The GEO released several grants in January and anticipates releasing the following grants in February of 2010. Please click here to view a full list of available grants.

Note: this timeline is subject to change; grants may be pushed back to later dates, but will not open earlier.

February Grants


Please see the Governor's Energy Office Funding website for more information.

The Weatherization Program has been moving in full force since September partnering with Housing Solutions for the Southwest and the Southwest Conservation Core.  4CORE has recently been graced with an intern, Tom Zajicek, who is rapidly learning the weatherization ways and helping with audits, work orders, and inspections. 

We just partnered withthe Fort Lewis Environmental Center and Manna Soup Kitchen in hosting a Caulk 'n Seal Party on January 30th at the Manna Soup Kitchen.  Our goal was to involve the community in weatherization while demonstrating some low cost measures as well as improving the Manna Soup Kitchen.
      
Over 20 homes have been weatherized to date in our five county area. In addition, there are over 70 approved applications. 

Clients have been very pleased with the improvements made on their homes and are feeling much more comfortable since their home was weatherized. The 4CORE weatherization team is looking forward to continuing our progress in serving our region.

Tom Zajicek and Linnea Decker are the two newest members of the 4CORE team.

Tom is interning through the Rocky Mountain Senior Community Service Employment Program. He moved to Durango two years ago from Ithaca, New York.

His interest in green building and energy efficiency led him to choose 4CORE for an internship. He is presently being trained in weatherization, including energy audits and inspections. In addition he is working on client utility data, and developing a respiratory safety program.

Tom's varied previous experience includes home building, field biology, outdoor education, and industrial roped access inspection. When not working Tom is off to the mountains, canyons and deserts of the four corners area.

Linnea is interning through the Environmental Science Community Internship at Fort Lewis College. Linnea is a Colorado native living in Montezuma County, and attends Fort Lewis College as a full-time student working on a Bachelor's of Art degree in English/Writing and Environmental Studies/Policy and Culture.

Her interests, not surprisingly, reside in spending as much time in the Colorado wilderness as possible snowshoeing, hiking, biking and writing about nature.

If you are interested in interning or volunteering with 4CORE, please email us.

Insulate Colorado Rebates

4CORE is still administering Insulation Rebates!

Don't forget that insulating your attic and/or walls and doing air sealing is the first step to lowering your utility bills and keeping WARM this winter.

Attention Atmos Energy, Source Gas and Colorado Natural Gas Customers:

Atmos Energy, Source Gas and Colorado Natural Gas (CNG) are offering the Insulate Colorado Program to gas customers. Customers of these gas utilities should download the Gas Customer Rebate Form, and submit the required paperwork directly to the listed address for processing and payment.

Click here to learn more about the program if you are not a customer of the companies listed above, or download the application here.