Reduce Home Energy Costs Via Plastic Window Inserts 

Cost per insert averages $30 to $100

March 22, 2023 • Saved under Other Organizations
Press release

Two local-area non-profit organizations, Kearsarge Climate Action (KCA) and Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners (KNP), are joining together to undertake a project to lower local home energy costs under the guidance of a third non-profit, WindowDressers of Maine.

The goal of the project is to provide low-cost insulating plastic inserts to fit inside existing home windows in order to prevent indoor heat from escaping and outdoor cold from entering. Using measurements made by KCA and KNP volunteers, WindowDressers will provide frames and inserts for assembly and installation locally, also by volunteers. Installation will take place in late fall.

 In the words of WindowDressers.org, “WindowDressers brings community volunteers of all economic and social situations together to improve the warmth and comfort of interior spaces, lower heating costs, and reduce carbon dioxide pollution, by producing low-cost insulating window inserts that function as custom, interior-mounted storm windows. Our staff supplies, trains and supports teams of community volunteers as they build affordable, insulating window inserts.”  Local window construction will take place at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in New London.

The project will be available to homeowners and renters in Andover, Bradford, Newbury, New London, Sunapee, Springfield, Sutton, Warner, and Wilmot. Project goal is 200 inserts, for about 30 families. Cost per insert is roughly between $30 and $100, depending on size and construction material.  A KCA/KNP fund-raising campaign, to occur this summer, will enable the project to offer windows at lower cost to residents impacted by the current economic situation.
For more information, to place an order, or to offer support in local window-measuring, insert assembly, and/or insert installation, contact the KCA’s Joe Kubit at jgkubit70@nullgmail.com or 603 748-4404.

The mission of KCA is “to increase community awareness of the climate crisis and identify opportunities for regional collaboration to effect change. KNP’s mission is “to collaborate with individuals and organizations to create a support network which empowers people to achieve stability in their lives.” Look for more information in the coming issues of the Beacon.