{"id":1757,"date":"2018-05-17T09:18:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T13:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:18:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T13:18:06","slug":"focus-on-mathias-agriculture-energy-efficiency-program-for-george-w-radebaugh-and-sons-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2018\/05\/17\/focus-on-mathias-agriculture-energy-efficiency-program-for-george-w-radebaugh-and-sons-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on: Mathias Agriculture Energy Efficiency Program for George W. Radebaugh and Sons, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1758\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/Doug-R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1758\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1758\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/Doug-R-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/Doug-R-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/Doug-R-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/Doug-R.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Radebaugh of George W. Radebaugh and Sons, Inc. in his family&#8217;s greenhouse.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Dean Fisher, Energy Program Manager<\/p>\n<p>The MEA team recently visited Doug Radebaugh of\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radebaugh.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George W. Radebaugh and Sons, Inc.<\/a>\u00a0 a\u00a0 florist and greenhouse business established in 1924 in Baltimore County. Utilizing a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Energy Administration<\/a>\u00a02017 <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/business\/Pages\/incentives\/MathiasAg.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathleen A.P. Mathias Agriculture Energy Efficiency Program<\/a> grant they were able to upgrade the energy curtains on two of their greenhouses, which is estimated to save\u00a027,790 gallons of propane and approximately $18,000 annually. According to Doug Radebaugh, &#8220;fuel use is number two behind labor costs for us. When we can trim that cost, it benefits our bottom line while improving the quality and productivity of our operation. Upgrades like this are important to help us stay competitive and hang on to our 100th anniversary.&#8221; Doug is third generation to work for his family&#8217;s business, his\u00a0son\u00a0has also joined the\u00a0team and we wish them many generations of energy savings and prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>This program is dedicated to the memory of Kathleen Arlee &#8220;Kathy&#8221; Petry Mathias of Ocean City, who passed away Aug. 15, 2011 after a battle with cancer. The wife of Maryland State Senator James N. Mathias Jr., Kathy was an inexhaustible advocate for Maryland\u2019s Eastern Shore and its farming community.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b For more information on the <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.maryland.gov\/business\/Pages\/incentives\/MathiasAg.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathleen A.P. Mathias Agriculture Energy Efficiency Program<\/a>, contact Dean Fisher at dean.fisher@maryland.gov or 410-537-4068.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dean Fisher, Energy Program Manager The MEA team recently visited Doug Radebaugh of\u00a0\u00a0George W. Radebaugh and Sons, Inc.\u00a0 a\u00a0 florist and greenhouse business established in 1924 in Baltimore County. Utilizing a\u00a0Maryland Energy Administration\u00a02017 Kathleen A.P. Mathias Agriculture Energy Efficiency Program grant they were able to upgrade the energy curtains<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2018\/05\/17\/focus-on-mathias-agriculture-energy-efficiency-program-for-george-w-radebaugh-and-sons-inc\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news","category-newsletters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1764,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}