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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-11-10-ECC2-min 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