Warwick Buildings and Energy Committee Draft Meeting Minutes: July 21, 2010 
Location: Warwick Town Hall, Meeting called to order 7:25
Attending: Janice Kurkoski, Steve Kurkoski, Jim Toth, Jack Cadwell, Dan
Dibble, Les Goodman, Rich Field (came late)


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Janice attended the Coalition of Franklin County Energy Committees meeting. 
The Franklin County Home Care Benefits Counseling Project is training
volunteers to help seniors fill out paper work to apply for energy
efficient and weatherization programs.

National Grid has supplied elec. energy data for the last 3 years.
Residential use (no heat) averages 581 kWhr per household.

Going Green is an insert in the Greenfield Recorder. Nancy Hazard wants
to do an article on the conservation & energy efficiency work that the
Warwick BEC has been doing for this flyer.

There are several Franklin County towns that have received money from
DOER Green Community Grants to do upgrades to their buildings.

Greenfield has signed a contract with Siemens as their ESco for 41
Million dollars.

Gill, which is part of a regional school system, has worked out a way to
do upgrades to their school that would lower the operating costs, and
the school district would then lower their share of the payment. An
agreement has yet to be signed. Contact Ray Burrington, Gill Town
Administrator, for more information.

PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) financing has just passed in the
House and Senate in Mass. However Freddy Mac and Fanny Mae are working
against it, because the lien would be senior to the mortgage.

 
TOWN HALL

Solar System
We are recommending that David ask Bill Lyman to measure
the roof where the proposed PV layout is to be, particularly from the
point of the peak over the "porch" to the peak of the ridge that runs
east-west.

Roof 
David has told us that it is $200 a square for energy star shingles
as opposed to $119 for standard 50 year shingles. We recommend the
standard shingles in a light grey.

Peeling Paint
Jack reports that David is going to ask the painters to
come back and do some touch ups.

WARWICK CENTER SCHOOL

SPRINKLER
Work continues on the sprinkler system. A lot of water has been found in
the old dry part of the system.

ROOF
The roof has failed. David is working on the shingle warranty issue with
the architect and the builder.

BUILDING PERFORMANCE AUDIT
Jim has yet to contact 3 companies for spec wording. He will do it soon.

DATA LOGGER
We found out that almost all our data has been lost. When we deploy the
data loggers next time we need to use locked boxes.

PROPOSED COOLING STATION
We recommend that it is not an appropriate central government function
to supply a cooling station for the Town of Warwick residents. Moved by
Jim and second by Les. After a discussion a vote was taken; 4 yes, 1 no,
1 abstain



Meeting adjourned 8:51
Next Meeting: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 6:30