Sustainable MetroWest Gathering 2013 presentation by Dan Cook

1. Carlisle
Sustainability
Programs
www.GreenCarlisle.org

2. Carlisle
Energy
Task
Force
Green
Community
Passed
Stretch
Code
*
All
New
Homes
&
Renova1ons
Exceed
Code
*
Building
Permit
Fee
reduced
if
Energy
Star
*
±
24
Energy
Star
Qualified
Homes
in
Carlisle
Established
Solar
District

3. Carlisle
Energy
Task
Force
Green
Community
•
Inventory
of
Town
Building
Energy
Use
•
Energy
Saving
Projects
•
Town
Hall
Energy
Management
System
•
LED
Parking
Lights
at
School
&
Town
Hall
•
Interior
LighIng
Upgrades
•
School
Energy
Management
System
•
Police
StaIon
–
New
Efficient
Boiler
&
Hot
Water
Heater
•
Exceeded
20%
energy
savings
compared
to
baseline

4. Carlisle
Energy
Task
Force
Green
Community
•
10
KW
Solar
PV
System
Installed
on
the
Carlisle
School
–
esImated
11,200
kWhs/yr
($2,313/yr)

5. Carlisle
Energy
Task
Force
Projects
Planned
•
Submetering
•
e-­‐Monitor
Small
Building
•
Insulate
Town
Hall
•
Library
–
Interior
&
Exterior
Light
•
Town
Hall
Boiler
•
DPW,
Police
&
Fire
–
Exterior
LighIng
•
Water
Treatment
Plant
Efficiency
upgrades
•
Carlisle
School
Auditorium
LighIng
Upgrade

6. Carlisle
Energy
Task
Force
GreenCarlisle
Web
Site
Topics
Include:
•
Energy
Task
Force
Info
•
Climate
Change
•
News
•
Energy
Efficiency
•
Events
•
4
R
of
recycling
•
My
Plan
to
go
Green
•
Water
•
Kids
•
Landscaping
•
Household
Products
•
TransportaIon

7. Carlisle
Energy
Task
Force
Home
Energy
Assessments
•
176
Carlisle
Homes
or
16.5%
of
the
homes
in
Carlisle
Have
Signed
up
for
Home
Assessments
with
Mass
Save
•
Approximately
70%
of
those
signed
up
have
completed
assessments

8. Solarize
MASS
Program
•
Prior
to
the
program
20+
Homes
in
Carlisle
have
installed
±148.7
KW
of
Solar
PV
Systems
•
Carlisle
&
Chelmsford
have
Teamed
up
with
SolarFlair
through
Solarize
MASS
•
Program
Just
Gehng
Started
–
MarkeIng
Plan
Launched
40-­‐50
homeowners
have
expressed
interest
&
12
have
signed
up
for
assessments

9. Farmers
Market
•
Buy
Local
Food
–
Support
Local
Farming
•
Summer
&
Fall
Markets

10. Recycling
•
Recycling:
Single
Source
SeparaIon
plasIc,
newspaper,
refrigerated
milk
&
juice
cartons,
magazines,
cardboard,
oil,
clothes,
glass
(clear
&
colored),
styrofoam,
aluminum
&
In
cans,
books
•
Swap
Shed
•
EPS
–
expanded
polystyrene