Make Your Own Insulating Window Inserts – Workshops on January 5 and 12
Are your windows putting a CHILL on your comfort and your budget? Join us on Saturday, January 5 or Saturday January 12, from 10 am - 4 pm Learn a simple method to build insulating window inserts that can help you save energy, cut costs and help the environment while you learn how to build simple, low-cost interior insulating window inserts. These double layered windows fit snugly inside the window opening, are easily removable and can be made in custom sizes. They are built... Read More
Make Your Own Insulating Window Inserts – Workshops on December 1 and 15!
Are your windows putting a CHILL on your comfort and your budget? Join us on either Saturday,December 1 or Saturday December 15, from 10 am – 3 pm Learn a simple method to build insulating window inserts that can help you save energy, cut costs and help the environment while you learn how to build simple, low-cost interior insulating window inserts. These double layered windows fit snugly inside the window opening, are easily removable and can be made in custom sizes. They... Read More
Thurston Energy to Present at Interfaith Community Celebration on January 8 at 4:00
Energy Efficiency at Home: Save Money on Energy Bills & Be More Comfortable This Winter Is your house cold? Or drafty? Want to keep your energy costs down this winter? Please join us for a presentation at United Churches on Sunday, January 8, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. before the Interfaith Community Celebration. United Churches is located at 110 11th Avenue SE (on the corner of Capitol Way) in Olympia, and the presentation is open to the public. Learn how to figure out... Read More
What’s Next … Local Energy Convergence!
I get asked a lot what is next for Thurston Energy, since our big grant will be complete soon. I’m happy to announce that Thurston Energy will continue on as the Local Energy Program of the Thurston Economic Development Council (EDC), in collaboration with the Thurston Climate Action Team (TCAT). To kick off 2012, Thurston Energy is collaborating with the Buy Local Program to hold the first “Local Energy Convergence” in downtown Olympia (at the Olympia Center) on January... Read More
Thurston Energy to Present at Tumwater Timberland Library Saturday, November 12
Energy Efficiency at Home: Save Money on Energy Bills & Be More Comfortable This Winter Is your house cold? Or drafty? Want to keep your energy costs down this winter? Please join us for a presentation at Tumwater Timberland Library on Saturday, November 12, from 1:00- 2:00 pm. The Library is located at 7023 New Market Street, Tumwater WA 98501-6563, and the presentation is open to the public. Learn how to figure out where your home is wasting energy and what you can... Read More
Thurston Energy to Present at Tenino Timberland Library, Wednesday, November 9
Energy Efficiency at Home: Save Money on Energy Bills & Be More Comfortable This Winter Is your house cold? Or drafty? Want to keep your energy costs down this winter? Please join us for a presentation at Tenino Timberland Library on Wednesday, November 9, from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. The Library is located at 172 Central Avenue West, Tenino WA 98579, and the presentation is open to the public. Learn how to figure out where your home is wasting energy and what you can do... Read More
Rebuilding Together Thurston County After Hours Party on Thursday, Nov. 10
Come join our own Joshua Cummings, board member of Rebuilding Together Thurston County for an evening of information this Thursday, November 10, at 5:30 pm, at Olympia Eagles Club (4th & Plum) in Olympia. Learn how you can make a difference in the lives of low-income homeowners. Raffle prizes, music by Carl Hale & Friends Bluegrass Band, appetizers and a No-host bar. For more information, please view the event flyer: Read More
Customer Experience Drives Program Results
For us at Thurston Energy it has always been about the customer experience. We are trying to make a positive impact in people’s lives by helping them use less energy, save money, be more healthy and comfortable, and make great investments in their homes and buildings. Today we’re releasing the results of our 2010-2011 Program Analysis and it’s great to see how much our customers have accomplished – 45% of homeowners went on to make improvements after their energy evaluations,... Read More
3 Ways to Go Solar
This Saturday, go check out the South Sound Solar Tour! 19 sites filled with possibilities. As a Thurston Energy Saver, you have already taken steps to reduce your energy usage (right?!). Now that you’re already eating your “energy efficiency vegetables”, it’s a good time to look at your “solar energy dessert”! Solar energy works in Western Washington for a couple of really important reasons, and it comes in several packages. Why Solar Works in Western Washington Even... Read More
What does Energy Efficiency Mean to You?
Recently, I’ve been thinking about what energy efficiency is, and what it means to me, to my family, to our community, and to our world. To me, energy efficiency represents freedom – freedom from high utility bills, freedom to be comfortable in my own home without having to wear two pairs of socks, freedom from dependence on foreign oil – but I’m curious to know what other people think energy efficiency means to them. So what DOES it mean to you? How do... Read More