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Geothermal heating warms up in Carbondale
In 2017, the Town of Carbondale adopted the goal to achieve a 100% reduction of carbon emissions by 2050. While that may sound ambitious, Carbondale is steadily taking steps toward carbon neutrality, with the next right beneath our feet.Carbondale’s Third Street Center is already an epicenter for binding sustainability and community, with its solar array […]
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Carbondale Report: ANB Bank receives approval
After approving the consent agenda (accounts payable, a liquor license renewal for the American Legion and a fee to lease the town stage waived for First Friday’s Día de los Muertos celebration on Nov. 3), with no public comments, the Oct. 24 meeting began with trustee updates. All were present minus Luis Yllanes. Among the […]
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Carbondale geothermal project wins Dept. of Energy grant
Dave Reed is communications director at CLEER. A local team has kicked off the design phase of an innovative geothermal demonstration project in Carbondale, with test drilling likely to begin in early November. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) gave the official go-ahead to the Carbondale Community Geothermal Coalition to begin work on the project […]
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Carbondale launches Home Energy Score pilot program
Dave Reed is communications director at CLEER. Garfield Clean Energy is teaming up with local electric utilities to launch an energy-efficiency campaign to help residents save money by saving energy in their homes. As part of the Get Your Home Ready for Winter campaign, Garfield County customers of Xcel Energy, Holy Cross Energy and Glenwood […]
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Carbondale Report: Path to Net Zero for Existing Buildings adopted, futsal delayed
All trustees were present at the regular meeting on Sept. 12 with the exception of Luis Yllanes. Accounts payable, approved on the consent agenda, was especially hefty with $1,043,522.75 paid to Redoubt Restoration for grant-funded Crystal River Restoration work, in addition to other one-time expenses like $62,705.50 to Land+Shelter for new pool design work. Other […]
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Carbondale, CLEER launch Home Energy Score pilot program
On Aug. 4, the Town of Carbondale, in conjunction with Carbondale-based Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER), announced that it was undertaking a pilot program utilizing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Home Energy Score (HES) rubric. The program is offering free energy checkups for 100 residences in the town. Once completed, the results will […]
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Scuttlebutt / Calendar – June 22, 2023
Troubadour talent Carbondale’s own Jackson Emmer won the 30th annual Troubadour Contest at Telluride Bluegrass this year. The songwriter competition invites artists not currently signed to a major recording or publishing deal to perform original songs. Congrats, Jackson! Holy Cross election Holy Cross Energy, our nonprofit rural electric co-op, held its annual meeting on June […]
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Carbondale Report: Valentine’s Day with municipal gov
On Feb. 14, commercial romance took a backseat as not a single trustee was absent at their regular meeting. This included several important actions: approval of updated security requirements for special events; adoption of an updated disposable bag fee ordinance; approval of the town’s Integrated Weed Management Plan which will resort to limited use of […]
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Third Street Center gets a boost
Martín Bonzi works for Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER), a nonprofit with offices at the Third Street Center. He also drives an electric vehicle (EV), which is appropriate given his role proselytizing EV adoption in 14 northwestern Colorado counties as CLEER’s transportation program manager. As such, Bonzi was delighted to see come to […]