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A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE FOR LOCAL ENERGY COMMITTEES, MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOLS
Go to the conference web site for more information and to register.
June 19, 2010 at the Grappone Center in Concord
The Local Energy Committee Working Group of the Carbon Coalition is hosting a multi-track conference to help New Hampshire communities reduce energy use, curb greenhouse gas emissions and save taxpayer dollars. This day-long conference will include examples of projects and provide participants with tools for action aimed at empowering local energy committees.
Keynote Address: Curt Spalding, Regional Administrator for EPA New England
Who Should Attend in 2010 • Local energy committee volunteers • Town administrators and employees • Board of selectmen, planning board, budget committee members • Legislators and interested citizens • School staff and facility managers
Maximize your Energy Projects. Learn about: • Ways to finance your energy projects • Best practices and example of energy projects • How to measure municipal, school and residential energy use • Audits and how to use the results • Elements of energy planning • Maximizing energy committee effectivenes
May 2009
May 18
Nashua Regional Energy Roundtable Energy Roundtable
- When ~ Monday May 18, 12:00-1:00 pm
- Where ~ Nashua Regional Planning Commission, 9 Executive Park Drive, Suite 201, Merrimack
- Speaker ~ Linda Darveau, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Details ~ Linda will discuss the EPA’s role in economic stimulus funding, its free intern assistance for communities interested in benchmarking
their energy use with Portfolio Manager, Energy Management Plans for municipalities, and the upcoming Community Energy Grant program. There will also be time for communities to ask questions of each other and share information about what their Local Energy Committees are doing. Lunch will be provided.
- RSVP ~ Jill Simonetti, jills@nashuarpc.org, 603-424-2240 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 603-424-2240 end_of_the_skype_highlighting x27
- About the Roundtable ~ The goal of this group is to share knowledge, technical expertise, and lessons learned as communities in the Nashua Region take action to address climate change and energy issues at the local level. The Energy Roundtable is open to municipal officials, board members, planners, citizens, and anyone interested in creating change at the local level.
February 2009
February 3rd: Meeting of the Lakes Region Energy Alliance 6:00-8:00pm at the Meredith Community Center
Christa Koehler, the Community Program Manager for Clean - Air, Cool Planet will present "Foundational Steps for an LEC". These steps include how to conduct an energy efficiency inventory on municipal facilities with free software from the Environmental Protection Agency. She will also present available guides, documents, and templates that LECs can use to collect data, interpret the inventory and create a presentation.
This meeting will provide an opportunity for LECs to share ideas and needs. Bring your data sheets and questions! Please contact Erica Anderson at the LRPC with any questions, eanderson@lakesrpc.org or 279-8171.
All meetings are open to the public.
February 4th: The Municipal and County Government Committee will decide the fate of legislation enabling towns to form local energy commission. Please contact your state representative TODAY and ask them to contact the committee chair Representative Cooney.
February 11th: EPA Portfolio Manager Workshop Keene State College, Rhodes Building, RS153 on the 1st floor
RSVP to Christa Koehler by Feb 6th (603) 422-6464 ext 108
This free workshop will provide hands-on training on entering and tracking your town's energy use data with the EPA's Energy Star Portfolio Manager benchmarking software. Please contact Sarah Harpster (sarah_harpster@antiocne.edu) or Christa Koehler (ckoehler@cleanair-coolplanet.org) with any questions.
News
For a constant source of news related to energy matters check the greatest NH energy news site we know of Seacoast NRG
The following are various news articles and comments about local energy committees and the work being done in their communities. For a look at past news events please visit the Archived News page.
"Epping goes green" - Union Leader, January 13th, 2007
