Simple Steps to A Smaller Footprint: Click here to visit the PUC's user-friendly website that allows people to calculate the carbon emissions that result from their home electricity and heating use. This calculation will lead to a solution page, which offers simple energy efficient steps you can take to reduce your overall carbon emissions resulting in a smaller carbon footprint.

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HVAC Filters
Now is a great time to get your HVAC system ready for the dog days of summer with a good cleaning and a new filter. Replacing the filter is an important step to ensure your system is working as efficiently as possible.

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Efficiency Maine School Budget Booster Initiative

Because of the overwhelming response by School Districts all over Maine, Efficiency Maine has moved up the deadline to apply for double-rate incentives under the School Budget Booster Initiative to July 1.

• One-time Energy-Efficiency Incentives for Maine Schools
• Apply Now to Cash-in on Double Incentives for Energy-Efficient Retrofits

Did you know your school(s) could benefit from energy-efficient upgrades?

It's true. And, the timing couldn't be better. Right now, for a limited time, Maine schools can earn double cash incentives when they retrofit existing lighting, HVAC systems and other out-of-date equipment to energy-efficient technologies. That's good news for Maine's budget-strapped schools. Click here for more information.

A New Home Team to root for: the Green Team!

Efficiency Maine is the sole sponsor of a half-hour show on WPXT-TV and WPME-TV featuring an energy - efficiency makeover of a local family's home. Tune in to watch host John Marshall and Efficiency Maine's own Dick Bacon, Dick Fortier and Lotte Schlegel oversee the installation by local contractors of a solar hot water system, energy-efficient lighting and appliances, green insulation and more! As the final step to make the home "carbon-free," clean energy supply was donated to offset all remaining carbon emissions for one full year. More...

Maine Home Performance, a program of the Maine Public Utilities Commission, has joined the Efficiency Maine family!

The Maine Home Performance with Energy Star® (MaineHP) Program links Maine homeowners with qualified, certified contractors who provide one-stop-shop access to a whole-house approach to home improvements.

Clean Energy: Its time is here!

• Buy clean energy or Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and make yours a Carbon-Free Home
• Go solar for home-grown electricty, hot water and heat
• Biodiesel: the future of fuel in Maine?

In 2006 Efficiency Maine programs helped home and business owners save 74,759 MegaWatt hours of energy, worth an estimated $53.9 million in lifetime economic benefits. Click here to see how you may qualify for currently available financial aid and incentives to help you save energy!