Energy Coaching
Energy Coaching & Technical Assistance CLEER's team members serve as energy "coaches" for building owners and operations staff. They do everything from guiding home and business owners through the onerous processes of energy audits and retrofits to teaching facilities managers how to cut power use in large public buildings.
To lean more about our energy coaching services, please visit http://www.garfieldcleanenergy.org/res-challenge-for-homes.html and http://www.garfieldcleanenergy.org/com-challenge-for-business.html.
CLEER Results as of March 2011
Creation of county-wide clean energy partnership in Garfield County, Colorado:
• Garfield County (2nd highest concentration of oil and gas wells in Colorado), six Garfield towns, RFTA, and Garfield library district connected through formal Intergovernmental Agreement and County resolution; school districts, chambers of commerce, business associations, Department of Local Affairs, trade and business groups also part of partnership. County-wide partnership has adopted regional energy efficiency, renewable energy and oil independence targets.
• Consortium program areas and results of the consortium, developed and managed by CLEER, are described below.
• Consortium website: www.Garfieldcleanenergy.org serves as central organizing website to provide extensive information on programs, projects, resources, contractors, rebates, and results.
• Project has resulted in mobilizing over $4 Million on advancing clean energy projects in the Carbondale to Parachute region.
• Recipient of Wirth Chair award for regional sustainability, March 2011.