This is a report by Timothy DenHerder-Thomas written after a semester
long-internship at the Neighborhood Energy Connection in Fall 2007. It
discusses opportunities for taking energy efficiency to the community
level, and the cost-effectiveness, logistical, and carbon saving gains
that can be made through the process. This is the start of a major

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This group started with Macalester students
thinking about how to take energy efficiency improvements, already
applied to commerical and institutional settings, and apply it to
communities at a grand scale. Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) have
secured much of the market for energy efficiency at the commerical