Councilor Henrietta Davis attend the recent United Nations conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Here is a report of her experiences:

Some have called the COP 15 meeting last month in Copenhagen “the environmental Woodstock of this generation.”  It brought together people from far and wide with high hopes and aspirations, representatives of large countries and small, some like the Maldives, fighting for their survival.

People make all kinds of New Years resolutions: eating better, exercising more, quitting bad habits. But what about resolutions that will help you to save money and also help preserve our planet for future generations?

Many people around the world are pledging to cut their energy use and slim down their carbon footprint in 2010. In the United Kingdom, the 10:10 Campaign is asking people to reduce their carbon footprint by 10% in the 2010. The campaign has already achieved some remarkable successes with over 55,000 people taking the pledge as well as many organizations and governmental entities.

Here at the Cambridge Energy Alliance, we’d like you to consider your own carbon footprint and think about changes you can make in your life to slim down the carbon emissions from your… [view entry]

Cambridge is fortunate to have City Councilor Henrietta Davis representing Cambridge as part of the National League of Cities delegation to the International Climate Congress now underway in Copenhagen.  Councilor Davis has been posting some of her notes and impressions of the conference at the Greater Boston Sierra Club Group blog but has allowed us to also post some excerpts here.  It is very exciting for Cambridge to participate in this conference, particularly in light of all the work that is underway locally on climate change issues including the recent Cambridge Climate Congress as well as the work that the municipal government and the Cambridge Energy Alliance are doing.

There are places you can read about the Copenhagen congress including here and here but below… [view entry]

We here at the Cambridge Energy Alliance have noticed that we have “busy season” when it comes to interest in Home Energy Audits.  As the weather starts to get colder, people tend to start thinking more about ways they can keep their home warm and save money on their heating bills.

The follow graph shows the relative interest in the search term “Home Energy Audit” from people in the Boston Metro Area over the last year.

As you can see, interest peaked this year in January-February 2009 right around the coldest part of Winter.  Unfortunately with the increased interest, comes delays in scheduling energy audits because too many people want audits all at the same time.  Fortunately, there is still time this season to get an energy audit before the rush… [view entry]