BOSTON -- For its 10th Extreme Makeover: My Hometown project, WCVB-TV/DT Channel 5 will partner with NSTAR for a special “Going Green” initiative at one of Rosie’s Place residences. WCVB’s Susan Wornick announced the initiative at Thursday's Funny Women Serious Business Luncheon to benefit Rosie’s Place. Wornick has hosted the event for the past six years.

NSTAR recently completed a preliminary assessment of the Mt. Vernon Street home in Dorchester and identified several key areas where their expertise will ensure the home is an energy efficient and comfortable haven for women with medical issues.

The NewsCenter 5 team of anchors and reporters will join forces with NSTAR employees in November to perform a complete home energy audit and install new energy efficient lighting, appliances and more. Their work will be documented in a series of news reports, web stories, public service announcements and on WCVB’s acclaimed nightly newsmagazine, Chronicle. Channel 5 viewers and TheBostonChannel.com users will learn how they can make both affordable and long-term changes in their own homes.

WCVB President and General Manager Bill Fine said, “It has been a wonderful experience working with the area’s top civic, philanthropic and charitable organizations over the past few years on so many worthy Extreme Makeover projects.” He continued, “I look forward to working with our friends at NSTAR and Rosie’s Place to truly make a difference in the lives of the residents of Mt. Vernon Street and share ways for Channel 5 viewers to make their homes more energy efficient.”

“Rosie’s Place has a long tradition of being a warm, welcoming place for women throughout the city of Boston,” said Penni McLean-Conner, NSTAR’s Vice President of Customer Care and Energy Efficiency. “We hope that by partnering with WCVB to implement these energy-saving measures, we’ll help that tradition continue for years to come.”

“We are thrilled to be part of Extreme Makeover: My Hometown,” said Rosie’s Place Executive Director Sue Marsh. “We are looking forward to partnering with WCVB-TV and NSTAR to make our Mount Vernon Street residence a more beautiful and comfortable home for the women who live there.”

Since its inception in 2004, WCVB’s local version of the ABC Sunday night hit, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition has focused its efforts on refurbishments at:

The Home for Little Wanderers – new residence in a former convent Mission Hill

Committee to End Elder Homelessness – Bishop Street House in Jamaica Plain

East Boston Main Streets – renovation of an entire city block in Maverick Square

Boys & Girls Club of Worcester – creation of a new SportsCenter 5 zone

Barry L. Price Rehabilitation Centers – refurbishment of a Newton home

Project Hope – renovation of a Dorchester convent

Latinas y Ninos Center at Casa Esperanza in Dorchester

St. Patrick’s Elementary School in Roxbury

Crittendon Women’s Union in Brighton – common living space