Home Energy Basics Class Offered through UAF and CCHRC

Tom Marsik, known for the Sustainable Energy Program he developed for the UAF Bristol Bay Campus, has now created a distance learning (online) class through UAF and CCHRC called Home Energy Basics (ENVI 120).

 The class starts this week and throughout the month of October (Energy Awareness Month). 

 This 1 credit class covers the basics of space heating and electricity use and production for Alaskan homes. Main topics include fundamentals of physics related to home energy, lighting and appliances, energy bills, building science, retrofits, home renewable energy systems. Course emphasizes how to decrease fossil fuel consumption of homes. .

 And the best news: free tuition funding available for most Alaskans!

 Contact SustainableEnergy@alaska.edu for more info.

Photo credit: Todd Paris/UAF