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MET History & Accomplishments
See link to “Report to Cheryl King”
Tell Ken to look back at “The Grand Plan”
MET Creation
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MET History/Accomplishments
From DPS HFS proposal-GMI-MET.doc
Has been active in developing a Combined Heat and Power facility for Montpelier.
Commissioned BERC to complete a feasibility study, which it submitted to the City in October 2008.
resulting report assessed the feasibility of developing one or more of several sites.
With a grant from the Clean Energy Development Fund, the Team filed a Request for Information with several engineering firms and received six responses that outlined the costs and other requirements for a biomass fueled system in the downtown area.
Veolia Energy NA was selected as the development partner by the City of Montpelier to develop the Biomass District Energy System and examine the feasibility of Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Veolia 12/1/2009 scoping report: re: constructing a new 2000 BHP (69MBH) District energy CHP plant located at 122 State Street that will be utilized to feed steam to the existing Capitol District Office Complex and deliver hot water in the Montpelier downtown corridor.
Gained significant experience as a coordinator for the purchase and distribution of wood pellets to help homeowners convert from fuel oil to the lower cost and more sustainable fuel.
500-1000 tons forecast for 2008/2009 (source: Update from the Montpelier Energy Team.doc (June 2008) )
We sold 103 tons in 2008 and 48 tons in 2009.
We have sold to 31 different households.
151 tons represents a CO2 savings of more than 150 tons.
Worked with 50 homeowners in Montpelier who have carried out comprehensive home energy audits; we have learned a great deal about the factors which lead to the implementation of comprehensive weatherization retrofits.
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details re: which factors lead to the implementation of comprehensive weatherization retrofits
From ANR proposal.doc
Between The Cracks, a program MET started during the fall of 2008 as a way to use neighborhood teams to help install weatherization strategies.
Between the Cracks uses some basic weatherization supplies such as expandable foam, weatherstripping and rigid foam insulation to carry out its work. In each case, we like to contribute about $50 worth of materials to get projects started and show homeowners the basics of weatherization activities. In many cases homeowners contribute either cash or additional materials that we can use in the next application. In 2009, we also hope to provide a greater emphasis on hot water use and we have found some very efficient showerheads that reduce hot water use in showers by 50%. We plan to bulk purchase these showerheads
From Montpelier website:
Setting up a composting program in the Union Elementary School.
Never have heard back from Kate Clemente with details. Theresa Murray-Clasen?
Educational component of it?
From Update from the Montpelier Energy Team.doc (June 2008)
Circulated more than 60 vouchers for cash rebates to homeowners carrying out a home energy audit.
During the recent meeting at the High School, 20 of the attendees requested the audit incentive after learning more about the benefits of weatherization.
From New England White Paper.doc, 2008:
The Green Mountain Institute for Environmental Democracy’s circulation of a poll to a group of 200 individuals and organizations to develop a baseline for discussion regarding the future of New England’s Energy supplies.
Safe Routes To School (SRTS):
One MET member is acting as Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) Coordinator for Montpelier’s Union Elementary School (UES), where he is also the parent of a student. This member also co-wrote, with a past MET Bikes team Chair Becka Roolf, the successful application funding the educational, encouragemen, and enforcement projecs comprising Union’s SRTS program.
At its midway point—the 2009/10 Winter break—the improvements include:
Autumn 2009 tallies of the numbers and proportions of UES kids who commuted to and from school under their own power, before the walk-to-school promotion and after, show the following increases:
Average AM increase: 71.9%
Average PM increase: 54.4%
Overall Average increase: 63.2%
Autumn establishment of at least three Walking Schoolbuses (a group of children walking to school with two or more adults). The increase in numbers of kids walking to school was not tracked precisely, but can be estimated by the Wednesday (most WSB activity occurs on “Walking Wednesdays”) increases in kid-powered commutes:
Overall Average increase: 63.2%
Wednesday AM increase: 114.5%
Spring 2010 will focus on assembling a SRTS steering committee and other elements vital to establishing a self-sustaining SRTS presence at UES.
Others:
Bikes team’s accomplishments
The CFL install #s from MET’s “Lightbulbs” group...2007:
MET worked with the Montpelier School System on a program to replace all incandescent bulbs with CFLs; 15,000 bulbs in the Ciy of Montpelier were switched.
Q: did schoolkids change bulbs only in schools or in all City/State/commercial/et al buildings?
Each bulb saves $30 over its lifetime: hence, total savings of $450,000
For each of the 15,000 CFLs installed, disposal of several old-style incandescen bulbs was elimiated.
VCEM - Efficiency Vermont’s final report on the #1 in state in KWH, BTUs saved
1,000 lights in Montpelier schools
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