And Then They Gave Us Free Money!
<p>We are thrilled to be getting a nice tax credit for our new hot water heat pump! That’s rea...
Community Solar Saves us $
<p>I signed up with NexAmp for community solar, and saved over $380/year on my electric bill. I was ...
Solar pays big
<p>Our roof top solar was a <strong>great financial deal, paid for itself in 5 years. </st...
Rooftop solar can feel complicated, and solar coaching was key for me to decide!
<p class="p1">Once I decided to go with home solar installation, I started by self-learning wit...
Solar panels - a great thing to do
<p>For years, I looked at my south-facing roof and thought "I should get solar panels". In 2023, I b...
Message the Biggest Plastic Water Bottle Polluters!
<p>I just finished writing letters to the largest plastic bottle polluters, and I think you should, ...
My next Green step: A Heat pump Water heater
<p>I am trying to take a step each year to decarbonize my home. This year, I removed my 12-year old ...
We recently installed rooftop solar on our house. The Energize Wayland Team was extremely helpful!
<p>We recently installed rooftop solar on our house. The Energize Wayland Team was extremely helpful...
LOVE our hot water heat pump
<p>We LOVE our new hot water heat pump. Obviously, it's great that we're no longer using oil to heat...
Recommending Isaksen Solar
<p>We have a large 1800s colonial and guest house, both with clear south facing roofs and limited tr...
Warmer home & solved Ice dams
<p>Our insulation project was great. We took advantage of MassSave incentives resulting in a warmer ...
Heat Pump Hot Water Heater Works Great!
<p>As part of our decarbonization plan, we recently replaced our gas hot water heater with a heat pu...
An awesome vegetarian recipe
<p>Something that often prevents me from eating vegetarian is that I don't know how to cook as well ...
We love Prius!
<p>We purchased a used 2014 Prius V in 2017 which we recently transferred to our son who lives in NY...
The Joy of an EV
I remember in March 2016, on a business trip, staying up until midnight to go online and put a depos...
Electric lawnmower, string trimmer and blower - much easier to use!
<p><strong>I used to own a high quality gas-powered Honda lawnmower,</strong> which I used to mow ou...
Induction cook tops - better than gas!
<div class="gmail_default"><strong>My wife, Nadine, is an excellent cook and can testify to the accu...
Love my electric weed whacker + leaf blower!
<p>So happy to fiinally be able to put the electric snowblower aside :) Time to switch over to the w...
Low-low-maintenance natural landscaping!
<p>I am constantly getting compliments on our landscaping - which birds and butterflies and dragonfl...
Best investment I ever made!
<p>We went with rooftop solar back in 2012 during the solarize program that was offered that year. I...
Benefits of owning a Tesla
My only visit to a gas station now is the annual vehicle inspection. They have learnt not to look f...
Saving $ and supporting community solar
<p>After hearing the webinar on community solar, we realized we could sign up even though we already...
Driving electric is fun!
We were forced to shop for a new car when our old Prius was totaled and only looking at replacing wi...
Daily good feeling
We have enjoyed Black Earth Compost service for two years now and the weekly compost pick up continu...
Heat pump clothes dryer!
It always bugged me that my dryer would gobble up SO MUCH electricity (we have a Sense monitor, whic...
Catalog Overload?
Do you suffer from way too many catalogs in your mailbox that you did not request? Does your mailwom...
Prius Prime rocks
We'd been thinking about getting an electric or hybrid-electric for some time but hadn't made the co...
Black Earth Rocks
We've been composting for years ... in the nice weather. The Black Earth collection system is super ...
Offsetting my air miles
I try to minimize my air travel, but sometimes it's unavoidable. Try missing out on your sister-in-l...
Signed up with Arcadia Power
I purchase electricity for my home through Arcadia Power and have encouraged my friends and family t...
Black Earth is GREAT
We have been doing this now for several weeks. It is SO EASY. With Septic and no garbage disposal al...
Installed Solar Hot Water
When my electric water tank stopped working and I had to get a new one I decided to call New England...
350Mass Metrowest
Everyone in Wayland should join the Metrowest node of 350Mass! Visit the website at www.350MassMetro...
EV
I leased my first 100% electric Smart in November of 2014. I'm now on my second one, and I will neve...
Home audit
I've actually done the home audit three times, because it was required for the heatpump, solar panel...
Downsized Refrigerator
After my kids left home I didn't need the giant double-door refrigerator any more so I exchanged it ...
LED Lighting
I got my first LED bulbs from Mass Save when they did the home audit. I have since been able to repl...
Solar Panels
I actually have two sets of solar panels - one leased as part of the first Solarize Wayland initiati...
Air Source Heat Pump
<p>I used Meacham and worked with Brian Cristman. (He is now at Mitsubishi Electric Cooling and Heat...
From gas to electric heat pump
We wanted to replace our 20-year old gas furnace with a greener option to reduce fossil fuel use wit...
Hybrid was the right choice for us
When the U.N. made its most recent Global Warning announcement, I decided to act to significantly re...
Had all my complicated lights switched to LED by Wired
Paul at Wired (www.ihiredwired.com/) reviewed all my halogen lighting and found LED replacements. He...
Black Earth Compost Above and Beyond
I was very happy to hear that Wayland Energize Wayland has partnered with Black Earth Compost to pro...
Easy to recycle worn-out textiles
Thanks to MassEnergize, I learned that every school in Wayland has a place to recycle textiles. The ...
Solar for two reasons
<p>We installed our home solar PV system in 2012. Our payback was less than 5 years, given the incen...
Solar Energy is lowering our carbon footprint
We installed an 48 panel ground mounted array in Wayland. Presently, our carbon footprint for August...
Going for serious data!
In 2017 I went "all in" on a SolarFlair PV installation as well as a high-efficiency ductless split ...
Enjoying a Plant Rich Diet
Did you know that your food choices have a significant impact on the climate? Eating a plant-rich di...
Friends feast at the Winter Farmers Market
I am a regular customer at the Farmers Market. In the summer I go almost weekly for veggies to supp...
Marketing my Rental with Pearl
In 2019 MassEnergize started partnering with Pearl Certification, a national program designed to hel...
Range Anxiety? Not for us!
When Satra and I heard about the great DriveGreen deal that the Green Energy Consumers Alliance had ...
We got our minimum electricity use down to well under 100 W
We installed the Sense monitor a few months ago in order to see exactly where our electricity use wa...
25% of my electricity is green for the price of a coffee!
I just received my “extra” electricity bill from the Green Energy Consumers Alliance. I pay a little...