WVU, nonprofit join to promote energy efficiency
The Dominion Post
Difficult economic times force many consumers to cut back on luxuries and even some necessities. One area of the home budget that doesn’t seem to have a lot of flexibility involves utility costs. But a group of WVU students helped some local residents look for ways to reduce their energy costs. The students, enrolled in the Design for Energy Efficiency course offered by WVU’s Division of Design & Merchandising, teamed with New Vision Renewable Energy to conduct home energy audits in the Bertha Hill area in late October. New Vision worked with WVU to schedule energy audits on several homes in the area to identify opportunities for making them as efficient as possible. The efficient homes will maximize the potential of the renewable energy systems to be installed in the homes by New Vision.
