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Sustainable Lexington Committee
Minutes of Meeting of September 5, 2017
A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC)was held on September 5,
2017 at Cary Hall. A quorum of five was present.
Members Present: Mark Sandeen, Marcia Gens, Rick Reibstein, Todd Rhodes,
Members Absent: Dan Voss
Other Attendees: Joe Pato
Anna Vanderspek, from Mass Energy
Craig Foley (ReMax—Leading Edge, Chief of Energy
Solutions)
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm.
Discussion of Energy Efficient Buildings and Real Estate Sales (M. Sandeen)
• Mr. Foley provided information about the value that information about a homes
energy performance provides when selling a home.
• 38 fewer days on market for homes that publish utility data.
• Zillow and Redfin are in the process for posting the Tendril energy ratings for
homes.
Lexington Energy Challenge (T. Rhodes)
• 700 HEAs have been completed as of our last status report.
• We are planning a presentation at the library on October 3 to discuss the
Lexington Energy Challenge and Getting to Net Zero.
• We are also planning to send another letter to town residents—HomeWorks will
cover the cost of the letter.
• Other events arc needed to help us get more participation by the end of the year.
Better Buildings—Resilience (M. Sandeen)
• There has been no change in the status of the Sustainable Building Policy.
• The committee discussed adding "islanding" into the building policy. There
should be a link to the Emergency Response Plan
Green Cars (M. Sandeen)
• Anna Vanderspek from Mass Energy presented the Drive Green program to the
committee last month.
• The committee will look for a date to run the program at the Community Center.
Community Choice (M. Sandeen)
• 90% of residents converted to Community Choice
• 6-7% opted out and returned to Eversource
• —2% opted to the cheaper Eversource option
• 007 million kWh per year
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Quiet Communities (R. Reibstein)
• Mark and Rick plan to meet with Dave Pinsonneault to discuss the potential for
municipal use of electric landscaping equipment.
• The committee agree that it should fund a residential program(using money from
the Lexington Energy Challenge) to subsidize the purchase of electric lawn
mowers.
• This program could potentially be paired with the Green Car program.
Super Emitter—National Grid(M. Sandeen)
• There will be a presentation at MIT on October 3 to present the results of the
Super Emitter program.
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