City initiates program to increase sustainability
By Rodger Nayak | November 24, 2009The City of Charlottesville will launch the new Local Energy Alliance Program early next year to provide area property owners with financing and resources to improve the energy efficiency of their homes and businesses. LEAP will encourage Charlottesville and Albemarle County residents to make upgrades to their homes that will decrease their energy consumption and lower their electricity bills, Charlottesville Environmental Administrator Kristel Riddervold said. "The main goal of the program is to support community residents and businesses to pursue and implement energy efficiency, and through that, there will be good construction jobs retained and created," she said. Property owners who contact LEAP for assistance will be directed to area construction companies that will make the actual improvements.
