Climate Smart & Climate Ready Conference Government Track #2 on April 20, 2013 at Cinemapolis Theater in Ithaca, NY. Don Barber, Town of Caroline. Climate Smart: Renewable Energy for Local Governments. Energy Security and Local Government Response.

1. Climate Smart
Climate Ready
Energy Security
Local Government Response
Don Barber
Caroline Town Supervisor

2. Where Is Caroline?

3. How did Caroline start talking
Energy?
Community Energy Offer
 Town Board Leadership
 Community Response
• Financial
• Activism
Creating Energy Independent Caroline

4. Lighten-Up Caroline
Goal: Engage Community in Dialog about
Energy Independence
• By contacting every household in Caroline
• Build Community by being part of something
bigger than oneself
• 1400 CFL saves $ 70,000
and 705,000 tons of CO2

5. Lighten-Up Caroline
Process:
Volunteers- Planning….
Find Sponsors
Sew Green – Drop off Bags
Delivery day- 1400 houses in one day
Press

6. Office Building
Planning
Site
Capture Solar
Energy Conservation
Contain costs

7. Office Building
• Floor plan

8. Office Building Powered by Sun

9. Office Building Heated by Earth
• Geothermal
• 3.5:1 efficiency
• $70/ month
Heat, A/C of Office
& all electric needs

10. Tighten-Up Caroline
Town Government leads
Historic town hall and Town Barns
NYSERDA Grant $30,000
Caroline 20% share
Scope of Work

11. Tighten-Up Caroline
Tighten – Up Caroline Community
County Goal: 80% reduction by 2050
Caroline Community Dialog around Dish to Pass
Identify and remove barriers
On-Bill Financing
Housing Rehab Grant

12. Bringing Solar Home
SolarizeTompkinsSE.org

13. How will Solarize Tompkins SE Work?
• We will make solar power more accessible through
community purchasing
– Competitive bidding by installers expecting 30 or more jobs will
bring down price
– Vetting process during proposal evaluation promotes confidence
by community members
• Education and community discussions
• Reduced technical choices, best prices, limited time offer-
will spur a surge in installations
• Stimulation of the solar market is expected to be long-term,
with an engaged and informed public, and a new
perception of how effective and accessible solar power is.

14. Solarize will Offer Several Options
• Direct Purchase versus Leasing; low-interest loans
• Solar Photo-Voltaic (PV; electricity)
• Solar thermal
• Ground Mounted and roof Mounted

15. Where Do We Go From Here?
Energy Independence
Food Independence
Economic Independence

16. "Do not ask for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.“
poet John Donne

17. Don Barber
supervisor@townofcaroline.org
(607) 539-3395