News
Bridgewater Homeowners add solar, heat pumps, and insulation to their homes
One Phone Call: All Energy Upgrade Programs
Federal Minister Visits Bridgewater
Voices of the Housing Crisis in Lunenburg County
Celebrating 1 Year of Energize Bridgewater Home Upgrades
The Future Fix: Ending Energy Poverty
Meet Senior Energy Manager, Asad Hussain
Smart Cities Challenge Milestone 9
We are going to be sharing our Milestone Reports on our blog so that our community, partners, and other groups can learn about what we have been up to.
Home energy upgrades bring summer comfort to Bridgewater home
“Everyone pays the price” – Bridgewater organization tackles the many facets of housing insecurity
Community Conversations on Sustainability
Our team organized a Sustainable Social event which featured 9 short presentations about initiatives in our region. The presentations were recorded and shared on the Town of Bridgewater’s YouTube page. We’ve highlighted the videos in this post.
Join the Energize Bridgewater Advisory Committee
We’re looking for 1 resident and 2 stakeholder businesses or organizations to provide ongoing advice on the Energize Bridgewater program. Apply by December 7th, 2022 to join our committee!
South Shore Sustainability Summit
High costs leads homeowner to Energize Bridgewater
A Network of Information Technology Centered in Bridgewater
Meet Energize Program Navigator Josie Rudderham
Our Energize Bridgewater Home Upgrades program follows three key principles: relationship-building, accessibility, and trauma-informed service. Our Energize Program Navigator, Josie Rudderham, puts these principles into practice. Learn more about Josie in this blog post.
Track Your Home’s Energy Use in Real Time
EMIS stands for Energy Management Information System, a general term for systems that monitor and analyze information about energy use within buildings.
Smart Cities Challenge Milestone 8
We are going to be sharing our Milestone Reports on our blog so that our community, partners, and other groups can learn about what we have been up to.
Learn about Energize Bridgewater Home Upgrades at our Events
Would you like to take part in Energize Bridgewater to lower home energy costs? This July we have two events where you can speak with us about your home and the energy-efficient upgrades you might be eligible for.
Meet Energize Bridgewater Summer Staff
We are excited to be working with two Data Support Specialists this summer to help develop our Energy Management Information System, Hargun Chhabra and Shivam Dinesh Rank.
DID YOU KNOW?
Three quarters of the planet’s energy is generated by the burning of fossil fuels
Canada uses 2.5% of the world’s total oil and fuel, but is the fifth largest energy producer in the world, with the second greatest volume of oil reserves in the world
Every Google search releases approximately 0.2g of carbon into the atmosphere
America uses nearly half of the world’s gasoline
Enough sunlight reaches the earth every minute to satisfy the planet’s energy demands for an entire year
More than 40% of all energy produced in Canada is used for heating
If everyone changed their five most-used light fixtures to an ENERGY STAR bulb, Canada would save around $3 billion per year in energy costs
30% of the Energy used in office buildings is wasted