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Energy Action Committee
Town Hall, 10-26-09, 1906
Otto Harling (OH), Pam Harty (PaH), Paul Heanue (PH), Vern Larkin (VL)
Victor Popp (VP), Jim Sharkansky (JS), by invitation Tony Morash (TM)
- meeting called to order at 1906 for the meeting on September 28, 2009
- OH made motion to accept minutes with revisions
2nd by VL
in favor: OH PaH, PH, VL (members present at last meeting)
oppose: none
- discussed “Attachment A”- estimate of savings by Johnson Controls, Johnson looked at schools, Town Hall, South Shore Country Club, library, Lincoln School apts., do we need this and/or more detail for grant application? (ultimately decided we do not)
by week’s end: VP will estimate sizes for other Town bldgs and will calculate potential savings using same ratios- size of those bldgs done and estimated savings
: VL will draft language for application describing why we need an Owner’s Agent
- a discussion was held around potential goals for the committee. there was a lengthy discussion concerning our developing a “wind by-law”. there was not unanimity around that goal. some felt that, drafting by-law, belongs to either the planning or zoning boards and that great efforts would have to be expended with a real possibility of it not getting accepted at town meeting. should it be a priority of our committee? PH mentioned there is a possibility of HMLP partnering on a wind turbine on Turkey Hill and/or at the “dump” in Cohasett- if they ever come to fruition. we were reminded that there were hingham residents who had experience with writing by-laws whose assistance we were told was available. a sub-committee would be formed to further look at drafting a “wind by-law”.
another potential goal discussed was our getting involved with improving the energy efficiency of hingham’s housing stock. another goal, discussed and accepted, was to try to place a regular/periodic story around energy efficiency in the hingham journal. It was thought a 1st story could be around hmlp’s energy audits and light bulbs.
- an email from CoolMass on engaging local citizen’s around energy matters was reviewed and discussed.
- meeting adjourned at 2115.