I just received my “extra” electricity bill from the Green Energy Consumers Alliance. I pay a little extra each month. To give you an idea, I used 234 kWh last ...
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We installed the Sense monitor a few months ago in order to see exactly where our electricity use was going. As the Sense unit “learned” what was using electricity, we ...
We got our minimum electricity use down to well under 100 W
When Satra and I heard about the great DriveGreen deal that the Green Energy Consumers Alliance had made with Marlboro Nissan, we wasted no time. Concerned about climate change, we ...
Range Anxiety? Not for us!
In 2019 MassEnergize started partnering with Pearl Certification, a national program designed to help homeowners capture the value of their home’s environmentally friendly and efficient features when they sell the ...
Marketing my Rental with Pearl
I am a regular customer at the Farmers Market. In the summer I go almost weekly for veggies to supplement my farmshare box and my own garden produce, as well ...
Friends feast at the Winter Farmers Market
Did you know that your food choices have a significant impact on the climate? Eating a plant-rich diet tops most lists of actions individuals can take to reduce their carbon ...
Enjoying a Plant Rich Diet
In 2017 I went “all in” on a SolarFlair PV installation as well as a high-efficiency ductless split heat pump system with Sensibo smart controllers. To help understand the dynamics ...
Going for serious data!
We installed an 48 panel ground mounted array in Wayland. Presently, our carbon footprint for August = 40 lbs. as compared with the Massachusetts average of 573 lbs. of carbon. ...
Solar Energy is lowering our carbon footprint
We installed our home solar PV system in 2012. Our payback was less than 5 years, given the incentives at the time. Some months we produce more energy than we ...
Solar for two reasons
Thanks to MassEnergize, I learned that every school in Wayland has a place to recycle textiles. The day after finding this out, I literally drove to Wayland Middle School (the ...
Easy to recycle worn-out textiles
I was very happy to hear that Wayland Energize Wayland has partnered with Black Earth Compost to provide weekly curbside compost pickup in our town Wayland. Black Earth is the ...
Black Earth Compost Above and Beyond
Paul at Wired (www.ihiredwired.com/) reviewed all my halogen lighting and found LED replacements. He did a great job identifying LED bulbs for unusual lights. He also put in my Tesla ...
Had all my complicated lights switched to LED by Wired
When the U.N. made its most recent Global Warning announcement, I decided to act to significantly reduce his use of gasoline. I looked at the Honda Insight (Hybrid only) and ...
Hybrid was the right choice for us
We wanted to replace our 20-year old gas furnace with a greener option to reduce fossil fuel use without significantly increasing our heating costs. After months of research, we selected ...
From gas to electric heat pump
I used Meacham and worked with Brian Cristman. (He is now at Mitsubishi Electric Cooling and Heating). I got the heat pump in November 2015 and I am very happy ...
Air Source Heat Pump
I actually have two sets of solar panels – one leased as part of the first Solarize Wayland initiative in 2012, and one purchased later on when my oil tank ...
Solar Panels
I got my first LED bulbs from Mass Save when they did the home audit. I have since been able to replace almost all light bulbs in the house except ...
LED Lighting
After my kids left home I didn’t need the giant double-door refrigerator any more so I exchanged it for a much more energy efficient smaller one. I got this one ...
Downsized Refrigerator
I’ve actually done the home audit three times, because it was required for the heatpump, solar panels, and solar hot water, and each time I got something out of it. ...
Home audit
I leased my first 100% electric Smart in November of 2014. I’m now on my second one, and I will never go back to a gas-powered car. The best part ...
EV
Everyone in Wayland should join the Metrowest node of 350Mass! Visit the website at www.350MassMetrowest.org for more detail. Our meetings alternate between Sudbury and Wayland, and there’s lots of exciting ...
350Mass Metrowest
When my electric water tank stopped working and I had to get a new one I decided to call New England Solar Hot Water. They are amazing. Even though my ...
Installed Solar Hot Water
We have been doing this now for several weeks. It is SO EASY. With Septic and no garbage disposal all the food was going into the trash anyways. Plus so ...
Black Earth is GREAT
I purchase electricity for my home through Arcadia Power and have encouraged my friends and family to do so. It required nothing more than a visit to Arcadia’s website (arcadia.com), ...
Signed up with Arcadia Power
I try to minimize my air travel, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. Try missing out on your sister-in-law’s wedding! That’s a no go. So I buy offsets with Jetset Offset and ...
Offsetting my air miles
We’ve been composting for years ... in the nice weather. The Black Earth collection system is super easy and works all year long. It’s a nifty little container, and we ...
Black Earth Rocks
We’d been thinking about getting an electric or hybrid-electric for some time but hadn’t made the commitment. I used Energize Wayland’s website to see the impact of making the switch ...
