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Accelerating Appalachia’s Energy Savings

By AV's Intern Team | June 14, 2016 |

Appalachian Voices’ Energy Savings for Appalachia initiative is working with regional electric cooperatives to provide energy efficiency options for their members.

Power of Cooperation: Co-ops put solar on rooftops

By Molly Moore | April 19, 2016 |

By banding together in solar cooperatives, residents are negotiating better prices for home solar installations, supporting each other through the process, and becoming more empowered solar advocates.

Plugging-in Off the Grid

By AV's Intern Team | February 17, 2016 |

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has designed a 3D-printed single-room building and a 3D-printed vehicle that can wirelessly share energy with each other.

Knoxville Homes Get an Energy Makeover

By AV's Intern Team | December 9, 2015 |

The Knoxville Extreme Energy Makeover project is working to weatherize 1,278 homes by September 2017. They aim to reduce energy spending by at least 25 percent for each home weatherized.

Vaughn’s Diesel

By AV's Intern Team | October 15, 2015 |

A Tennessee man has built his own biodiesel fuel processor and now uses cooking oil to run his farm equipment and truck.

Communities Find Solutions to Stormwater

By Molly Moore | August 6, 2015 |

The University of Kentucky’s rain garden is used as a living-learning lab for students. Photo courtesy of the University of Kentucky

To help reduce polluted stormwater from overwhelming nearby waterways, Appalachian cities, towns and universities are deploying green infrastructure and other creative methods.

Increasing Homeowner Access to Energy Savings

By AV's Intern Team | June 15, 2015 |

Financing programs are helping homeowners invest in upgrades that make residences more comfortable while lowering electric bills and reducing a home’s carbon footprint.

South Fork Sharestead

By AV's Intern Team | April 13, 2015 |

In six years, Jonathan Towers has transformed his average American home into an energy-efficient, food-abundant powerhouse. By retrofitting the house to be energy efficient and maintaining a strong commitment to energy conservation, their utility bill has dropped 75 percent.

Smoke in the Hills: Wood Stoves in Appalachia

By Molly Moore | February 18, 2015 |

Some cherish wood heat as a renewable, inexpensive energy source that offsets fossil fuel use, but wood stoves have been under fire in recent years for smoke pollution. Despite their smoky reputation, wood stoves can be an efficient, low-impact heating source when operated and maintained correctly.

Families Win Energy Savings

By AV's Intern Team | February 18, 2015 |

A plastic tube winds through the Dunlaps’ front room to a door covered in red plastic sheeting. It’s the first step in a process to make this drafty home warmer and more efficient through smart investments in air-sealing and insulation.

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