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UPCOMING EVENTS

Keystone Bluegrass and Beer Festival - Volunteers Needed!
We’re looking for volunteers for July 31st and August 1st. Shifts include ID checkers, information booth, kids crafts, and assisting beer vendors. Each shift will vary between two and three hours. For more info,
please click here.

Summit county's sustainable building code

The Efficient Building Working Group has been working for over two years to create a workable Sustainable Building Code for Summit County. It's finally complete and goes into effect January 1st, 2009. MORE

the Home energy loan program on hold

The program is on hold due to interference at the federal level from the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The HELP Summit Loan program is a collaboration between Summit County, the Town of Breckenridge and High Country Conservation Center to make low interest loans available to homeowners interested in improving the energy efficiency of their homes. To learn more about the latest developments in this and other energy news click HERE.

increased energy rebate amounts for insulation and duct sealing

For a limited time, the Governor's Energy Office(GEO) has increased the insulation rebate to 40% of the total project cost, up to $600. In combination with the Xcel rebate you can fund 60% of the total insulation job. Check out all rebates and incentives from the GEO, the Federal government, Xcel Energy and local municipalities. Want to replace windows in your home, replace your old noisy refrigerator with an energy efficient one? There is money available to help you do all this and MORE