Home Energy Audits - the first step to assess how much energy your home consumes and to evaluate what measures you can take to make your home more energy efficient. (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/energy_audits/index.cfm/mytopic=11160)

Weatherization Assistance Program – making homes more energy efficient (http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/weatherization/apply.cfm)

Make Every Day EARTH DAY – energy efficiency tips (http://www.energy.gov/energytips.htm)

Find energy efficient products and reduce carbon emissions (http://www.energystar.gov/)

Home Energy Yardstick - if you have 5 minutes and your energy bills are handy, you can find out how your home's energy use measures up. (http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_improvement.hm_improvement_index_tools

An intuitive, real-time, accurate electricity monitor, TED monitors your energy usage and presents the information to you in a simple, easy-to-understand format. (http://www.theenergydetective.com/index.html)

"Smart Meters" are designed primarily for the electric utility industry so they can better manage the supply-and-demand of electricity. TED is designed specifically for the consumer, so that one can better manage the use and costs of electricity. TED puts YOU in charge.

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) now has three programs to help Alaskans reduce energy bills on their homes. The objective of these programs is to make a home more energy efficient. (http://www.ahfc.state.ak.us/energy/weatherization_rebates.cfm)

• The Weatherization Program, is available to Alaskans, either homeowners or renters, who meet certain income guidelines and provides weatherization services at no cost to qualified applicants.
• The Home Energy Rebate Program is for homeowners who do not qualify for the Weatherization Program, but want to make their own energy-efficiency improvements to their home. There is also a rebate for new 5 Star Plus homes.
• The Second Mortgage Program for Energy Conservation is a loan for borrowers to make cost-effective energy improvements on owner-occupied properties.

MOA Weatherization Assistance Program