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24 UCW JULY 27 - AUGUST 2, 2016 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM PWC Earns Green Business Award Does your life-saving equipment rely on electricity? At PWC, we're equipped and well prepared to respond to emergencies, including damaging storms and hurricanes. We do everything we can to ensure your safety and to restore service outages for our customers as quickly as possible. Part of our emergency planning includes making you aware of things you can do to be prepared. Medical Priority Program We want to be sure our customers are aware that you are eligible for this program if you, or someone in your household, relies on life-sustaining medical equipment that uses electricity and/or water. Whenever possible, you'll be given priority consideration for restoring your power (or water). You can find a Medical Priority application, which must be signed by the patient's physician, at faypwc.com, clicking on Customer Programs/Incentives. Become familiar with safety tips and emergency preparation information on our website – select Outage Central on the PWC home page. Stop. Think. Put Safety First. www.faypwc.com Join Sustainable Sandhills and Fayetteville PWC at the Cameo Art House (225 Hay Street) in downtown Fayetteville for the Sustainable Saturday Film series. Doors open at 10:30am every fourth Saturday through No- vember. Films will start at 11am. Admission is FREE, but donations will be accepted. The following movies will be shown: July 23 -- More Than Honey August 27 -- River Run: Down the Cape Fear River September 24 -- Farmland October 22 -- Soylent Green November 26 --The Burden & Community: Planet Neighbohood Sustainable Saturday Film Series Fayetteville PWC was awarded the 2016 Sustainable Sandhills Green Business Platinum Award at the Green Business Awards Luncheon held in Fayetteville on June 23. The awards honor businesses who have demonstrated leadership through green business practices. PWC earned the Above and Beyond Platinum Award for sustainability practices in facilities management. A Certified Green Business since inception of the Sustainable Sandhills program, PWC's LEED Gold Customer Payment Center is one of the first buildings in the area to earn a LEED certification. Among PWC's facilities management efforts are implementing numerous energy conservation measures which have reduced energy consumption 33% since 2013. Other efforts include using water wise landscaping tech- niques on PWC campus to reduce water use and reducing use of landscape irrigation to only as needed instead of regular weekly schedule. PWC utilizes sustainable practices in all areas of operations including special programs to recycle scrap metals and electronics, compliance with hazardous/ environmental wastes and paperless office procedures and initiatives. Weather Insights Now Available Weather Insights is a new feature on the PWC website that helps show how weath- er impacts utility bills and shows you ways you can control some of the cost of your energy bill. It forecasts the weather for the next seven days and estimates your energy bill for the same periods of time using our local weather and PWC electric rates. Costs are estimated for a default residence, but using the "My Profile" tab, you can tailor Weather In- sights to your home by defining the size, number of people living there, type of heating and cooling sys- tem, your thermostat settings, and more. You can also make adjustments to the thermostat settings in Weather Insights to see how it affects energy cost. Results are approximations and actual results may vary. Click the Weather Insights logo at the top of the page on our website to get more "insight" on how the weather can affect your bill Catch Toilet Leaks with Food Coloring 1. Carefully take of the top of the toilet tank. 2. Put several drops of food coloring into the tank. 3. Wait several minutes without flushing 4. If any dye appears in the toilet bowl, water is leaking from the tank. Repairing a toilet leak is usually inexpensive and easy to do. Replacement parts and instructions can be found at any hardware store. Water leaks are the number one source of wasted water at home, and the toilet is often the biggest culprit. Sometimes you can tell your toilet is leaking by hearing the sound of running wa- ter or a faint hissing or trickling. But sometimes water flows through the tank silently which is why these leaks are often overlooked. We have a handy way to catch even the sneakiest leak, using a simple item you may already have in your kitchen! Catching a leaky toilet can save a lot of money from being wasted as well as money on your water bill each month! Visit PWC online for more useful tips that can save you money! Hot Deals & Cool Savings from PWC Don't forget to take advantage of our Customer Incentive Programs. You can lower your utility bill and put some money back in your wallet! Vist our website for complete details.* ENERGY STAR® HVAC (Heat Pump) Program earn up to $500* ENERGY STAR Appliances Program earn up to $140* if you replace major appliances ENERGY STAR LED Bulb Program earn up to $100* Rain Sensor Incentive Program earn up to $50* High Efficiency Toilet Program earn up to $225* Home Efficiency Audit Program earn up to $400*