At the Energy Committee meeting last Thursday, Mike Sullivan handed out the attached spreadsheet, which documents a total of 31.7% savings by the Town of Medfield from 12/31/08 to date in its energy use. Town electric use was down 40.7% and gas use was down 35.2% over those time periods.
The Medfield High School took the prize with a total energy reduction of 44.3%. The Energy Committee’s initial baseline studies of the MHS had determined that the HVAC at the MHS had been set to run seven days a week, instead of the five days it was occupied, and that savings alone was estimated to the town to be between $40-60,000 per year.
Since there is an election next Monday, I will point out that the Energy Committee was formed at my request and initiative, when I asked the question of what Medfield should be doing to deal with global warming.
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