City of Medford

Office of Energy and Environment City Hall Room 209 Medford, MA 02155 P: 781-393-2137 F: 781-393-2471 TTY: 781-393-2516 Medford Energy Committee Minutes February 7, 2011, 6PM City Hall Room 201 Attendance: Brett Sullivan, Susan Altman, Jonathon Hunt, Bob Paine, Jawad Benazzi, R.R. Siegel, Fred Laskey, Rick Sacco, Curtis Tuden, Elisabeth Krautscheid, Alicia Hunt 1. Approval of the Minutes of the January 10, 2010 meeting Edits: Include information that Bob Paine presented at the Middle School in Sharon and that Susan was to do research on the kill-a-watt meter library project. -With these edits, the minutes pass 2. Updates on Energy projects: Medford PV project Mayor has entered discussions with the preferred vendor, hope to have the work done this summer. MHS hot water heater project Progress on track, hired BLW Engineers to design system and develop bid documents. Expect to have bid documents by end of February. Speaking engagements on Wind Turbine at Cambridge Cornerstone Cohousing & Sharon Middle School Presentations were well received, about 15 people at Cambridge and 500 students at Sharon Middle School. Jon and Bob would be happy to do future presentations as well. 3. Status of Medford Clean Energy website and other online options Discussed three option for web site hosting. Motion to purchase Medfordenergy.org o Motion Passes Subcommittee formed of members: Jawad Benazzi, Jonathan Hunt and Curtis Tuden Discussion of what information to include on site Discussed FaceBook ideas and came to a conclusion that a static site approach is Page 1 of 2

best. 4. Update on Kill-A-Watt meters for the library Logistics and meter ownership responsibility are an issue. Waiting for the Friends of the Medford Public Library.to vote to appropriate the money for the kill-a-watts before approaching the Director The Director has likely been approached by people from the Librarians Association about the project and will be amenable The subcommittee will determine what guidelines we need based on what other communities are doing and make a recommendation to our committee, the Friends & the Library [Addendum: Carey has since spoken with the Director who is amenable but would like us to provide the guidelines discussed] 5. Discussion of plan for Medfords Climate Action Plan Proposed creation of a subcommittee including: Alicia Hunt, J.R. Siegel and Susan Altman. Subcommittee will begin to frame the problem and outline steps that need to be taken. Alicia will look for a free intern to work on this project with us. 6. New Business Susan raised a program that she is working with several groups including Mass Energy and MCAN on. The idea is to encourage people to get audits of the type currently performed by CSG through MassSave. These audits would be by Next Step Living with support from Mass Energy Consumers Alliance. Committee members and pros and cons of MassSave audits by CSG, but felt more comfortable recommending NSL audits, paid for by the same program. She would like to be able to issue a press release saying that the Medford Energy Committee is in support of this. She will draft a press release for the committee to review and consider. 7. Discussion of Medford Energy Committee Mission Statement Discussion of Committee Mission Statement To promote policies and actions that improve energy efficiency, encourage conservation, and increase the use of renewable energy to meet our present needs while considering future generations of the Medford community. Approved as amended 8. Adjourned 7:35 PM

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