PROGRAMMING AREAS

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
Please send questions and comments to:
nercrd@psu.edu

Determining How to Reduce Your Home Energy Costs This Winter

As we all know, the cost of heating our homes this winter season will almost certainly increase over previous years. Just how substantial these increases will be for you will depend on what steps you take to reduce your overall energy use as well as in what part of the country you reside, how cold it gets

This site is intended to help you access the resources and information of the Cooperative Extension System and other public sources designed to give you a better understanding of the options you have for safely and affordably responding to this winter's home heating challenges.

For information on Energy Strategies (energy alternatives and energy issues):
http://energy.cas.psu.edu/

Tips on Saving Money on Home Heating are Available at:
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/homeheating.html

Prevention of Fires Caused by Home Heating Sources:
http://www.nasdonline.org/docs/d001101-d001200/d001113/d001113.html

Energy Savers Tips on Saving Energy & Money at Home:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/

Tips are avaliable at The Federal Citizen Information Center:
http://firstgovsearch.gov/search?v%3Aproject=firstgov-fcic&query=energy

Home Energy Resources:
http://cce.cornell.edu/EnergyClimateChange/Pages/EnergyConservationandEfficiency.aspx

Biofuels

Biofueling Rural Development (A Report from the Carsey Institute)

Input-Outrageous: The Economic Impacts of Modern Biofuels Production, Dave Swenson

Marcellus Shale

Proceedings from the Marcellus Shale Multi-State Research Conference, May 10-11, 2011