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Topeka, KS – The Climate and Energy Project and the
Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) congratulated the Take Charge Challenge
communities of Baldwin City, Colby, Fort Scott, and Manhattan as winners of
four regional $100,000 grants for efficiency or renewable energy projects. These
grants are provided by the Kansas Corporation Commission, using some of the
Recovery Act funding they received from the Department of Energy. These winning
communities have been part of a nine-month, 16-community competition to save
energy and money for Kansans.
In total, the communities
of the Take Charge Challenge saved: - 110.2 billion BTUS of gas and electricity with an annual value of $2,341,025;
- 22 million kilowatt hours of electricity
- 19,002 barrels of oil from being imported
- 22 million pounds of CO2 emissions from being released
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How Are Standings Calculated?
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| 110,214 | TOTAL MMBTU's SAVED in all categories of the Challenge |
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| | | TOTAL DOLLARS SAVED | | (320,196 Lighting Switches To Date) | | | Efficiency Kansas | | Efficiency Kansas is a low-cost loan program that helps Kansans like you make energy-efficiency improvements to your home, rental unit, or small business. |
| DOE's Energy Savers | | Department of Energy has launched the Stay Cool, Save Money Web site. This educational tool can help consumers be more energy efficient by implementing simple, cost-effective, energy saving solutions this spring and summer. |
| Iola Fight's the Energy Hog | | Check out the "Fight the Energy Hog Festival" in Iola, Kansas, held May 21, 2011.Find out how Iola plans to win the big bucks, with comments from volunteer, Becky Nilges, city administrator Judy Brigham and Climate + Energy Project's Jeff Risley. See what basketball has to do with saving energy, and much more. |
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