The City of Cambridge is seeking out motivated individuals to join our team of Block Captains to catapult the City into first place as the largest energy saver in the country. Cambridge is a semi-finalist in the $5 million Georgetown University Energy Prize and we need help from you to get over the goal line. If you are interested in helping your neighbors and your City save energy through Mass Save no-cost energy assessments, please fill out this brief interest questionnaire. The Energy Efficiency Block Captains will be responsible for implementing an organized effort to enable energy saving assessments at the neighborhood level. Responsibilities include:

• Sign neighbors up for no-cost MassSave energy assessments
• Track participation and follow up with neighbors to help complete assessments and track resulting energy-saving actions
• Organize optional activities such as lightbulb exchanges, solar house parties, and other energy-saving initiatives
• Report activities to the Energy Efficiency Block Captain Coordinator and participate in competitions between neighborhoods to achieve as many assessments as possible

CEA seeks volunteers of all ages with strong communication and community organizing skills and a desire to conduct energy efficiency outreach activity in Cambridge neighborhoods. Enthusiasm for environmental and civic issues, along with determination and a positive attitude, are key traits. Time commitment of multiple hours per week over a 2-3 month period to conduct and follow up on outreach activity. More questions? Email Jessica at jnahigian@cambridgema.gov.

The Georgetown University Energy Prize is a $5 million, two-year competition between 50 cities across the country to encourage innovative approaches to energy savings. Cambridge is In It to Win It and we need the whole community to get involved! The competition is judged based on electricity and gas bill savings in the residential and municipal sectors, along with the innovative nature, replicability, inclusiveness, and long-term impacts of the approaches. Energy assessments through the MassSave program are central to our strategy because they give residents a customized evaluation of energy use and energy saving opportunities in their homes, with instant savings measures along with incentives for further action. So far, Cambridge has had 2,200 energy assessments performed.

For more information about the Georgetown Prize, see www.cambridgeenergyalliance.org/winit.

The questionnaire can be found here.