Energy Potentials opens to aid home energy choices
Manchester based Energy Potentials Inc. offers consulting on wind, wood, solar and hydro power for homes, apartments, and businesses. Founders Sean Breen and Silvio Calabi emphasize tailored site visits, insulation upgrades, and multiple energy options to fit individual needs.
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Sean Breen
Silvio Calabi
Energy Potentials Inc
Calabi
Breen
Manchester
University of Colorado
Middlebury College
Energy Potentials
New England Fuel Institute Wins ERDA Grant for Solar Retrofit Study
The New England Fuel Institute receives a $50,000 ERDA grant to study performance and efficiency of five solar adjunct systems among 17 installations across New England. NEFI also runs a 160 hour solar installation and maintenance course at its Cambridge Technical Training Center, the nation’s first of its kind.
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New England Fuel Institute
New England
The
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Cambridge
Mass
Safety quiz for homeowners by Rodger Dean Duncan
Home safety checklist compiled from National Safety Council sources guides room by room checks. It covers living room bedroom kitchen bathroom laundry and stairways with questions on fire safety electricals gas, storage, and childproofing to reduce accidents.
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Rodger Dean Duncan
Boston
National Safety Council
Underwriters Laboratories
Postal Service tests smaller postage stamp design
The Postal Service will trial a stamp one third smaller than the 13 cent rate to save money, planning to print 600 stamps per sheet instead of 400. The new 13 cent stamp featuring an 1877 Indian head penny goes on sale January 11 in Kansas City and January 12 in Hartford Richmond Portland and Memphis, with philatelic centers also selling it.
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Washington
Kansas City
Hartford
Bennington Rec Department: lively programs and budget notes
Executive Director Bennington Chamber of Commerce notes the town’s Recreation Department runs year round activities with three full time staff, part time help, and a single director. Membership costs 25 dollars for families and five dollars for individuals, covering pool sauna and gym use plus program discounts. The department funds Arabic dancing, swimnastics, contra dancing, caligraphy, family film nights, summer concerts, and a July fourth colonial games event, with annual costs around 121000 dollars. Salaries range from 7500 to 11500 dollars, demanding long hours. A roof repair study is underway, requiring community and town support to sustain recreation services.
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Bennington
Marc Long
Tom Otero
Chris Buckley
Temple University
Springfield College
Benningtonians
Rec Center
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