• Washington Energy Committee Minutes September 3, 2009
• DRAFT

Present: Al Krygeris, Bob Frazer, Johanna Young, Lindley Rankine

Guest: Melissa Cole

• Minutes for August were approved.

• Welcomed Melissa Cole to committee and we invited her to consider joining as a member.

• Al: Corey, the intern, will calculate our Co2 emissions for the town and get back to us.

• According to Al someone in the state will be paying for audits for all schools. Al says the Washington Elementary School has some issues with a leaking roof.

• We need to get an energy audit for the town, which would serve as a baseline for any work we would like to have done to make the buildings more efficient

• Melissa: Applications for stimulus monies for energy conservation projects are still being developed and we will need to be ready to apply.

• NESEA auditors do residential and not commercial audits – cost of an audit can range from $2,500-5,000. Melissa has been gathering info from the Office of Energy and Planning (OEP)

• Met with selectman to discuss application received by mail from Cool Planet/Cool Energy for (NH Municipal Energy Assistance Program) to assist with getting an audit completed. Melissa reported on the outcome of her research re: the upcoming grants. The selectmen signed the MEAP application. Melissa will call to see if we can get a free audit estimate of the town buildings.

• According to the inventory, Al and Bob did the police station is using a lot of energy. Apparently, they use an electric heater in the winter.

• Next green movie night was put off until later this fall.

• Meeting was adjourned.

• Respectfully submitted,

• Johanna Young, Energy Committee Chair.