Energy awareness links (tours, videos, informational sites) will be added throughout the month of October. So come back and visit each week!
- Virginia Energy Efficiency Council – Energy Awareness Bingo
- Participate in the VAEEC’s Energy Awareness Bingo! Play all October for a chance to win a virtual home energy audit. Get rewarded for energy-efficient measures you have already implemented while learning about additional ways to reduce your energy footprint.
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- View a local solar tour from a curated series of virtual solar open houses; there are numerous solar tours to attend! – Solar Tours
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- Department of Energy – Zero Energy Ready Homes
- Visit this DOE website and take advantage of the various links to learn more about the why, what, and how of zero energy homes.
- Tour of Zero
- Check out zero energy home tours in the Mixed-Humid Climate Zone, the zone that includes Virginia!
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- Curious to see what 100% renewable energy could look like where you live in 2050? Check out the interactive map from The Solutions Project!
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- 6 Ways to Save Money with Energy Conservation, Rebates
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- U.S. Energy Information Administration – Energy Kids
- This site by the U.S. EIA, the statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, offers a variety of energy-related games, activities, teacher resources, and educational information for kids-at-heart (and actual kids, of course!).
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- Tour Sandia – Sandia National Laboratories
- Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. Explore their self-guided virtual tours of various cutting-edge technologies for electricity and energy-storage, including:
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- Brock Environmental Center – Building Dashboard
- LaRC has coordinated tours of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center in the past, and although we cannot offer an in-person tour this Energy Action Month, personnel can still visit and interact with the Building Dashboard to view current and historical data about the Center’s operations and take a look at the “green features” that make this project possible.
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- Energy Star Knowledge Center – Energy Savings at Home
- Energy Star’s Knowledge Center provides helpful information on energy efficient products and various improvement projects/actions you can complete at home to improve your energy savings.
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- Additional energy conservation tips:
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- Seattle, Washington – Skagit Hydroelectric Project:
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- Walkthrough a Net Zero Energy Home in Trumbull, Connecticut.
- Visit here for a tour of the beautiful new custom home.
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- Strategies to help save energy and money during the fall and winter months.
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- SWIFT: Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow
- “An innovative water treatment initiative in eastern Virginia designed to ensure a sustainable source of groundwater while addressing environmental challenges such as Chesapeake Bay restoration, sea level rise and saltwater intrusion.”
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- Energy Saver
- Explore different ways to save energy around your home
- Heat & Cool
- Weatherize
- Design
- Save Electricity & Fuel
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- WeRenew
- Find solutions to help solve and fight climate change
- Explore actions that are simple everyday things to reduce your impact
- Collaborate together with others in your community
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Information on the above organizations is provided as a matter of professional or cultural interest. NASA LaRC has no control over external program, and does not monitor events, their results, or compliance. No NASA endorsement of non-Federal organizations is intended or implied.
