Minutes
Lyme Energy Committee
January 20, 2004
Lyme Town Offices, 7:00 PM
Present: Laura Brannen, Matthew Brown, Tina Cullenberg,Tom Hughes, Claudia Kern,
Carola Lea
Visitors: Phil Kern, Lloyd Nichols
1. Introductions of all present
2. Establishment of Committee
a. Meeting location : Selectmen have asked that all committee meetings be in the Lyme Center Academy Building
Keeper of the Key: Claudia
b. It was agreed that approval of minutes shall be done by email, then will be submitted to Town Clerk within 142 hours (6 days) of the meeting
c. Annual budget will be a line item of $500; other monies will be accepted on behalf of LEC by the Select Board
d. LEC was covered in Connecticut Valley Spectator with phone interview with Claudia
e. Tom Hughes regretfully resigned from committee with other commitments taking priority at this time; will send formal letter to Select board; he will continue with Lyme School teaching core values related to conservation
3. Minutes of the 12/03 meeting were approved.
4. Business:
a. Matt on Resource Library - box folder is on Reference shelf
1) Materials to be checked out as a "book"
2) Watt meter- possibly checked out
3) Box folder to include solar and wood heat use
4) Lyme List Serve- Matt will post query
5) NH Saves catalogue
6) To include list neighbor -to-neighbor resources with categories of energy conservation applications in the community- create list of categories and ask:
"Do you have experience with any of these?" Radiant floors, etc.
Include as question in Town Energy Survey
Web site- links
Church newsletter
b. Town Garage update
1) Status of LEC proposal- six packets of resources submitted by LEC- no formal responses to suggestion of energy audits, cost/benefit study, etc.
- Mike Smith indicates committee will contact John Unger Murphy
2) Could there be a liaison from Facilities Committee to LEC as suggested by
Freda Swan?
- Matt, Laura, Tom, Carola and Claudia to attend Facilities Committee Meeting this Friday 1/23/04 7 AM
3) What could be source of money for wood pellet boiler- ?Lyme Foundation
4) Lloyd Nichols described basic choices of Unit heater (air) vs. radiant floor a) Potentially saving 1/3 due to increased efficiency of heating high
mass (floor) vs. air
b) Examples- Foxboro Stadium, airport hangers, school gyms
c) Greatest heat loss with open doors of seven bays, less with radiant flooring
d) Need cost analysis
e) Increase cost of heating air (60% more) than heating floor (30% savings)
f) 3-4 year pay back though initially more costly
g) Study environmental impact through Harris Center for Conservation Education, Hancock, NH
5) Our role in public hearings- much discussion followed
a) It was agreed that LEC would be willing to endorse plans for Town Garage only after cost/benefit analysis was done with input from reputable independent(s) specializing in energy conservation
such as:
-Teni Bannick (CN Carley Associates)
-John Unger Murphy (Murphy's Cell Tech)
-Henri Fennel (Foam-Tech)
b) Determine verification of efficiency and environmental impact from objective sources (Harris Center)
c) Encourage consultation with PSNH and NH Rebuilds program for free energy audits
d) Claudia to write statement for Facilities Committee meeting Friday AM
c. School related projects
1) Compact Fluorescent Sale for 6th grade - Phil Kern reporting
a) Bulbs purchased through Foggs Hardware cheaply in VT
b) NH is different due to NH Saves catalog - in NH, NH Saves is a
concept rather than an entity; each public utility operates own program
c) All utilities will meet at end of month. Rep from NHEC will bring the idea of supporting fundraiser to the meeting and get back to us. Rep is enthusiatic about the idea.
d) It may be difficult to combine fund-raiser with Nichols Hardware but Lloyd Nichols interested in looking into becoming a participating retailer in NH Saves program through PSNH
2) Wind feasibility- Denis Kelemen absent
3) Solar on Schools- no report
d. Town Energy Survey- committee given copies of Thetford Town Energy Survey to
review by next meeting
1) Purpose: To determine energy consumption in Lyme
2) To determine in what areas LEC could focus assistance and what residents are
interested in learning more about
3) To build database of residents willing to share their experiences with energy conservation applications
e. Communication-
1) Web site- Laura to call Bill Weeks
2) Talking points for environmental impacts to add to info sheet to hand out at
public hearings- Laura
3) SERG web site- Bob Walker; perhaps a link from Lyme Web Site- Matt
4) List Serve- Matt to send email regarding resource shelf
5) Lyme Church Newsletter- Carola to do in place of Tom: Lyme church news will incorporate Matt's ListServe article.
6) Letter to Facilities Committee for Friday AM- Claudia
Meeting adjourned 9:10 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Tina Cullenberg
Secretary
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