As one of our early energy efficiency outreach initiatives – the Homewood Energy Efficiency Outreach Project showed the power community education has on residential energy use.  In partnership with ACTION-Housing and Peoples Gas, we hosted a month-long course consisting of 4 classes on energy efficiency and environmentally-friendly household products, educating over 40 Homewood residents. 

ACTION Housing, Inc. teaches residents on Homewood about saving energy in their homes.

Residents were invited to attend education sessions.

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Update

Analysis by Peoples Natural Gas showed that households that attended this education series saw an aggregated 10% reduction in their energy use.  This was made possible through education and household behavior change alone!