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Presentations for Community Groups
Energy Efficiency Is An Investment In The Future Of Our Community
For this presentation, we offer energy-saving tips and answer questions about
energy-efficient products and services. Free energy-efficient light bulbs will
be distributed to seminar attendees (only two bulbs per household).
This seminar is sponsored by the Ecology Action Center, the
Bloomington-Normal’s Regional Energy Program, and the Illinois
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The goal of the Regional
Energy Program is to raise awareness about energy issues and energy-efficiency
among residents, small- to medium-sized businesses, and K-12 school children.
Please contact the Ecology Action Center to schedule a speaker for your
meeting. The half-hour program is free for community groups in McLean County.
Keep Warm Illinois Home Energy Workshops
The Keep Warm Illinois workshops to be broadcast at community colleges throughout
Illinois will feature cost-conscious home energy efficiency subjects including:
insulation, weatherization, heating, water heating, energy efficient appliances and
lighting. The workshops will last approximately one hour and will include written
materials, a video presentation and a question and answer period to help educate
Illinoisans about do-it-yourself energy-saving strategies to help reduce the cost of
this winter’s heating bills through conservation and weatherization techniques. The
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) will host the workshops
in partnership with Illinois’ network of community colleges.
Gov. Blagojevich launched the comprehensive Keep Warm Illinois campaign in response
to the spike in energy prices that is affecting consumers nationwide. With record natural
gas prices anticipated for this winter’s heating season, Illinois households will face
significantly higher utility bills, with costs up to 70 percent higher than last winter.
While every family in Illinois will be affected, higher home heating costs will create a
particular hardship for senior citizens and families already struggling to get by. People
can now also call the Keep Warm Illinois hotline, 1-877-411-WARM, for information about
energy conservation, energy assistance or to find a home energy savings workshop near them.
The hotline is available Monday – Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. You can also visit the
Keep Warm Illinois Website
which offers energy saving tips, a web-based tool to conduct home energy audits, information
on energy assistance programs and schedules for home weatherization and energy assistance events.
Visit the
Keep Warm Illinois Website for a listing of scheduled workshops at community colleges
across the state.
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