Page 18 RAIN Nov 1975 HOME INSULATION Improving the thermal insulation in your home is an easy way to save energy and money. But it's not always easy to come up with the initial investment capital to pay for the job. A utility in Colorado helps consumers finance insulation by adding the cost to their monthly bill. In Montana, the government is financing winterizing homes for low income homeowners. ·The Public Service Company of Colorado has initiated an innovative program to encourage its customers to insulate their homes. Interested customers can call PSC for a free attic insulation inspection. PSC inspectors report to the homeowner how much insulation is needed to optimize savings and will even arrange for a contractor to install it. When the work is done, PSC will look over the job and make sure it is adequate. Homeowners with a good credit rating can pay for the work in monthly installments added to their utility bills and take up to 30 months to pay at 9.5% interest. PSC says it typically costs from $150 to $300 to adequately insulate a Denver-area home. Energy savings could amount to 15%, says PSC. FILM/VIDEO continued from page 13 Young Filmmakers Festival The Northwest Film Study Center's Young Filmmakers Festival, co-sponsored by the Oregon Educational Public Broadcasting System and the Oregon Educational Media Association, will be held January 31 , 1976 at the Portland Art Museum. The Young Filmmakers Festival is an annual event, nationally coordinated by the Center for Understanding Media in New York City. Filmmakers between the ages of 6 and 18 are invited to submit Super 8, 8mm, and 16mm films completed in the last two years, not previously entered in the festival. First, second and third place prizes will be awarded in three age categories: Primary 6-10; Junior 11-14; and Senior 15-18. Winning films will be selected by a panel of filmmakers, teachers and critics. The winning films will be shown at an awards program on January 31st at the Portland Art Museum. In addition, the winners will be shown statewide on OEPBS in February. Films winning first place awards in the three age categories will be sent to New York for the National Young Filmmakers Competition, the winners of which will be shown on a special nationwide PBS program. PSC customers interested in a free inspection or more information on the program should call 571-7721 or 5717012. During the next three months, the government will be insulating the homes of low income families in three counties in Montana. ,'elf it makes sense for the average taxpayer to insulate their homes in winter, then it makes sense to insulate homes of the people they (taxpayers) are already paying benefits to," says Mike Barton, assistant director of District 11 Human Resources Council and director of the winterizing project. The program is funded through a $40,000 federal grant which will be used primarily to buy materials. Thirteen CETA (Compr~hensive Employment Entry deadline for the festival is January 15. Additional information about the festival and entry forms may be obtained by contacting: Young Filmmakers Festival Northwest Film Study Center Portland Art Museum 1219 S.W. Park Ave. Portland, OR 97205 503-226-2811 Cable 13 - Portland Cable 13 is a new cable channel which the Transvideo Cable Company has made available for community programming. The Center for Innovation and Research in Cable Television is coordinating this effort. CIRCT will be doing much of the programming, but their facilities will be open to anyone on the cable who wants to contribute material. Programming will start on October 8 and continue each Wednesday at 7: 30 p.m. Contact CIRCT, 519 S.W. 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97201, 50J-223-3419. Cf.AND USE ) More Is Less Elizabeth Bardwell Capitol Community Citizens 197 3 114 N. Carrol St. Madison, WI and Training Act) employees will do the work. "We're talking about spending $40,000 to save $30,000 this year," Barton told The Missoulian. "But that $40,000 is a permanent thing. It'll save $30,000 again next year." The District 11 HRC is hoping to insulate 250 homes in Missoula County, 230 in Ravalli County, and 100 in Mineral County. To qualify, a low income person must own his residence and receive income below 125% of the federal poverty level. A family of two with an income of $4,263 a year would qualify, as would a family of four with an annual income of $6,313. "We've gotten calls asking 'why are you doing this for welfare peoplehaven't we done enough for them already?' "says Barton. "We tell them fuel is a finite quantity. It's either this or subsidize fuel bills (for persons on welfare)." Barton says many elderly welfare recipients in rural Montana pay 60% of their income from November to March heating their homes. Reprinted from High Country News, Sept. 26, 1975. $1. A specific case study done by a community group of the costs of urban growth in Madison, Wisconsin. It analyzes costs of services, amount of open space per capita, noise and pollution levels, manufacturing and industrial statistics, employment levels, etc. over several decades of continuous growth. A good companion to "Costs of Urban Growth." The Cost of Urban Growth: Observations and Judgements Richard C. Bradley Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments 197 3 27 East Vermijo Colorado Springs, CO 80903 $2.32 (postpaid). A good, clear documentation of the problems connected with urban growth that debunks the myth that an increasing population improves the quality of services or eases the tax burden. It's full of good statistics: "Among the 148 Standard Metropolitan Statistical areas with populations larger than 200,000 people in 1970, those that lost population during the 1960s averaged a 9% increase per capita cost ... whereas those that gained population averaged a 12% increase in per capita costs." continued on page 23
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