With the onset of the winter heating season, CUB’s Outreach team will travel Illinois and staff free events to give consumers energy efficiency tips for their home, educate them on how clean energy can cut their utility bills and help people protect themselves from scams and rip-offs. We hope to see you at one of these October events!
6:00 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2: Home Decarbonization 101 with CUB (in person)
Join CUB and Urban Rivers at Wild Mile (billed as the “world’s first-ever floating eco-park,” 905 W. Eastman Street, Chicago, IL 60642) for a presentation on cleaner and more affordable ways to heat and power your home. We’ll discuss tips to improve your home’s energy efficiency and how to make the switch from more traditional gas heating and cooking to electrification. We’ll also alert you to clean energy tax credits and rebates and free programs designed to save you energy and money. Please RSVP here.
10 a.m. – 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, CUB’s Guide to Internet Privacy and Robocall Prevention (in-person)
Join CUB and the Frankfort Public Library District (21119 S. Pfeiffer Rd., Frankfort, IL, 60423) for a free presentation about internet privacy and reducing robocalls. During the presentation, a CUB representative will discuss: how to keep yourself safe online and over the phone to avoid costly scams; robocall-blocking services; and federal legislation that has helped to reduce robocalls. Please register here for this event.
11 a.m. – 12 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, Home Energy Savings with CUB (in-person)
Join CUB and the Crete Public Library (1177 N. Main St., Crete, IL, 60417) for their Senior Day event (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.). At 11 a.m., CUB will make a Home Energy Savings presentation, which will cover good choices in the energy market, how to better understand your utility bills, strong solar options, and efficiency programs that can help consumers save energy and money. Register for this event here.
10 a.m. – 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 4, 40th Anniversary ‘Coffee With CUB’ Facebook Live (online)
As part of a yearlong celebration of CUB’s 40th Anniversary, Executive Director Sarah Moskowitz will talk with former CUB leader David Kolata. After 18 years as CUB’s executive director, during which he helped pass historic energy legislation, David left CUB to work at a climate tech company that designs, manages, and finances home weatherization and electrification projects. David and Sarah will talk about the biggest issues facing Illinois utility customers in 2024. Don’t miss this great conversation, part of the “Coffee with CUB” Facebook Live series, at Facebook.com/cubillinois. Learn more here.
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, Alsip Utility Bill Clinic (in-person)
Join CUB at the Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library (11960 S. Pulaski Rd., Alsip, IL, 60803) for a free Utility Bill Clinic. Bring current copies of electric, gas, cable and landline/cellphone bills and speak one-on-one with a CUB counselor who can review them, answer questions and give money-saving tips. Please register here.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, Home Energy Savings/Decarbonization with CUB (in-person)
Join CUB and the Villa Park Public Library (Ohrman Room A/B, 305 Ardmore Ave., Villa Park, IL, 60181) to learn about energy choices and ways to save money on utility bills. This free presentation is designed to help participants better understand utility bills, avoid scams and learn about energy efficiency and solar programs that can help save money and energy. We’ll also discuss making the switch from more traditional gas heating and cooking to electrification. Please register here for this event.
10:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 12, Home Energy Savings with CUB (in-person)
Join CUB and the Des Plaines Public Library (Meeting Room A, 1501 Ellinwood, Des Plaines, IL, 60016) to learn about energy choices and ways to save money on utility bills. This free presentation is designed to help participants better understand utility bills, avoid scams and learn about energy efficiency and solar programs that can help save money and energy. Please register here for this event.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, Home Energy Savings with CUB (in-person)
Join CUB and the Glen Ellyn Countryside Civic Organization (GECCO) (Glen Ellyn Countryside Park District Building, 2N351 Highland Ave., Glen Ellyn, IL, 60137) to learn about energy choices and ways to save money on utility bills. This free presentation is designed to help participants better understand utility bills, avoid scams and learn about energy efficiency and solar programs that can help save money and energy.
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17, Grow Geo with Lake County (online)
Join CUB, the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) and Lake County for a free, live, hour-long Zoom “Geo-Power Hour” presentation on the basics of geothermal heat pump systems, how they can save you money and how they can benefit our community. Grow Geo Chicagoland is a nonprofit program that provides free educational sessions and a list of geothermal heat pump installers that people can contact. Please register here for this Zoom event.
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, Utility Bill Clinic with Blacks in Green (in-person)
Join CUB and the environmental justice group Blacks in Green for a free Utility Bill Clinic as part of BIG’s “Green Energy Tuesdays” at the Mamie-Till Mobley Forgiveness Garden in Chicago’s West Woodlawn neighborhood, 6356 S. St. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, IL., 60637. Bring current copies of electric, gas, cable and landline/cellphone bills and speak one-on-one with a CUB counselor who can review them, answer questions and give money-saving tips. Please register here.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, Home Energy Savings with CUB (in-person)
Join CUB and the Warren-Newport Public Library (224 N. O’Plaine Rd., Gurnee, IL, 60031) to learn about energy choices and ways to save money on utility bills. This free presentation is designed to help participants better understand utility bills, avoid scams and learn about energy efficiency and solar programs that can help save money and energy.
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, Explore Solar Careers & Lower Your Energy Bills (in-person)
Join CUB, A Just Harvest and Chicago Ald. Daniel La Spata at the Haas Park Fieldhouse (Senior Room, 2402 N. Washtenaw Ave., Chicago, IL, 60647) for a free information session to learn about opportunities for free training and employment in the solar industry. Also, learn about the Illinois Solar for All Program, which helps income-qualified households use solar power to lower their bills. Please register here.
6:15 – 7:15 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 30: C3 Home Decarbonization Workshop (in person)
Join CUB and the Chicago Conservation Corps (C3) at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (2430 N. Cannon Dr., Chicago, IL, 60614) for a presentation on cleaner and more affordable ways to heat and power your home. We’ll discuss tips to improve your home’s energy efficiency, and how to make the switch from more traditional gas heating and cooking to electrification. We’ll also alert you to clean energy tax credits and rebates and free programs designed to save you energy and money. Please RSVP here.
