Resources

Household Program:

Low Carbon Diet

Cool Rochester recommends that homeowners and renters looking to start saving money and energy follow the Low Carbon Diet program by David Gershon, Winner of the 2007 Independent Publisher "Most Likely to Save the Planet" Book Award. This “30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds” is a fun, accessible, easy to use guide that will show you, step-by-step, how to dramatically reduce your CO2 output in just a month’s time.

For more information about the Low Carbon Diet program, visit http://www.empowermentinstitute.net/lcd/index.html.

You can order a copy of Low Carbon Diet, and help support Cool Rochester.

You can find a copy of Low Carbon Diet in the Monroe County Library System.

Empowerment Institute offers free teletraining sessions for people who would like to engage their community in the Low Carbon Diet program. To schedule a teletraining session through Cool Rochester, please contact us at info@CoolRochester.org.

Cool Rochester has developed three PowerPoint presentations to accompany the three workshop sessions recommended by Low Carbon Diet. Download them here:

• Session 1

• Session 2

• Session 3

Other Online Resources

To get started without the Low Carbon Diet book, or to supplement your information, check out:

• Cool Rochester Materials:
  • Download an extensive list of energy-saving actions HERE
  • For additional information, Download a PDF to print and distribute or view our web version.
  • More tips.
  • List of useful links and resources.
• FAQ: Cool Rochester's Frequently Asked Questions on HVAC, Lightbulbs, Insulation & Weathering Your Home.
• Energy Star: Energy efficient choices can save families about a third on their energy bill with similar savings of greenhouse gas emissions, without sacrificing features, style or comfort.
• U.S Department of Energy - Energy Savers Website: Free and inexpensive strategies for saving energy and money
• National Geographic Green Home Makeover videos: Make your home more efficient and save money. Link to videos
• Montgomery County: tips and videos on choosing energy efficiency lighting, saving on heating and cooling, using energy efficiency appliances, eliminate phantom loads, save on hot water and more.
• ACEEE Energy Saving Guide for Consumers: Energy Saving Guide for Consumers by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Energy Efficiency Myths
• Consumer Reports - Great reference when looking for the most efficient appliances, utilities, and cars.
• Gas Mileage Tips - EPA and Department of Energy's Fuel Economy: Tips to help you reduce the amount of gas you use 
• Commuter Connections: www.rgrta.org
• Ridesharing Opportunities: http://www.erideshare.com/carpool.php?city=Rochester
• Top Myths About Energy Efficiency and Reversing the Climate Crisis: Download a PDF to print and distribute or view our web version.
• Green Cleaning Tips: Cyndi Roberts's Spring Cleaning the Frugal, Natural Way
• Lighting resources for saving energy and carbon:
  • Find an Energy-Saving Light Bulb site by Environmental Defense
    http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagID=632
  • Fluorescent and compact fluorescent lights contain relatively little mercury.
    http://lightingdesignlab.com/articles/mercury_in_fl/mercurycfl.htm
  • "The Best Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: PM Lab Test"
    http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/home_improvement/4215199.html
• Cool Videos:
  • Money and energy saving things that can be done around the house, Energy Saving Tips
  • This commercial shows the ways to become energy efficient as explained by kids,CO2 Commercial
  • This commercial represents the amount of green house gases that are coming from households everyday, CO2 Reduction Commercial
• Other Carbon Reduction Programs:
  • http://www.slate.com/id/2151739/
  • http://theatkinsondiet.com
• Wikiverde: About Sustainability
• Climate Change:
  • CO2 Reduction Commercial: This commercial represents the amount of greenhouse gases that are coming from households everyday
  • NYC Sea of People Protest: The Sea of People protest in NYC show the power the people have to make a change in the climate crisis
  • The Science of Climate Change: links to understand the science of climate change

Business / Municipal Program:

Cool Rochester encourages business and municipal partners to develop programs to save money and energy in their workplaces. We also encourage them to engage their employees, clients and constituents to save money and energy at home.

Workplace Reductions:

Cool Rochester: Basic energy / CO2 reduction program plans can be downloaded here:

• CO2 reduction plan for businesses
• CO2 reduction plan for municipalities

Break Room Poster: Spread the word within your business.
List of useful links and resources
See “Other Household Resources” to the left for more links and documents.
Household Reductions:
Business and municipal partners engaging employees, clients and constituents to save energy at home will follow the general “Household Program” outlined at the top of this page.

Cool Champion Program:

Low Carbon Diet

Cool Rochester recommends that Cool Champions engage homeowners  to start saving money and energy by following the Low Carbon Diet program by David Gershon, Winner of the 2007 Independent Publisher "Most Likely to Save the Planet" Book Award. This “30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds” is a fun, accessible, easy to use guide that will show you, step-by-step, how to dramatically reduce your CO2 output in just a month’s time.

For more information about the Low Carbon Diet program, visit http://www.empowermentinstitute.net/lcd/index.html.

To order a copy of Low Carbon Diet, click HERE.

To find a copy of Low Carbon Diet in the Monroe County Library System, click HERE.

Empowerment Institute offers free tele-training sessions for people who would like to engage their community in the Low Carbon Diet program. Visit http://www.empowermentinstitute.net/lcd/lcd_files/LCD_Tele_Training.html for more information. To schedule a tele-training session through Cool Rochester, please contact us at info@CoolRochester.org.

Cool Rochester has developed three PowerPoint presentations to accompany the three workshop sessions recommended by Low Carbon Diet. Download them here:

• Session 1

• Session 2

• Session 3

Additional Documents from Cool Rochester:

Cool Rochester has put together a few documents to help our Cool Champions:

• Download our Cool Champion Toolkit
• Download a basic action list
• Get comfortable with our message.

Other Household Resources:
To get started without the Low Carbon Diet program, or to supplement your program with other resources, check out our extensive resource list at left

Cool Campus Program:
Coming soon – please check back for details or contact us at info@coolrochester.org.