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The Hut Has Left the Building
Noticed a strange empty spot where the WisEnergy Hut once stood? At our recent three-year planning retreat, the board unanimously agreed to sell the hut and use the proceeds to take our weatherization show on the road. See more »
Go Ductless This Summer
Get $800 smackeroos back from PSE when you install a ductless heating/cooling system. See more »
A Small Island with a Big Vision
Vashon becomes Energy Wise through a new community initiative As members of a small island community isolated from the mainland by a 15-minute ferry ride, we get the need for self-sufficiency. Shiver though one weeklong power outage and you’ll never be without a cord of firewood and your very own backup generator again. Island living [...] See more »
Turmoil in Power Sector
Falling U.S. electricity production in the past two years is frustrating the utility industry and shaking up timetables for some major infrastructure projects. The recent downward trend is making it trickier for utilities to forecast future power consumption, a critical component of planning investments in new power plants and transmission lines. See more »
TWELVE BY TWELVE
12% energy use reduction by 2012? Is it possible? We think “yes”. See more »
The Energy Hut
The WisEnergy Hut continues to offer Islanders tips, how-to’s referrals and friendly advice to all comers. Open Saturday’s next to the Farmer’s Market from 10 to 2. Stop by and introduce yourself. Continuing thanks to the amazing work of so many and to U.S. Bank’s donation of a spot of land to put it on. See more »
The Demonstration Cabin
I once opened up the walls of my 1920 Sears craftsman in a kitchen remodel to find it had been "insulated" with newspaper and not much of that. See more »