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Source: Albuquerque Journal, N.迷你倉出租M.July 28--Going greener, or at least thinking about it, should soon be little easier for Santa Fe homeowners.A new city website scheduled for launch this fall will offer residents a customized, comprehensive home audit report designed to save energy and money.The project is spearheaded by Jessica Lehmann, a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, who has spent the past two months in Santa Fe as a fellow with the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps.The energy audit will include assessments of a home's lighting, windows, appliances and other features. For each item, the homeowner will be told the cost of the new, more efficient upgrade, how much the upgrade will save them each year, how many years it will take to recoup the initial investment, the upgrade's effect on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and relevant rebate and tax incentive opportunities.Lehmann said the website will be user-friendly. It covers basics -- for example, "if the installation looks like this, this is what it is" or "this is where you should look on your water heater" for identifying information, Lehmann said."We walk you through. You don't have to be a contractor in order to conduct the audit. You can do it yourself," she said.The website will also have a "quick tips" option that provides fast, easy ways to save energy, such as thermostat adjustments.Another feature will be a video library that includes a short demonstration showing Lehmann doing the website audit and a selection of home energy efficiency tips from Santa Fe Community College.Santa Fe is a pioneer with the project, Lehmann said -- there are only two existing websites "that work well" and offer homeowners the sort of free online 儲存倉ervice Santa Fe wants to provide. The other sites are based at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and at the University of Colorado.Santa Fe's site has a tentative launch date of Oct. 1. Lehmann said she's still waiting for confirmation on the web address.Santa Fe city government has done a good job of increasing energy efficiency in municipal buildings over the last several years, largely thanks to Housing and Community Development Director Nick Schiavo, formerly the city's energy specialist.Schiavo's efforts have led to a seven percent reduction in energy usage in city buildings over the last seven years, Lehmann said. Over the past three years, he's done 30 retrofits aimed at saving the city money. "That's a huge number for a city this size," Lehmann said.The new website is a way to shift some of the focus to local homes."The city is very progressive and I would like for the existing momentum here to be taken advantage of by this site so people are saving the environment and money by these upgrades," Lehmann said."It's just a win-win for everyone," she continued.Lehmann is offering a series of home energy audit workshops next week. Sessions are scheduled to take place Monday at the Main Library in downtown Santa Fe, Tuesday at LaFarge Library and Wednesday at the Southside Library. The sessions run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.Homewise, a housing nonprofit that offers funding opportunities for energy-efficient home upgrades, is also participating in the workshops.For more information, email Jessica Lehmann at jalehmann@ci.santa-fe.nm.us.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) Visit the Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.) at www.abqjournal.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉沙田