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MEETING MINUTES
Board/Committee Name: Energy Conservation Committee.
Date, Time and Location of Meeting:
Robbins Room, Cary Building
6:00 PM November 10, 2009
These minutes of the November 10 meeting were
approved by a quorum of the ECC members in attendance.
In attendance:
Steve Kropper, Chair
Pat Goddard, Director, Department of Public Facilities
Christopher Haines
Roger Borghsani
Paul Chernick
Prabir Maulik
Jeff Nestel-Patt
Joe Musacchia, Secretary
Visiting
Beth Zonis, Eco Marketing LLC
Absent:
Shawn Newell, Assistant Director, Public Facilities
Tom Griffiths, Member
Bill Hadley, Director, Department of Public Works
Ravi Sakhuja
Hank Manz, Liaison to Board of Selectmen
Anthony Galaitsis
Town Meeting Update
Warrant article 8 passed in the town meeting. This will authorize the
Town Manager to enter into a contract for the purchase of solar power
for a term of 20 years. This authorization will be in effect for 2010 and
2011. An effort will be made to take advantage of the Commonwealth
Solar Program in association with this authorization.
Steve Kropper read the ECC stretch code recommendation approved at
the October meeting at town meeting. Some concerns were expressed
that complying with the code would make towns less desirable for cost
reasons. It was also noted that developers were non-committal that
they would voluntarily meet the stretch code, in part due to the high
energy density in the use of those buildings.
3-year Energy Efficiency Plan
Three year gas and electric energy efficiency plans have been
submitted by the utility companies in compliance with the Green
Communities Act. The goal of these plans is to put forward a roadmap
of the energy efficiency measures being taken by utilities. Electronic
copies of these plans have been emailed to the ECC members for their
review. Comments on the Commercial and Industrial sections (C&I) of
these proposals should be sent to Steve Kropper and copied to Roger
Borghsani.
Communication Subteam Meeting
The Communications Subteam met on November 5. Attending were
Beth Zonis, Pat Goddard and Shawn Newell. Minutes were sent to the
full EEC by Beth. A key focus of the meeting was to develop methods
supporting the Energy Challenge program. Recommendations included
providing rewards/recognitions for Energy Champions and their
colleagues, ways to improve individual and collective communications
with Energy Champion program participants, broader communications
of program progress and success to the general public (e.g. letters in
the Minuteman), and indentifying measures of progress to be featured
in the above communications.
BTU Consumption in Lexington
(not discussed in the October meeting)
Additional Information
DPW: http://ci.lexington.ma.us/dpw/departmentofpublicworks.cfm
DPF: http://ci.lexington.ma.us/deptofpublicfacilities.cfm
Next meeting will be on Wednesday, December 9 at 6:00pm, Cary
Library large meeting room (basement) (note that this not the normal
Wednesday meeting place)
Adjourned: 7:00 PM
Steve Kropper,
Chair