Dear fellow Hanoverians:
I recently read with interest about the new Hanover Energy
Advisory Committee that was established by the Board of Selectmen. Below
please find their introductory letter, as recently distributed by the Selectmen’s
Office:
Hanover Energy Advisory Committee
The
Hanover Energy Advisory Committee was established by the Hanover Board of
Selectmen. The committee was formed and held the first meeting on September 23,
2008.
Purpose/Charge:
Our
Mission is to identify opportunities and make recommendations with regard to
reducing energy consumption, increasing energy efficiency and exploring
alternative energy usage, through the development of energy policies, practices
and implementing technologies that will increase cost savings for the
municipality.
Objectives:
1.
Inventory the energy
consumption by all Town owned buildings, vehicles, and equipment to establish
benchmarks and obtain baseline data. Utilize the baseline data to
identify improvement opportunities and to measure the future progress achieved.
2.
Evaluate partnership
organizations (local utilities, State & Federal programs, etc.) that could
provide technical assistance, grants and other resources that will aid in
reducing the Town’s energy costs, energy consumption and greenhouse gas
emissions.
3.
Develop
recommendations to promote and implement energy conservation measures for
existing and forthcoming Town owned buildings, vehicles, and equipment.
4.
Research and
explore the feasibility and funding sources for alternative energy
technologies. Develop policies and recommendations to promote renewable energy
initiatives and assist with their implementation.
5.
Draft and endorse an Energy
Policy that would set the course for achieving a 20% reduction of energy (and
resulting costs) over a 5 year period per the Green Communities Act and open
further grant opportunities.
6.
Work with town officials to establish regulations for
all new residential, commercial and industrial construction that promotes
energy efficiency, conservation or alternative power generation in conjunction
with the Green Communities Act to minimize life-cycle energy costs.
7.
Establish standards for purchase of fuel-efficient
vehicles.
8.
Explore the Green Communities Act, as-of-right siting
in designated locations for Renewable Energy/Alternative Energy
‘Generation’ and/or RE/AE ‘Research and Development’
and/or RE/AE ‘Manufacturing’. And an expedited 12 month
application/permitting process.
Members of the committee are as follows:
David C. Greene –
Selectmen’s Representative
Glenn T. Meader – Chair
Linda Kakulski – Vice Chair
Nathan Murphy – Secretary
Duff Brace
Lawrence S. Bright
Meredith C. Conrad
Stephanie JL Gertz
Chris Lowd
Todd Wakefield
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
“Around Town on the Web” is a community service
that has been provided to self-selected residents of the Town of Hanover since
the spring of 2004. If someone forwarded this message to you and you
would like to receive these communications directly, please e-mail your first
and last name and e-mail address to cathyhb@atotw.com . If you would like to be
removed from this distribution list, please e-mail your request to me at cathyhb@atotw.com
. To search for archived “ATOTW” news, just go to https://atotw.com/archive .