North West REC is continuing to place more and more emphasis on energy efficiency. In addition to offering energy efficiency rebates, our member service department will begin offering energy assessments to our members on September 1, 2011.

Your Cooperative has purchased a new infrared camera to help with these energy assessments. When scheduling appointments, it is important to know that there needs to be at least a 20 degree difference between the inside and outside temperatures for the camera to work effectively.

There will be a charge of $45 to the member, applied to your electric account. We will provide the member with an energy efficiency kit as part of this program. Included in this kit are several kinds of caulk, a showerhead, faucet aerators, two CFL bulbs and energy efficiency information.

One of our member service personnel will conduct a walk-through of the house, with the member present, to look for possible ways to save energy. They will review a detailed list of energy efficiency ideas for potential savings. Simple changes in both lifestyle and in the home will pay you back year after year. Some of those improvements won't cost you a lot of money to put into effect.

For non-residential buildings, we will do the energy assessment for $95 for up to four hours. If the member requests longer than that for using the infrared camera on a number of motors, panels, etc., there will be an additional cost per hour.

Call our office today to set up an appointment for your energy assessment.