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Do-it-Yourself (DIY) Home Energy Savings

Simple DIY home improvements can increase your home’s energy efficiency and make it more comfortable, affordable, and better for the planet. 3C-REN offers DIY Toolkits and Induction Cooktops in partnership with local libraries.

Home Energy Savings Toolkit

Our Home Energy Savings Toolkit gives you the tools you need for basic upgrades to your home, along with easy-to-follow instructions. The tools and free supplies in the kit give you everything you need to complete DIY projects throughout your home.

When you’re finished, return your kit to your local library and enjoy your new and improved home!

You can review the DIY Home Energy Savings instruction guidebook anytime:

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Induction Cooktop Kits

Santa Barbara and Ventura Libraries also have induction cooktop kits available to borrow (cooktops are also available in San Luis Obispo Libraries, but not via 3C-REN). Cooktop kits include a portable cooktop and pan for cooking, simple instructions, and a magnet to test your cookware for induction compatibility.

Induction cooktops are a powerful way to reduce your home emissions and improve indoor air quality. They’re safer since there’s no open flame and because heat quickly dissipates once you remove the pan from the cooktop surface. Plus no more burning fossil fuels in your kitchen!

Check out the Cooktop Flyer here:

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Find Yours Today

Cooktops and Toolkits are offered through the libraries below. You can check on
availability or reserve directly through these libraries:


How to reserve using your local library’s online catalogue

To reserve a DIY kit or induction cooktop:

  1. Click on your local library branch below to view a DIY toolkit or cooktop in the online catalogue.
  2. Click “Place Hold” or “Request Toolkit/Item”
  3. Sign into your library account using your Library Card number and PIN#
  4. Confirm which library branch you’d like to pick up your item from and click “Submit Hold Request”
  5. Once the item is available, you will receive a notification informing you that it is ready for pickup.

OR… visit your local library branch in person and ask your librarian for the “3C-REN DIY Home Energy Savings Toolkit” or induction cooktop in the Library of Things collection.


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Carpinteria
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Goleta Library

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Lompoc Public
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Thanks to our DIY Upgrade partners!

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