Studies show that conservation improvements typically save 25-35 percent on winter heating bills. Significant improvements in attic and wall insulation, weather stripping, air sealing and heating system repairs help low-income households stretch limited resources through New England’s long, cold winter months. These services are available to eligible customers in Boston, Brookline and Newton neighborhoods with help from the Department of Energy, Keyspan and NStar.

Weatherization: This program is designed to help keep the heat in your home through insulation of attics and walls and weather-stripping throughout. Those with oil or electric heat may receive improvement, at no cost, totalling $2,750. Through a NGRID Gas sponsored weatherization program, those with gas heat may receive conservation menasures totalling $4,500.

Heating System Repairs / Replacements Program: Repairs of heating systems in emergency no-heat situations are possible for homeowners and, in some cases, tenants. Replacement of heating systems will be considered for inoperable or innefficient furnaces and boilers.

NStar Conservation Action Program (NCAP): ABCD continues to receive funding from the utility deregulation process to expand its onsite services for energy conservation. We analyze electricity use in low-income homes, then counsel clients on reducing their electrical usage, test refrigerators and lighting fixtures for efficiency and replace those that are inefficient.

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC): ABCD is the recipient of an MTC demonstration project grant for a cutting-edge initiative that integrates “green technology” — alternative, non-polluting renewable energy sources – into weatherization projects that benefit low-income Boston-area families. Funding flows from utility funds diverted to the Mass Technology “superfund” for use in alternative energy projects that combat the high costs and environmental hazards of traditional energy sources. ABCD is participating in a “model” initiative which will provide a struggling dairy farm is Sutton, Massachusetts with windmill energy that will power the entire farm.

For more information on ABCD's Energy Conservation programs, please contact:

Michael York
Conservation Programs Manager
york@bostonabcd.org
617.357.6012