This is great news from Energy Trust of Oregon regarding the number of Oregonians taking advantage of Energy Incentives to invest in weatherization and efficient heating & cooling systems.
Check out the article below:
Oregonians completed almost 93,000 energy projects in 2009, a new annual record and an increase of 58 percent over 2008. Our work helped 84,000 households, 1,700 businesses and more than 450 industrial customers participate in Energy Trust programs last year. Oregonians used incentives to make changes large and small:
• Homeowners replaced aging refrigerators and washers, invested in weatherization and efficient heating and cooling systems.
• Businesses continued to invest in high-efficiency lighting and efficient HVAC solutions.
• For industry, our small industrial initiative (which provides streamlined operations for agriculture and smaller industrial operations) resulted in a nearly 70 percent growth in the number of efficiency projects over 2008.
• More than twice as many residential solar electric projects were completed in 2009 than in 2008, while commercial solar projects increased by 14 percent.
• Even though delays in project completion shifted four average megawatts of new renewable generation into 2010, 10 small wind systems, three biopower projects, a large solar project and a geothermal project were completed.
Those investments, supported by Energy Trust incentives and state and federal tax credits, pay dividends and make Oregonians more financially secure for years to come.
The associated energy savings and generation saved Oregonians nearly $165 million in 2009, approximately $450,000 a day. These projects saved 32.3 average megawatts of electricity—enough to power more than 25,000 homes. They also saved nearly 2.9 million therms of natural gas—enough to heat approximately 5,700 homes.
Beyond driving new savings and generation, together we helped expand Oregon’s clean energy workforce, providing jobs and living wages. We helped create almost 2,300 new jobs, generated $76 million in wages and stimulated $11 million in new business income.
If you are interested in completing Energy Efficient upgrades on your home please contact the Renovation Concepts Energy Efficiency team to have a Home Performance review done. Contact LaDonna Miller- President of Renovation Concepts to schedule an appointment. (503) 310-9076 or ladonnamiller@earthlink.net