By Daily Press staff
A non-profit group is honoring Santa Monicans who will save over five years the city $5 million to $10 million in energy costs, according to officials.
The Energy Coalition’s program “The Power Within You” empowers California residents and business owners in select cities to learn and practice “smart energy management,” which include forging energy-conserving partnerships among communities, individuals, organizations and contractors.
“These energy champions have made significant impacts in both the short-and long-term energy future for the city of Santa Monica,” said Ted Flanigan, the managing director of The Energy Coalition. “These individuals successfully helped to spread the message about smart energy management practices in their communities.”
They have communicated the message of energy efficiency to more than 10,000 Santa Monica residents and business owners who have made changes in their energy-use behavior — including torchiere trade-ins, community efficiency and small business efficiency tune-ups, sales of compact fluorescent light bulbs and programs in Santa Monica Schools.
Energy champions include the following people and communities: Nora Sanchez (contractor, Catalina Ballast & Bulb); Shana Gray (PEAK teacher, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District); Susan Munves (City of Santa Monica); Jay Hotch (manager, The Shores); Stuart Cooley (city of Santa Monica), Gabriel Hernandez, (maintenance manager, Wilshire Ocean Terrace); Joe Post (PEAK teacher, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District); Jason Post (high school student); Linda Cady (PEAK teacher, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District); Grant Ivey, (manager, Bay Club Apartments); Engracia Zarco (property manager, Community Corporation of Santa Monica), the Wilshire House, and Wilshire Ocean Terrace.
The Energy Coalition — funded by California utility customers — is dedicated to raising awareness among consumers and businesses about smart energy management skills and practices that can result in a healthy energy future.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 21, 2004. Read the original PDF.