Regional Initiative in Southwest NH

SWRPC

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

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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 INVENTORY

SWRPC

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

ckoehler@cleanair-coolplanet.org