Prius Prime rocks
Do you suffer from way too many catalogs in your mailbox that you did not request? Does your mailwoman/man avoid your route because of the load? Have you tried to ...
Catalog Overload?
It always bugged me that my dryer would gobble up SO MUCH electricity (we have a Sense monitor, which makes it super evident how much power those conventional dryers draw) ...
Heat pump clothes dryer!
We have enjoyed Black Earth Compost service for two years now and the weekly compost pick up continues to be a real positive. Our household waste management is all around ...
Daily good feeling
We were forced to shop for a new car when our old Prius was totaled and only looking at replacing with a newer used model, assuming an electric car was ...
Driving electric is fun!
After hearing the webinar on community solar, we realized we could sign up even though we already have a roof top PV system. The Energy Sage site was easy to ...
Saving $ and supporting community solar
My only visit to a gas station now is the annual vehicle inspection. They have learnt not to look for a tail pipe! There are many great features in EVs ...
Benefits of owning a Tesla
We went with rooftop solar back in 2012 during the solarize program that was offered that year. It was in the years of the sluggish stock market following the crash ...
Best investment I ever made!
I am constantly getting compliments on our landscaping – which birds and butterflies and dragonflies and native bees also clearly love – and most of which is very low maintenance! ...
Low-low-maintenance natural landscaping!
So happy to fiinally be able to put the electric snowblower aside 🙂 Time to switch over to the weedwhacker, the leafblower and the lawn mower – also electrical! They’re ...
Love my electric weed whacker + leaf blower!
My wife, Nadine, is an excellent cook and can testify to the accuracy of your statements about induction cooking. We bought a house in France with an induction cooktop – ...
Induction cook tops – better than gas!
I used to own a high quality gas-powered Honda lawnmower, which I used to mow our front yard in Wayland – after “mow and blow” crews repeatedly infested our lawn ...
Electric lawnmower, string trimmer and blower – much easier to use!
I remember in March 2016, on a business trip, staying up until midnight to go online and put a deposit down on a Tesla Model 3. The wait was worth ...
The Joy of an EV
We purchased a used 2014 Prius V in 2017 which we recently transferred to our son who lives in NYC, he loves the car. Recently we purchased another used Prius, ...
We love Prius!
Something that often prevents me from eating vegetarian is that I don’t know how to cook as well without meat. All the recipes I learned from my parents are meat-centric, ...
An awesome vegetarian recipe
As part of our decarbonization plan, we recently replaced our gas hot water heater with a heat pump alternative. The new water does a great job, water is hot and ...
Heat Pump Hot Water Heater Works Great!
Our insulation project was great. We took advantage of MassSave incentives resulting in a warmer house. And the attic insulation solved an ice dam problem, along with some roof repairs ...
Warmer home & solved Ice dams
We recently installed rooftop solar on our house. The Energize Wayland Team was extremely helpful including explaining the process, comparing the three different quotes we received and answering any questions ...
We recently installed rooftop solar on our house. The Energize Wayland Team was extremely helpful!
I am trying to take a step each year to decarbonize my home. This year, I removed my 12-year old natural gas water heater and installed a Heat Pump Water ...
My next Green step: A Heat pump Water heater
We LOVE our new hot water heat pump. Obviously, it’s great that we’re no longer using oil to heat our water, but the main thing is that this is a ...
LOVE our hot water heat pump
We have a large 1800s colonial and guest house, both with clear south facing roofs and limited tree cover next to the homes, so basically an ideal situation for installing ...
Recommending Isaksen Solar
We are thrilled to be getting a nice tax credit for our new hot water heat pump! That’s really the bonus because the heat pump itself has been a game-changer. ...
And Then They Gave Us Free Money!
Our roof top solar was a great financial deal, paid for itself in 5 years. And now we get credits on our electric bill each month. We leased ours but would ...
Solar pays big
I just finished writing letters to the largest plastic bottle polluters, and I think you should, too. Did you know that 90% of seabirds have plastic in their stomachs? Plastic ...
Message the Biggest Plastic Water Bottle Polluters!
For years, I looked at my south-facing roof and thought “I should get solar panels”. In 2023, I began the process with an outreach to Energize Wayland, and ultimately selected ...
Solar panels – a great thing to do
Once I decided to go with home solar installation, I started by self-learning with MassCEC website, then I asked for quotes both directly and via EnergySage. Now, the more quotes I had to compare on a ...
Rooftop solar can feel complicated, and solar coaching was key for me to decide!
I signed up with NexAmp for community solar, and saved over $380/year on my electric bill. I was on a waitlist for a year — but it’s worth it. One ...