Warwick Buildings and Energy Committee Draft Meeting Minutes
April 15, 2009
Location: Warwick Town Hall
Meeting called to order 6:37
Attending: Janice Kurkoski, Steve Kurkoski, Jim Toth, Dan Dibble, Jack
Cadwell, Susan Wright
Minutes moved, seconded and passed for March

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Who is going to the UMASS energy summit May 1+2? Janice and Steve are
going. Peter Talmage is teaching a deep energy retrofit course at GCC.
Home Energy Savings seminar at the Athol town hall will be on May 7. Has
anyone read the new Mass. Stretch Building Code?

SCHOOL
David Young has not heard anything from Siemens about the investment
grade audit yet. We are on the Dept. of Energy Resources list to get an
audit for the school in 2 to 3 months. We may need to prod Siemens and
the DOER a little to get thing going. Should we should have the Warwick
students write letters to our reps asking to speed things up? No
decision was made on this matter.

The audit needs to include the occupant's needs at the school. Susan
will ask different users of the building what is and isn't working.
Susan reports that the building temperature is not out of balance as
much as it used to be. Tim would be a good person to contact to find out
what was done to affect this change. Susan asked how much money can they
save through conservation. Conservation will make a difference but
changes in the power bill will be small because the bill is so large.
However, conservation is the best approach for saving money and reducing
a carbon footprint and if the entire school is engaged in a conservation
effort the results will show on the power bill.

It would be good to have a person who knows how the building works. Some
suggestions for Susan: put tell-tales on the vents so we can learn the
air delivery patterns of the building.  Ask the kitchen help if they
have a wish list or complaints about the building. How do we involve the
kids?  Somehow the Foundation for Educational Excellence may be able to
help with this matter - can we come up with an idea for a school
project? It will be good to know what the elementary school wants from
the WBEC. Susan will be added to the WBEC e-mail list.

TOWN HALL
There is a town warrant article asking for $9,300 ($6,300 for air
sealing and insulation  and $3,000 for chimney and foundation work). It
is suggested that this money is to be "raised & appropriated". There is
another article asking for $13,250 to prep & paint or stain the town
hall. It is suggested that this money would come from Capital
Stabilization. New storm windows on the town clerks office and interior
storms (Winserts) would help with saving energy and increase the comfort
level in that office. We are back on the DOER list to get a free energy
audit for the Town Hall and highway bldgs. (poss fire & police station
as well). This may take some prodding to get it done.

HIGHWAY
Tim reports that his electric bill is down 39%.

MISCELLANEOUS

Meeting adjourned  8:21
Next Meeting May 20, 6:30