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Sustainable Lexington Committee
Minutes of Meeting of August 30, 2011
A meeting of the Sustainable Lexington Committee (SLC) was held on August 30, 2011
at Town Hall. A quorum of four was present.
Members Present: Mark Sandeen, Chair
Rick Abrams, Ken Moraff, Todd Rhodes
Members Absent: None
Other Attendees: George Brunell
Travis Estes, Next Step Living (NSL)
The meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm.
Minutes from the July 26, 2011 were approved.
Mr. Estes provided an overview of NSL activities:
• NSL conducts 80 to 100 home energy assessment each day
• He got 27 signups recently at the Farmers Market. The farmers market continues
through 10/25 and he plans to go again.
Mr. Sandeen provided an update on Sagewell activities based on recent discussions with
S agewell :
• IR images have been taken for 50% of the buildings in Lexington.
• They have completed analyses on about 2,250 homes.
• There are about 450 high opportunity targets.
• SLC committee members plan to review the list of high opportunity targets to
identify "trendsetters" (i.e., residents well -known in the community that could
help promote the program).
• Three waves of postcards are planned:
0 9/12: a postcard with an image of a generic house
o Date TBD: a postcard with an image of the actual house
o Date TBD: a postcard with the results of the analysis
Mr. Sandeen led a discussion of plans for the program kickoff event.
• The meeting is planned for 9/27 in the Selectman's Meeting Room
• The meeting will be structured to create a 30 minute segment that can be
rebroadcast on LexMedia.
The planned agenda for the event is:
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1. 20/20 program introduction
2. Sagewell — thermal imaging presentation
3. Lessons from the Lexington analysis
4. NSL — assessment process
5. NSL — air sealing and insulation
6. Wrap up - what to do next, how to get involved.
We will plan to call it the "20/20 program"
Additional activities:
• Write articles about the kickoff event for the Minuteman, Colonial Times, and
Boston Globe Northwest section.
• Create flyer for the 20/20 kickoff event
• Prepare one -page PowerPoint about the event for the Selectmen
• Plan for outreach event at Lincoln Field (T. Rhodes)
• Prepare a calendar for back to school nights (R. Abrams)
• Contact Charles Lamb (Capital Expenditures Committee) to discuss Green
Infrastructure projects.
• Create videos to educate residents about home energy efficiency
• Mr. Brunnell identified that NSL produced video could be used as long as
they are educational and not an advertisement.
• Mr. Estes stated that he has worked with high school students to produce
local videos that described the assessment process and discussed actions
and benefits.
The meeting adj ourned at 9: 10 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Todd Rhodes, Scribe
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