For Homes

There are many ways to make your home green, but it can be hard to know where to start. CET has compiled these helpful resources for saving money and saving natural resources, right from the comfort of your own home.

Not sure where to start? Get a Home Energy Audit!

CET’s expert staff can help you identify the most cost effective ways to save energy and money at your home.

• National Grid customers
• Berkshire Gas customers
• Western Mass Electric Company customers
• All others go to MassSave.com or call CET 413-445-4556 ext. 10

You or your interest group may want to participate in the Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds, published by the Empowerment Institute. CET recommends this user-friendly workbook to help households reduce their carbon footprint.

Building a New Home? Make it greener, healthier and more efficient!

CET is a proud provider of ENERGY STAR for new homes and the US Green Building Council’s green building certification program, LEED for Homes. Consulting with builders, architects, subcontractors and home owners, CET’s staff will perform a whole house analysis of the building plans and specifications, diagnostic testing, and verification of energy efficiency and green measures.

To obtain certification, builders will have to follow the Thermal Bypass Checklist, a list of construction details that ensure a tighter home. Get the Thermal Bypass Checklist Guide from the Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Homes Program.

For more about ENERGY STAR construction or about the LEED for Homes Program, contact Megan.

Green Home Audit

Learn practical measures for achieving a greener home and reducing your home’s ecological footprint through CET’s Green Home Audit. Our green home specialists will use building science analysis to seek solutions for improving indoor air quality, reducing air leakage, addressing combustion safety, fixing moisture problems, and protecting habitat and watersheds around your home. Download our Green Home Audit brochure, or call CET 413-445-4556 ext. 10.

Buying a Home? You might be able to afford more with an Energy Mortgage

An Energy Efficient or Energy Improvement Mortgage might help you get into the home of your dreams. CET can provide Energy Modeling services for your mortgage.

• Energy Improvement Mortgages
• Energy Efficient Mortgages
• A step-by-step guide to the process

Do-It-Yourself Energy (and $) Savers

• View our top top recommendations for DIY energy improvements
• Shop for energy and water saving products and receive a 10% discount!
• Home improvements for less - Shop at the ReStore

Renewable & Clean Energy

Whether you are ready to put solar panels on your home, support clean energy, or choose a cleaner burning fuel for your oil furnace - CET can help.

• Join the Bio-Heat Coop!
• Learn about incentives for installing solar, wind or small hydro at your home
• Support renewable energy without having to install solar panels on your own home

Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

Most towns and cities in Massachusetts have recycling programs, but some items like cell phones and computers can be hard to know what to do with.

• What can you recycle and where can you do it?
• Reuse, the new "new"
• Recycle your old cell phones
• Old computers? Recycle 'em!
• Reduce your junk mail
• Cut down on waste during the holiday season

Creating a Healthy Home - How to deal with health & environmental hazards

Reducing toxins, moisture problems and other environmental hazards in the home is an important step for you and for the planet.

• Healthy Beginnings - To protect children from unnecessary harm
• Make smart environmental choices at home
• Non-toxic cleaning products
• Hazardous products in the home
• Dispose of your batteries properly!
• Mercury and your health

Earth Friendly Yards

From reducing pesticide use to composting there’s a lot you can do to make your yard more earth-friendly.

• Create an Earth-Friendly yard
• Make a healthy compost