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ACape & Islands Energy Information Clearinghouse
AA Community Resource Developed Through The Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative

Personal Transportation

This page will highlight cleaner and green options for reducing the out-of-pocket costs and the true costs of energy consumption on the road. For practical tips on how to do this right now, visit the following pages—you'll find information on stretching each gallon of gasoline, taking advantage of local transit options, factoring efficiency into vehicle purchases, and running your diesel vehicle on biodiesel:

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Current Fact

Dirty Roof

Conventional asphalt shingles are
the cheapest roofing material around but, as is usually the case, there is a cost: They are manufactured using petroleum by-products and, once they reach the end of their useful life, they must be landfilled as construction debris or “downcycled” as road materials or in other low-value uses. Credit: Houston Advanced Research Center

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Current Vision

Green Roof

Thatching represents an attractive and sustainable roofing solution. This thatched roof, gracing a barn in Yarmouthport, transforms an invasive wetland plant (Phragmites sp.) into a useful, biodegradable shelter.

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The Clearinghouse provides a central location for the collection, classification, and distribution of data, information, and tools addressing energy supply and use in the Cape & Islands region, both now and in the future.
	This website is being developed through the Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative (CIREC). Its framework was created under a community planning grant award from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC).
Project management and content development: Chris Powicki, Principal, Water Energy & Ecology Information Services Web design and development: Kathleen Tyger Wright Graphic design: Elizabeth Hooper Grant administration: Megan Amsler, Executive Director, Cape & Islands Self-Reliance Corp.