Energy Monitoring and Efficiency News
Carrabec H.S. project teaching students how to reduce energy use
An exciting program from the Maine Math and Science Alliance (MMSA) has been under way since last fall at Carrabec High School in North Anson, Maine. Students have been monitoring energy in a set of homes which have not been identified with individuals: though the students know they are teachers' homes, they don't know which teachers.
Bangor Daily News on the PowerWise Grant Project
Bangor Daily News carried a story on the PowerWise Grant Project, including commentary from Bangor Hydroelectric, a Maine utility company, and a grant participant:
Complete Bangor Daily News Story >>
February 8, 2012
The PowerWise Community Energy Monitoring Grant Makes Headlines
Efficiency Maine awarded an $88,000 grant to PowerWise to monitor 50 homes in the Blue Hill, Maine, region. The Maine Press has followed the story. More >>
The full press release from Efficiency Maine
PowerWise Partners with Island Institute
Blue Hill, Maine—PowerWise Systems has partnered with the Island Institute to provide technical needs for Energy for ME, an exciting new energy-efficiency project. Students – and their families – from ten (and possibly more) island and coastal schools are learning to measure energy usage and explore renewable energy sources with the goal of increasing home and school energy efficiency and reducing energy consumption. Participants at each project site will measure energy usage at their school, a community building and two residences, competing with the other community sites to see who can save the most energy.