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Charter:

The Select board established a Town Energy Committee in the spring of 2009 and appointed nine members. They are:

Patrick Haller, David Adams, Eva Paquin, Jeff LaBossiere, John Doane, Julie Elmore, Ross Hughes, Steve Knight, and Steve Willard

Meetings:

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month or on an as needed basis.

Activities To Date:

Policy:

- Authored the Energy section of the 2010 Town Plan. View the draft of this at the Town website, www.westfordvt.us. The Energy section is section 8.

Education:

- Organized two Button-Up Vermont presentations, one for the seniors at the November senior luncheon and one for the public at large. There was lots of information about both technical and financial resources to help make our homes warmer while using less fuel.

- Energy efficient lighting demonstration and Compact Florescence Light sales at Town Meeting

Grant writing:

- Identified and applied for energy related grants, likes those used to improve the energy consumption of the town office.

Westford PACE program:

The selectboard and the energy committee are promoting that Westford voters accept the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) initiative as a way for town residents to finance renewable energy projects.

Westford PACE program presentation. Please review before town vote. Westford PACE information.

An overview of the Pace program in Vermont here.

Notes from the Energy Committee's meeting with the Westford Select Board. here.

Energy saving tips:

US Dept of Energy: Many appliances continue to draw a small amount of power when they are switched off. These "phantom" loads occur in most appliances that use electricity, such as VCRs, televisions, stereos, computers, and kitchen appliances. In the average home, 75% of the electricity used to power home electronics and appliances is consumed while the products are turned off. This can be avoided by unplugging the appliance or using a power strip and using the switch on the power strip to cut all power to the appliance

How much CO2 is produced from burning 1 gallon of gas? The answer is ... 17.7 to 20 lbs depending on the octane rating of the gasoline in question.

Send us your ideas:

Email your recommendations to us at

westford.energy@gmail.com

Energy related links:

http://www.efficiencyvermont.org/pages/

Vermont Sustainability Jobs Fund's Renewable Energy Atlas/