Rebuild Central - San Diego Free Shade Tree Program

The California Center for Sustainable Energy is giving away over 14,000 shade trees to single-family homes, multi-family buildings, public agencies, non-profits and K-12 schools throughout Orange and San Diego counties (must be an SDG&E customer). These trees are full-sized, 15-gallon nursery quality specimens in your choice of over 20 varieties. Each home can receive up to 10 trees per household. Visit www.trees.energycenter.org for more details.

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Charitable Donations to Rebuild Central

Rebuild Central would like to thank the San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles Prudential Reality Foundations “Pickford Realty Cares” and Aaroe Associates Charitable Foundation, for their generous donations to the San Diego County Fire Survivors.

RebuildCentral.org - Radio Interview

Lauri Walker, Program Manager, California Center for Sustainable Energy, speaks with Kathy Novo-Shumate of Let’s Talk Remodeling. Lauri discusses the services that Rebuild Central provides to the San Diego wildfire survivors at the San Diego Home Design and Landscape Expo held at the San Diego Convention Center on Friday, April 4. 2008.

Solar Water Heating System Incentives

Solar Water Heating (SWH) systems can help protect consumers against future gas and electricity shortages as well as price increases. They help preserve the environment by eliminating carbon dioxide emissions and reducing harmful pollutants. Through the California Solar Initiative (CSI), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized CCSE to provide $1.5 million in rate payer funds as incentives for the Solar Water Heating Pilot Program. These incentives will go to qualified, licensed contractors to promote the installation of clean, renewable solar water heating systems.

Visit the California Center for Sustainable Energy for more information on the Solar Water Heating Pilot Program

Support for Homeowners Rebuilding After Southern California Wildfires of 2007

To those residents in San Diego County who lost their homes in the 2007 Southern California wildfires, USGBC would like to extend its support in helping these survivors rebuild their homes in a sustainable manner. To that end, USGBC agrees to waive all registration and certification fees (up to a $600 value) for those who intend to rebuild using the LEED for Homes rating system.

In order to take advantage of this fee waiver, applicants and their LEED for Homes providers should work through the normal registration process via the USGBC website (http://www.usgbc.org/leed/homes). Upon submittal, the Provider should email USGBC at homes@usgbc.org to request the registration fee waiver for the project. A representative from USGBC will then confirm the registration fee waiver via email and, should the project ultimately move forward to certification, will ensure that the certification fee is also waived at the appropriate time.

Rebuild Central - Assisting San Diego Wildfire Survivors

Rebuild Central is a one-stop, all-in-one resource for fire survivors looking for unbiased information about how to rebuild their homes and lives. Rebuild Central is a free, joint project of The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE), San Diego Renewable Energy Society, and Architecture for Humanity.

Rebuild Central is holding a three-part series of free workshops designed to help homeowners rebuild using energy-efficient and fire-resistant technologies, methods, and materials.

The Greenprint Workshop Series will be held at CCSE’s central San Diego location. Visitors are encouraged to explore all the latest energy- efficiency technologies, interactive displays, and resources that CCSE’s Energy Resource Center has to offer.

Browse through the vast array of books, periodicals, and DVDs in the
Energy Resource Library, or borrow reading and data-logging Instruments designed to measure performance and savings opportunities in the Tool Lending Library.