Posted on Jan. 12: Fueling your home for less

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/szabados.jpg” caption=”Barna Szabados”]Tomorrow promises to be yet another record breaking day for cold temperatures and Barna Szabados, professor of electrical and computer engineering, knows there's a good chance that homeowners will be shocked by their January hydro bill.

While he has noticed that people are trying to become more energy conscious since the blackout last summer, he says in an interview with the Hamilton Spectator that, “I think people are talking about conservation more, but they're not doing anything about it.”

Szabados has some simple, basic, energy saving tips to offer to consumers at his January 13 Science in City lecture, Fueling Your Home for Less.

Szabados, a trailblazer in the energy conservation field, will take a look at the province's current energy woes and explore solutions at the organizational level. He will also discuss how our greed for power negatively impacts the environment and will offer suggestions on how consumers might incorporate alternate energy sources such as solar and wind power.

Szabados' talk takes place today (Tuesday, Jan. 13) and is free and open to the public. The lecture will be held in the Hamilton Spectator Auditorium, 44 Frid Street in Hamilton. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the lecture begins at 7 p.m.

To reserve your seat e-mail sciencecity@mcmaster.ca or call 905-525-9140, ext. 24934.