Home & Business Action Team
The Homes & Business Action Team seeks to:
• Educate homeowners and businesses about energy conservation;
• Advocate for policies that encourage energy conservation for homes and businesses.
Home and Business
Action Team Updates
Virtual Solar Presentation: Solar Energy for Your Home, Business, or Farm – June 12, 2024
On June 12, 2024 Powered Up Baraboo hosted a virtual presentation, Solar Energy for Your Home, Business, and Farm. Panel participants who have had solar arrays installed on their homes, business, and farm were on hand to discuss what led them to seek out solar installations, how they chose their installer, how they financed the project, and how their solar installation has affected their power bills. Virtual attendees also heard from the installers who made these solar wishes a reality, including how the process begins for the customer, what services the installer can provide, challenges a project might encounter, and potential financing assistance for which customers might qualify.
See the video of this presentation at the Powered Up Baraboo YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/52r_uFcdXzA
Energy IMPROVED Home Tour - September 16, 2023
On Saturday, September 16, the Home & Business Action Team of Powered Up Baraboo sponsored a free tour of Baraboo area homes demonstrating measures homeowners can take to enhance the energy efficiency of their homes. Eight local homes were featured on the tour, representing a variety of house styles and ages. The changes made to the homes range from moderate to major improvements. Reasons for making the improvements varied for the homeowners, and included improving home comfort, saving money on utility costs, and addressing the climate. Tour-goers were able to talk to homeowners for first-hand accounts of their experiences and results of the home improvements.
Electrifying Information – March 4, 2023
As you are probably aware, the Inflation Reduction Act is rolling out across the United States. You will want to become informed about how to access the benefits, including incentives, rebates, and funding for energy efficient projects this legislation will bring to the Baraboo area as details become available.
During the February 25 meeting of the Home and Business Action Team, the group discussed a nonprofit group called Rewiring America. According to its website, this nonprofit is dedicated to "decarbonizing our world fast enough to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and to ensuring that no household or community is left behind." To that end, they work to "make electrification simple, measurable, and inevitable," and move American households and communities away from fossil fuels and towards electricity. Their website includes a helpful explainer about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and an IRA Savings Calculator you might want to explore.
