I Heart My Home CT

08/26/2024

July's high electric bills were a cause of concern for many Connecticut residents. Read about the real cause of the rate increase and what we can do about it in Charles Rothenberger's recent Op-Ed in the Hartford Courant : https://www.courant.com/2024/08/23/opinion-the-real-cause-of-high-electricity-bills-in-ct/

03/26/2024

Thursday's lunchtime discussion should be enlightening!

Chair Gillette of Public Utilities Reg. Authority (PURA) and Rep. Steinberg will discuss solutions to the challenges facing the CT grid.

03/06/2024

Join us on Tuesday, March 19th for another Heat Pump 101 Workshop with our partners and collaborators: Operation Fuel, Inc., Energize Connecticut, and Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises - The Green Team.

This is a FREE event that you can register for by filling out this form - https://form.jotform.com/240604272650146

See you then! 🏠

06/01/2023

The Clean Energy Task Force of North Haven will host an education forum on June 1 at the North Haven Memorial Library to discuss a new alternative energy option and its cost-saving measures for homeow...

11/18/2022

I Heart My Home CT is honored to provide no-cost home energy concierge services to residents who sign up through the Waterbury Home Energy Action Campaign. Thank you Mayor O'Leary, and our colleagues at Clean Water Action and NHS of Waterbury!

08/20/2022

07/06/2022

Meet Zander, our awesome Fellow from the Yale Center for Environmental Justice!

Welcome our I Heart My Home CT Yale Center for Environmental Justice Summer Fellow, Zander De Jesus!

Zander is a recent graduate from the Yale School of the Environment, receiving a Master of Environmental Management degree, with a specialization in People, Equity, and the Environment. He grew up outside Boston, MA, and has lived in New Haven for over five years as a Yale undergraduate focused on environmental justice, youth education, and American history.

His current studies highlight the intersection of environmental health and environmental justice, building a multidisciplinary lens that combines pollution chemistry, political ecology, and histories of intersectional social movement organizing. Zander is inspired to research how marginalized communities can be empowered to understand, identify, and evaluate environmental pollutants in their neighborhoods. By making research methods highly participatory, he hopes to study how community voices can most effectively lead environmental justice organizing and translate their needs into substantive policy.

He is excited to contribute to the Neighborhood Housing Service’s I Heart My Home CT program by performing data analysis, writing educational content, and supporting community engagement. I Heart My Home CT program's emphasis on affordable and equitable access to home energy improvement resources aligns strongly with Zander’s goals to support healthy communities and ecosystems.

Special thanks to Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig of the Yale Center for Environmental Justice for helping us connect with Zander.

05/20/2022

There's no need for your heated or cooled air to be leaking to all the wrong places. You want your equipment to work for you, like Dan's does now....

Dan is a local landlord and I Heart My Home CT customer. They have been working for over a year on projects for two properties he owns.

05/17/2022

So proud to be working with our amazing Waterbury partners! If you're in or near Waterbury, check it out!

05/17/2022

So happy for Eileen!

Meet Eileen O'Donnell, I Heart My Home CT customer who has been in the program for a year.

It takes time to upgrade home energy systems, but Eileen considers the process smooth and without effect on her and her tenant's lives.

"People that came to work on the projects were very considerate and polite. They let me know when they were coming and cleaned up after themselves. They were very efficient. I think it is the best possible way to do it." Eileen said.

Learn more about our I Heart My Home CT program via https://nhsofnewhaven.org/homeownership/i-heart-my-home-ct/.