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New The Energy Directory Kit From Rocky Mountain Institute
Quick:
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w i n d can
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gy-efficient windows in your town?
Who sells weather-stripping? What’s
a compact fluorescent lamp? The
answers to these simple questions
could save the average homeowner
hundreds o f dollars a year on u tili­
ties. But they aren’t found in any
phone book.
I hat’s why Rocky Mountain
Institute, a nonprofit think tank based
in Colorado, has brought out The
Energy Directory K it, a software
package that enables communities to
create their own local directory o f
energy-efficient products and servic-
es.
Producing a community energy
directory is a desktop publishing
project that puts money back in the
B
u s l T s o s f e community
V t h a t T e f residents.
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packets
Businesses that sell the products and
services listed in the directory bene­
fit from increased sales. A ll that
boosts the local economy and fosters
community spirit. Local energy sav­
ings also mean global benefits to the
environment in the form o f reduced
emission from power plants and re­
duced reliance on the fossil and nu­
clear fuels that run them
Creat ing an energy d¡rectory is a
rewarding project for any environ­
mental organization or civic group
looking for ways to “ think globally
and ac, locally." It’s a great high
school involvement project, or term
project for a college environmental
studies class. And although it is best
thought o f as a nonprofit public ser
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,hat
vice, it may also generate funds that
can be used for other worthy projects
1 his user-friendly kit provides
everything needed to create a local
energy directory: a fill-in-the-blanks
“ template" directory on disk; an in-
struction manual that explains every-
thing from funding to printing; art­
work; a copy o f a sample directory;
and a copy o f Homemade Money,
RMI s how-,o guide to home energy
savings.
The Energy Directory K it costs
$99 plus shipping & handling and is
available from Rocky Mountain In­
stitute, 1739 Snowmass Creek Road,
Snowmass, CO 81654, (970) 927-
3851 The software is available in a
variety o f word-processing applica­
tions. Other new publications from
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Rock Mou" ‘" " '"« itu te include:
Rock Mountain Institute include:
Homemade M oney: how to
Save Energy and dollars in Your
Home. A do-it-yourself manual, this
book is devoted to measures that
help the environment and save mon­
ey at the same time. It features hun­
dreds oftips on\veatherization, insu­
lation, heating and cooling systems,
windows, water heating, appliances,
lighting and solar design, plus and
extensive appendix listing everything
from books to mail-order services.
$14,95 plus shipping & handling.
A Primer on Sustainable Build­
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about architecture that’s not only
better for the environment, but also
more cost-effective, efficient, com ­
fortable, ana
and healthful A IA Arch
Archi-
loname,
From Magic Marters And A Map A Community Grows
I takes many shovels to build a foundation. On hand tohelpNECDC's Walnut Park townhouses aet off
0JS R°e°nj i aT Bria" Stewart (Washington Mutual), Scott Christensen (Key Bank), Karen Totvstad
(Portland Trai1 Bla^ rs ) , NECDC board member George Richards Shiela Holden
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While the groundbreaking cere­
mony for N EC D C ’s Walnut Park
was intended to be an event for the
community to celebrate, it was quick­
ly turned into a show o f appreciation
for NECDC as speaker after speaker
thanked the organization for helping
to improve the quality o f the neigh­
borhoods in North and Northeast
Portland.
Once one o f the most distressed
parts o f the city, the Walnut Park
neighborhood has been targeted for
Free CoHousing
Orientation And
Video Screening
Interested in having more
community in your life? Cohousing
communities are pedestrian o ri­
ented neighborhoods comprised o f
individual residences clustered
around shared greenspaces and
common facilities. CascadiaCom-
mons, a Portland area cohousing
group, w ill offer an introductory
presentation about cohousing at
7:30 p.m.. Tuesday, Dec. 5 at the
French American School located
at 1849 SW 58th A video,
CoHousing: Neighborhoods for
People, w ill be featured along with
an introduction to Cascadia Com­
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Portland.
Admission is free. Call 650-
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mation
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revitalization by both the city and
community groups. A new police
precinct with community rooms and
new retail spaces now fill what was
previously a vacant building on the
comer o f M artin Luther King Blvd.
and Killingsworth. A m ulti-m illion
dollar Boys and Girls Club is being
built on the adjacent property. To
complete the effort to turn around a
previously unsafe neighborhood,
NECDC w ill build a total o f 40 new
housing units.
Neighborhood residents could
not be more pleased.
“ M y family has lived on the same
street since 1968,” Delores Warner
told an attentive audience. “ I raised
my family here. I saw this neighbor­
hood deteriorate and was sad. I kind
o f lost hope But I saw NECDC come
in and ask us for ideas about how to
bring it back. They were so friendly
and so kind I watched them build a
house right across the street and it
just seemed so unbelievable, like a
tec, praised the book as “ the nHm, r
tect praised the book as "the primer
we’ ve been waiting for ..the most
complete introduction to date on the
principles o f sustainable design and
construction." $ 16.95 plus shipping
& handling.
T he C o m m u n ity E n e rg y
W o rkb o o k provides a step-by-
step strategy fo r id e n tify in g and
deve lo pin g pro je ct to use energy
more e ffic ie n tly th ro ug h ou t the
com m unity. $ 16.95 plus shipping
& handling.
Greening the B u ild in g a n d the
Bottom Line: Increasing Productiv­
ity Through Energy-Efficient Design
is a landmark study that makes a new
economic case for green design in
the workplace Eight documented
case studies show that while resource-
dream come true Through their ef­
forts, I have seen this neighborhood
improve and become a really good
neighborhood again. We have a new
start that we can be proud of.”
Portland Police C hief Charles
Moose likewise praised N ECDC’s
considerable efforts to revitalize
Walnut Park, and area once known
as a drug district. The neighborhood
was neglected, with numerous build­
ings in disrepair and vacant lots, all
o f which contributed to the neigh­
bor-hood’s crime problems.
Say Moose, “ It is exciting to be
here The police precinct is in place
and all the pieces are coming togeth­
er. As you walk around the area, it
really feels good. The more home
owners we can get to buy houses in
this once troubled neighborhood, the
more we can turn it around.”
Portland D evelopm ent C om ­
m is s io n
s p o k e s p e rs o n
Jan
Burreson expressed her own sat­
is fa c tio n w ith developm ent in
W alnut Park. “ We sat down w ith
magic markers and a map, and
now it is being re a liz e d .”
The c o n s tru c tio n o f 16
townhouses w ill begin this October
Jokingly, Moose asked NECDC
Executive D irector Jaki W alker,
“ What are you going to do next Jaki?”
Stay tuned. You can bet there’s
plenty more NECDC intends to ac­
complish.
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