Politics & Government
Medfield Highlighted in Spotlight Section of EPA’s June Newsletter
Medfield Selectmen Chair, Osler Peterson, congratulates the Medfield Energy Committee in his latest blog post for reducing the town's energy usage by 19 percent.
Medfield Energy Committee Chair, Marie Zack Nolan, e-mailed the committee on June 2 to “check out how Medfield is highlighted in the Spotlight section of the EPA June newsletter.
Congratulations to the Medfield Energy Committee for reducing the town’s energy usage by 19 percent, for saving the Town of Medfield so much money on its annual energy costs and for reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions by the Town of Medfield. Below is what the EPA said in that June newsletter:
“Spotlight: Community Energy Challenge Member Medfield, MA, has met the Challenge by reducing energy use by more than 10 Percent!
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U.S. EPA Region 1 is proud to announce that Medfield, Mass. has reduced its municipal energy use by 19 percent!
Medfield joined the Community Energy Challenge in 2008 and has received ENERGY STAR labels at the and the . The label indicates a building operates at least 75 percent more efficiently than the nationwide average for that building category. Medfield worked on improving and upgrading their municipal facilities. Their volunteer energy committee played a vital role in these accomplishments, using their experience and expertise to assist the town with energy efficiency projects.
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“It is a difficult position for a small town like us to rely on government subsidies for energy efficiency improvements; so a lot of the things we did had low up front capital investments and relatively short pay back periods” said Michael Sullivan, Town Administrator and member of the Energy Committee.
Medfield has added lighting upgrades to all municipal buildings, changed their traffic lights to LEDs, installed variable frequency drives in their water and sewage treatment facilities, and installed energy management systems for the town hall and school buildings. They recently added carbon monoxide monitors in the schools to reduce heating costs. Through these projects Medfield has saved money and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 522 metric tons of carbon dioxide, which is equivalent to taking 102 cars off the road for an entire year!
"Congratulations Medfield!”
To read more posts on Peterson's blog, "Medfield 02052," click here.
