How to Save Over $500 this Heating Season

The Woodbridge Clean Energy Initiative Task Force (WCEI) wants to show you ways to save money on your energy bills. These savings will offset the increase in your electric bill that you will be charged by United Illuminating for signing up for CT Clean Energy Options ($.011/kWh). By using less energy you are also have less impact on global climate change. To be a good steward of the planet and to help Woodbridge go GREEN we invite you to do some of these things. The actual savings may vary by household, but, in total, the saving and the high Return on Investments (ROI) are there!


Everyone is welcome. Come to the Woodbridge Town Library on Wednesday, January 28th at 7 PM

Green Holidays presentation

In case you missed our presentation on Green Holidays, we've put the slideshow online in PDF format.

Click Here to view it.

Green Holidays

Need some fresh holiday gift ideas?

Come and discover new products made with recycled materials, learn about fun gifts that will help you conserve energy, and other clever ideas to make your home safer. You’ll go home with a new outlook on gift giving this holiday season.

Everyone is welcome. Come to the Woodbridge Town Library on Monday, December 1st at 7 PM

Natural Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Geothermal heating and cooling works in Woodbridge! Learn how you can use the consistent temperature of the earth to heat and cool your home all year long. Come and hear first-hand, from homeowners and installers who have been using this technology in their homes, how they have reduced their monthly energy costs.

The session is free and open to the public.

When?
Thursday, October 23rd at 7pm

Where?
Center School Building
4 Meeting House Lane, Woodbridge, CT
in the cafe/lower level, across from the Town Library

Out of Balance: ExxonMobil’s Impact on Climate Change

The Woodbridge Clean Energy Task Force is showing a provocative movie showing the influence that the largest company in the world has on governments, the media and citizens and what can be done about global warming.

Everyone is welcome. Come to the Woodbridge Town Library on Monday, September 29th at 7pm.

For more information about the movie Click Here

Wind Power installation

During the presentation by Bob Wall a video was shown. It documented the installation of a small wind turbine in Rhode Island. For those who missed the presentation here is the video so you can watch it online:

Watch the Solar Wrights 1.8kW wind turbine installation

Power from the Wind

What do you think about wind turbines? Bob Wall, leader of the Wind Consortium for CT Innovations, will give an enlightening presentation on wind power in Connecticut.

Related news: Wind Power coming to New Haven

The session is free and open to the public.

When?
Thursday, August 21st at 7pm

Where?
Center School Building
4 Meeting House Lane, Woodbridge, CT
in the cafe/lower level, across from the Town Library

Kilowatt Ours

Are your electric bills through the roof? How can you conserve energy, save money, and still live in comfort? Want to learn more about how your electricity is generated? The Woodbridge Clean Energy Initiative is showing the eye opening movie 'Kilowatt Ours' with a brief discussion on energy conservation afterward. Come to the .Woodbridge Town Library on Thursday July 31st at 7pm.

 

Biofuels

The 8th event of our year long Speaker Series.

You’ve read the promising and sometimes distressing headline news, now come and learn the truth. Will your car someday run on a renewable fuel? Presented by Jon Gorham, Co-founder of SunEthanol, an alternative fuels company.

The session is free and open to the public.

Thursday, June 19th at 7pm

The Center School Building
4 Meetinghouse Lane, Woodbridge
in the cafe/lower level, across from the Town Library

Conservation worth $10,000

The 7th event of our year long Speaker Series.

Learn how twenty simple conservation actions costing less than $100 can save you $10,000 over five years. These conservation actions will more than offset (by over ten times) any increase cost of signing up for Clean Energy from your utility. Learn how to get a great return on investment through energy conservation in your house and transportation.

Thursday, May 15 at 7pm

The Center School Building
4 Meetinghouse Lane, Woodbridge
in the cafe/lower level, across from the Town Library

1st Annual Contest Winners

The subject for this year's contest was "What I do in my town to save energy and lessen global climate change". From over 90 contest submissions covering three towns and five schools here are the winners:


Bethany Community School

• 1st Prize, Ella Halpine, Grade 5 - poster
• 2nd Prize, Ms Sinclair's Class, Grade 1 - poster
• Honorable Mention, Betsy Frieden, Grade 2 - poem
• Honorable Mention, Evan Gentile, Grade 6 - poster

Bethany Middle School

• 1st Prize, Miles Halpine, Grade 8 - poster
• 2nd Prize, Eddie Walsh, Grade 8 - poster
• Honorable Mention, Rashmi Pashankar, Grade 7 - essay

Beecher Road School

• 1st Prize, Isabella Buda, Grade 6 - essay
• 2nd Prize, Howard Ding, Grade 2 - poster
• Honorable Mention, Kadan Lattick, Grade 4 - poster

Orange Middle School

• 1st Prize, Zelun Wang, Grade 8 - video
• 2nd Prize, Jared Loewenthal, Grade 7 - essay

Amity High School

• 1st Prize, Lauren Fox, Grade 10 - video
• 2nd Prize, Daniel Provenzano and Vinnie Adinolfi, Grades 11 and 12 - video
• Honorable Mention, Jake Honig and Michaela Papa, Grade 12 - video
• Honorable Mention, Margaux Farrell, Grade 12 - video

The official award ceremony will take place on May 17th at "Bethany Earth Day 2008". Prizes include Apple iPods, Barnes and Noble gift cards, a Savings Bond, and special awards for honorable mentions.

Photos of the posters, PDF versions of the essays, and the full videos will be available for viewing soon. Check back soon to see them!

Sustainable Living

You hear the term all the time but what is it
all about? Learn about sustainability in your
home and business. You’ll come away from
the inspiring session with practical examples
you can do yourself.

Download the handouts

... was held on Thursday, April 17 at 7pm

Introduction to Citizen-RE

Want to install Solar Photovoltaics but can't foot the huge up front cost? Check out CitizenRE
http://www.citizenre.com

Solar Energy in Bhutan

Learn how Solar Energy is making an ancient society modern and sustainable.
http://www.self.org/bhutan.asp

Electricity from the Sun

A local Woodbridge resident tells his story of living with solar electricity for the whole year of 2007.

Download the Slideshow

Watch the Presentation