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Weatherizing Your Home For Winter: Caulking

October 12, 2020 Education, Energy Efficiency, Home, Weatherization

Choosing the right caulking to prevent air and water leakage is crucial for the longevity and comfort of your home, especially with our damp climate and abundance of older homes. Adding permanent caulking is an easy and long-lasting way to seal up any cracks around windows, door frames, tiles, or ...

Importance of Efficient Homes and Their Ties to Our Health

September 16, 2020 Climate Change, Education, Energy Efficiency, Home

Community Energy Project offers Home Energy Scores as a FFS program and for free for income qualified households. We started conducting HES’s at the beginning of the program in 2018. Over time, we noticed the value of knowing a home’s energy efficiency and started partnering with other organizations to provide ...

Air Quality

September 16, 2020 Climate Change, Education, Home

Indoor and outdoor air quality have become top stories in the news recently due to the wildfires we are facing. Indoor Air Quality is an important part of home performance because it affects the health and safety of your family and the longevity of your home. Pollutants and undesirable moisture levels ...

Lead in Toys

August 19, 2020 Education, Home

What is lead? Lead is a toxic heavy metal that can cause serious health effects. Acute lead poisoning symptoms can include stomach pain, seizures, and death. Exposure to lead can also result in long-term health impacts, such as: learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, kidney damage, and high blood pressure. There is no ...

July 2020: Recap of our 2019-2020 Fiscal Year

July 16, 2020 Energy Efficiency, Home, Solar, Weatherization

In-Homes Programs: serves low-income, seniors and those experiencing disability with weatherization and repairs to increase resiliency and age in place.Program Highlights: CEP was able to quickly adapt and intervene with emergency supplies for some households during the COVID-19 shutdown and operated as an essential service.Most Proud of From The Program ...