Insulate your home to save on heating and cooling and to benefit your comfortability.
by Janette Cornelius
Replace light bulbs moving to a more energy conserving system such as led, halogen incandescent bulbs, or compact fluorescent lighting. by Janette Cornelius
When washing clothes use cold water more. Hot water uses energy from water heaters. Using cold water cuts down on energy usage.
by Remon Berry
Upgrades to the current heating and cooling system. Sometimes heating and cooling units aren't current and causes the units to lag and under perform which can result in excess power being used. By Remon Berry
Set up Wind Turbines to establish renewable energy. Smaller ones can be set up for residential neighborhoods.
by Jeanmarie Curtis
Establish designated areas within the city for carpooling. Have the same pick up and drop off areas established.
by Jeanmarie Curtis
an efficient appliances
by Takwa Zeidan
when purchasing an energy-efficient appliance, it will consume less energy during use. will help save energy and it makes sure that no energy used while no one home using it.
Retrofitting Office Buildings
by Jessica New
20 percent of the nation's carbon dioxide emissions come from the energy used to heat and cool buildings so by focusing efforts to make these spaces more energy-efficient, we can reduce a high amount of greenhouse contributions (Chandler, 2016). By starting with the oldest, least energy-efficient buildings, Ashfordton can make systematic and large impacts to their carbon footprint. The cost of energy-efficient upgrades (and a dedicated urban planning team to manage the updates) would be quickly offset in the money saved on energy bills. Some retrofitting could be as simple as replacing worn-out weather seals or adding proper insulation. Reference Chandler, D. (2016, April 20). How to make cities more energy efficient: Retrofitting a small portion of buildings would have big impact on cities’ carbon emissions. MIT News. http://news.mit.edu/2016/how-make-cities-more-energy-efficient-0420
solar panels to save energy
by Takwa Zeidan
using solar panels to save energy by using rooftop solar panels, solar oven, solar water heating, and solar air conditioning. they can harness more energy then we will use.
Transparent Solar Panels
by Jessica New
Solar panels are great, but they are also sort of ugly and solar farms can take up a disproportionately large amount of lands. An alternative that is currently being perfected and has an immense number of versatile applications is photovoltaic glass. "These are transparent solar panels that can literally generate electricity from windows" (Solar Magazine, 2020). This technology could be implemented in phases, being added to the oldest buildings in Ashfordton first and then over time to newer buildings to distribute the cost. Solar windows and solar blinds would not destroy the value or appearance of historical buildings but would provide energy. Additionally, using this technology means that there is no added land cost to gather solar power. Solar Magazine estimates that transparent solar panel technology could generate 40% of the country's annual electricity needs (2020). New housing or office buildings might also be incentivized to add these solar windows during their construction as well. Pair this with rooftop solar in a sunny desert community like Ashfordton and the city would likely cover almost all of its power needs through solar power alone by 2050. Reference Solar Magazine (2020, February 29). Transparent solar panels: Reforming future energy supply. Solar Magazine. https://solarmagazine.com/solar-panels/transparent-solar-panels/
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