CONSERVATION INCENTIVES RENEWED.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer GLENDALE - Businesses will continue to receive financial incentives for another year in exchange for installing energy-efficient lighting and air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. . The City Council voted late Tuesday to allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation. $1.18 million to extend three business incentive programs that were due to expire expire /ex·pire/ (ek-spi´er) 1. to exhale. 2. to die. ex·pire v. 1. To breathe one's last breath; die. 2. To exhale. on June 30. The three programs are Business Energy Solutions, Smart Light Solutions, and Cool Solutions at Home and for Small Business. Business Energy Solutions, funded at $1 million in the next fiscal year, targets the top 100 businesses in the city for energy audits, conservation and efficiency retrofitting. Smart Light Solutions, funded at $100,000, offers rebates to small- and medium-size businesses for installing energy-efficient lights. The $80,000 Cool Solutions program recruits and trains local contractors to provide air conditioning tuneup and duct-sealing services at reduced cost. In a separate action, the council voted to retain Xenergy at a cost of $1.27 million to provide energy and water audits for local residents free of charge throughout the next three years. Under the contract, Xenergy representatives will visit a home at the request of the owner to check the air conditioning, insulation insulation (ĭn'səlā`shən, ĭn'sy  –), use of materials or devices to inhibit or prevent the conduction of heat or of electricity. ,
leaks, appliance A stand-alone hardware device or software environment dedicated to a specific task. See hardware appliance and software appliance. temperatures, water flow rates at sinks and showers,
and landscape irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. . They will provide conservation advice and
information on financial incentives for installing energy- and
water-efficient technology.
In conjunction with approving the Xenergy contract, the City Council budgeted an additional $945,000 to fund those incentives. |
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