AUGUSTA -- A state audit has found that the agency in charge of all of the state's energy programs gave a $3 million grant to a startup nonprofit that was incapable of taking on the responsibility of the contract. And while the audit found no misuse of funds, it concluded that Efficiency Maine Trust should have known that Maine Green Energy Alliance, the nonprofit set up by Gov. John Baldacci's former counsel, "lacked the capacity to adequately administer federal funds when the grant was received.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) seeks information and comments related to the requirements and guidance for independent audit organizations in conducting program compliance audits of for-profit recipients of federal financial assistance from DOE under its financial assistance regulations.
The Suffolk County Legislature on Tuesday passed a bill designed to protect consumers and promote the local green energy industry by requiring anyone who performs a home energy audit to register in the county with its department of consumer affairs. Suffolk County Legislator Wayne R. Horsley, Chairman of the Economic Development, Higher Education and Energy Committee, said he sponsored the bill as a way to provide some oversight of these auditors.
Janie Hamilton, executive director of Kanawha Valley Senior Services, said small and gradual changes are necessary for big advances for the Rand Community Center, which has been plagued by high utility costs and an aging infrastructure. A team from West Virginia University's Industrial Assessment Center presented the findings of an energy audit Monday night to about 40 local residents at the community center.
Q: When our house was built in 1954, a Moncrief furnace was installed. Our house has six rooms and a full basement game room. Each year, we consider replacing the furnace, but it continues to run well. Several years ago, we replaced the motor and a thermocouple. The plenum appears to be in good shape. We have checked it with a carbon-monoxide meter, with no bad results. Would you advise replacing a 56-year-old furnace with no major problems? - - McKeesport A: It's only a matter of time before the furnace will become tenuous; heat exchangers have an average life that is much shorter than 56 years -- and a furnace that old is unlikely to be energy efficient.
The school district has also set a matching fund of $95,000 from major maintenance to begin work on the recommended updates. By Aerin Curtis
BANGOR - Four years ago this month, as instability in the Middle East threatened to cause big spikes in oil prices, the city hired a southern Maine firm to conduct a comprehensive energy audit of all municipal buildings. Honeywell Building Solutions of Westbrook spent several months surveying 42 primarily oil-dependent buildings, comprising 1.3 million square feet of city-owned property, to see where energy savings could be found.
LEWISTON -- While efforts to raise revenue to save the YWCA of Central Maine are going forward, organizers say the nonprofit still needs help cutting its costs. Members of the group's board asked Lewiston councilors Tuesday to set aside money from its federal Community Development Block Grant budget to perform an energy audit on its East Avenue headquarters and help pay for efforts to make the building more energy efficient.
Jim Alexander, a real-estate agent in Atlanta, decided this summer to subject his own 11-year-old house to an energy audit. If this was something I was going to recommend to my clients I wanted to see for myself how it works," he says. His verdict: "Home energy audits are going to change the way we buy and sell houses in America.
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