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TOWN Baseline Report
• Town Overview
• Analysis by Sector
• Building Performance
• Recommendations
• Regional Context Analysis
• Next Steps, Resources, Methods
Quick Chemistry Lesson
• BTU (British Thermal Unit)
–The amount of energy needed to raise 1 gallon of water 1 degree Fahrenheit.
(Kind of like a calorie except in the English system)
TOWN Municipal SectorsEnergy Use
48%52%
0%0%0%
Municipal Buildings
Vehicle Fleet
Street Lights
Water & Sewage
Waste
Energy Costs
41%
57%
0%
0%2%
Municipal Buildings
Vehicle Fleet
Street Lights
Water & Sewage
Waste
FleetBuildings
FleetBuildings
1,100MMbtu’s
1,000Mmbtu’s
$18,000$13,000
TOWN Municipal Buildings
Energy Use
8%
37%
14%
41%
Town Hall
Muni Bldg / Fire
Library
Town garage
Energy Cost
16%
52%
25%
7%
Town Hall
Muni Bldg / Fire
Library
Town garage
TOWN Building Energy Intensity
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Town Hall Muni Bldg/ Fire
Library Towngarage
Site energy intensity (kBtu/sq ft)
Average Site kBtu/sq ft forbuilding type
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Town Hall Muni Bldg /Fire
Library Towngarage
Source energy intensity(kBtu/sq ft)
Average source kBtu/sq. ft forbuilding type
Municipal SectorEnergy Use(MMBtu)[1]
Energy Use (%)
Equiva-lent CO2
(tons)
Equiva-lent CO2
(%)
Energy Cost(US$)
Energy Cost %
Municipal Buildings 1,033 48 59 37 13,046 41
Vehicle Fleet 1,129 52 98 62 18,219 57
Street Lights 1 0 0 0 96 0
Water & Sewage 0 0 0 0 0 0
Waste 0 0 2 1 630 2
Total 2,163 100 159 100 31,991 100
Name of BuildingEnergy
Use (MMBtu)
Energy %CO2
emissions(tons)[1]
CO2 %Energy
Cost (US$)Energy Cost %
Town Hall 80 8 8 15 2,058 16
Muni Bldg - Fire 379 37 30 58 6,898 52
Library 143 14 11 21 3,215 25
Town garage 430 41 3 6 876 7
Total 1032 100 52 100 13,047 100
TOWN Energy Inventory
Next Steps
• Review of Planning Documents & Policies
• Behavioral Change Program at Municipal Building & Library
• Weatherization and Insulation of Municipal Building, Library, and Town Hall
• Lighting Assessment & Implementation of Alternative Strategies
• Environmentally-Preferable Purchasing (EPP) / Energy Star buying strategy
• Reduce Fuel Consumption for Vehicle Fleet
• Investigate & Implement Alternative Energies
• Create an Energy Savings Trust Fund
• REMOVE, REDUCE, REPLACE, OFFSET
Regional Energy Use (MMBtu)
Transportation42%
Waste0%
Residential30%
Commercial19%
Industrial9%
Electricity Power Supply
30%3%
14%
12%
29%
12%
Misc Nuclear
Natural Gas
Hydro
New Hampshire
15%
3%
9%
22%
6%
40%
5%Hydro
Nuclear
Natural GasMisc
New England
Oil
CoalOil
Coal
Pumped Storage
What we spend as a region on heating our homes,
water and cooking…
• Electricity: $4,208,367
• Heating Oil: $40,072,250
• Propane: $20,897,563
2005
PSNH (kwh): $0.117
Light Fuel Oil (us gal): $2.254
Propane (us gal): $2.155
$68,321,942
70%
If we spent what we spend on home heating oil on other items, we could afford to…
Provide Medicaid to 29,000 people
(or all of Keene + Peterborough)
Provide a university education to 360 students
Hire 2,000 full-time teachers for a year
Build 180,000 low-income Housing Units
Plant 9 billion trees
Brew 9 million gallons of homemade beer
A UNH initiative committed to providing residents and communities with the support necessary to reduce their residential CO2 emissions by 10,000 pounds per year.
Households using the Carbon Challenge …
Save an average of $833 dollars in energy costs.
Use the New Hampshire Carbon Challenge
Strategies for Energy Committees To Utilize the Challenge
• Identify the strong community organizations within your town– The Public Library – Hampstead Public Library– The Schools - Rye Carbon Challenge – A Faith-based Group – Sanbornton UCC– The Chamber of Commerce or Rotary – Mount Washington
Valley C of C Green Team
• Build a collaborative residential Carbon Challenge with key partners – Takes the burden off one organization (the LEC)– Builds stronger networks for reaching citizens – Builds support for future energy reduction projects
• Utilize the NH Carbon Challenges web-based tools, presenters and project experience
Next Steps
• Present Information to All Decision-Makers
• Integrate Municipal Recommendations into Existing Plans & Begin to Implement
• Resources: Jordan Institute for Schools, Meet –Ups, Carbon Offset Report, Carbon Neutrality Report, Community Toolkit
• Begin Prioritizing Municipal Recommendations
• Take PowerPoint to Community Groups
• Regional Plan Input in Fall 2009
www.cleanair-coolplanet.orgChrista Koehler
Community Program Manager603. 422-6464