Sustainable North

BY Adam Wasch, Energy Outreach Consultant at CCHRC
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily Newsminer November 20th, 2008, Section A3
Did you spend your $1,200 state energy assistance check on gas and groceries? Don’t despair! There is still money available to help make your home more energy efficient or take the leap to solar energy. And, from a tax [...]

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BY: CCHRC Staff
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily Newsminer October 16th, 2008, Section A3
Last week in this column we discussed the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) Energy Rebate program, created late last spring to help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient.
This week, we’ll discuss how to make the right decisions about your home, what resources are [...]

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BY: Ilya Benesch, Building Educator at CCHRC
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily Newsminer October 9th, 2008, Section A3
In Fairbanks, CCHRC has been funded by AHFC to create the PORTAL (Portal On Retrofits Training And Loans) to help make the statewide weatherization and rebate programs more accessible to the public. The PORTAL office maintains and updates a centralized [...]

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From the Anchorage Daily News on Tuesday, September 30, 2008:

With a fresh infusion of $60 million into the state’s Home Energy Rebate Program, thousands of Alaska homeowners are clamoring to receive home-improvement rebate checks worth as much as $10,000, creating an unprecedented backlog and leaving many people frustrated and stressed with the process to get [...]

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From the Anchorage Daily News on Sunday, September 28, 2008:

Teri Hansen is tired of shivering in her own home.
“Each winter it gets colder and colder and the bills go higher and higher. And it’s just not comfortable,” she said. “It’s actually cold. We wear sweaters, sweatshirts, bundle up, and our house is still about 66, [...]

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BY: Ilya Benesch, Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily Newsminer September 18th, 2008, Section A3
Crawl spaces are one of those areas in the house that tend to get neglected. The old adage “Out of sight out of mind” might apply here. Unfortunately, this also means that crawl space problems can go unnoticed until [...]

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Title: Winter Trade Show
Location: Carlson Center
Start Date: 2008-07-26
Start Time: 12:00
End Date: 2008-09-28
End Time: 17:00

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Title: Energy Efficiency Retrofit Class
Location: 326 Driveway Street, Fairbanks
Description: Information provided on retrofits. For more information call 455-4328.
Start Time: 06:00
Date: 2008-07-22
End Time: 09:00

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newminer July 20, 2008
Home-heating fuel costs $4.69 per gallon, two dollars more than September of last year.
With winter creeping closer, building and energy professionals are busy trying to get Fairbanks energy healthy, and some residents are taking matters into their own hands by attacking energy inefficiencies at home.
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BY: Susan Keltner, PORTAL Program Liaison/Communications Coordinator
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily Newsminer July 10, 2008,  Section A3
Home energy bills are increasing with the price of fuel and winter is fast approaching. Improving home energy efficiency is one way Interior residents can battle increasing energy prices.
Fortunately, the Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) has recently launched a new [...]

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