Energy Team

The Energy Team is working on several projects in the following four areas: renewable energy and conservation; community wind; renewable energy district; municipal energy use.

Click here to check out to read our concept paper about a community district energy program in the Waterville area, written by the Energy team leader, Dr. John Joseph.

Click here to check out our application for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG).

Click here to check out the latest report on the progress of the Energy Team as of September 2009.

Click here to check out notes from the Cool Congress Conference that some Sustain Mid Maine members attended in October 2009. Learn about the interseting ideas that were discussed.

For a status update on the Energy Team, click here:

Residential Renewable Energy & Conservation: Currently formualting a strategy to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy in the residential sector. Also creating a common base of knowledge and understanding of available programs and resources, such as USDA Rural Development, Efficiency Maine, KVCAP, and MaineHousing.
Community Wind: Currently monitoring state wind policy and completing an evaluation of the wind resource in the region.
Renewable District Energy: Currently evaluating the feasability of a Community District Energy project for Mid-Maine.
Municipal Energy Use: Working toward advising municipalities on how to cut energy costs.

The Renewable Energy & Conservation Project Team put on a workshop about State Energy Progams for Residential Buildings was held on June 23. For more information about what was discussed click here.

The Renewable District Energy Project Team held a workshop on July 16 in the Oak Foundation GIS Lab at Colby College. Sustain Mid Maine summer interns reviewed GIS capabilities for the district energy project.

MINUTES

01/24/2009	03/07/2009	05/09/2009	01/30/2010
01/31/2009	03/28/2009	06/13/2009	6/22/2010
02/06/2009	04/11/2009	06/23/2009
02/21/2009	04/25/2009	First Quarterly Report