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rage vi <br />mentioned that they did discuss the availability of funds to get energy conservation projects in place. <br />"Don't pay in capital, pay in savings." Up to 20 years to pay back. <br />The ENERGY STAR program for businesses is looking very favorable. EPA did presentations at the <br />Belmont and Salem. Municipals and businesses can benchmark their facilities against other in their <br />class on-line for free. ENERGY STAT has a certification program that may be more productive then <br />LEED since it is free and more businesses and the municipals are likely to participate. This seems like a <br />positive goal for the committee to promote this program. Dan may put REI though the software to see <br />how difficult it is to do. Mary Delai seemed very interested in the ENERGY STAR software also and <br />possible this may get the data-collecting going. The committee felt it would be good to have all the <br />municipals buildings done in conjunction with the CCP software project as a comparison aide when <br />making a plan of action. It was suggested to link the School Committee to getting the data for the <br />ENERGY STAR and the CCP's need data. <br />Stephanie mentioned seeing something about a home generator for heating (Honda). Michele said she <br />thought Braintree had a home generator pilot program going and would check into it. Ray gave a <br />briefing on how the process would work but did not hear of them for the home. <br />The group went up stairs to view Tracy's 123 Pledge display and we adjoined from there. <br />Next Meeting September 13th. <br />8/28/06 <br />