2009-09-22 Energy Committee Minutes
Minutes of the Falmouth Town Energy Committee: Sept. 22, 2009
Present: Megan Amsler, Dick Koehler, Kirstin Moritz, Dave Jewett and Sia Karplus
( guests applying to be on committee)
Absent: Joan Muller, Joe Hackler, Paul Raymer
1. Minutes of Sept. 8 were approved.
2. New members: Dave Jewett is applying and Sia Karplus has indicated that she will apply. Sia
is on the greening committee for the new ice hockey arena in Falmouth. She will not always be
at all Energy committee meetings but will be our liaison to this new project. Both applicants
need to be approved by the Board of Selectmen. Please add Sia to our Energy Committee email
list: [email protected].
3. Insulation in Town Hall: we discussed Paul Raymer’s walk through with the insulation
committee. Dick will ask Paul about raising the R value to 50. Doug Brown and Eladio need to
review the estimate before it is given to town administrators who will be getting more estimates.
4. Wind turbine report: Megan indicated that parts of the turbine at the Waste Water Treatment
plant have arrived and the announcement on the naming contest is out to the schools. Megan is
working on the 2nd turbine which will be a 1.65 megawatt turbine built over 1000 ft. from the
first one, and will be a full warranty Vestas turbine.
5. Energy Coordinator position: Megan reported that an announcement on the position’s filling
would be very soon.
6. Selectmen’s support: Megan described the annual report presentation she and Joan made
before the selectmen and said there were no questions asked. She read a letter from Carey
Murphy congratulating the Energy Committee on its work. We all feel more need to clarify
connections to the selectmen. One issue of concern for the town residents is the new energy coop with MV and Nantucket for Cape wind development and the possibility of additional costs to
our energy bills to reimburse Brewster and Harwich for their projects. Megan will contact Brent
Putnam, our liaison to the Energy Committee, for review of this idea.
7. DOER grant requests: We discussed this grant application and request for information. Dave
suggested that the School Board might like to have an energy subcommittee. This seems like a
good idea. Megan wants to find out where we have oil heat used in buildings and Dick will
check on that. We would like Joe to follow up on the Onset possibility of installing Hobo energy
monitors. Megan will review the Mulak plan again and presented the idea of using the solar hot
water system at the Canty Center to heat the gym.
8. Miscellaneous: Dick will talk personally to the library head to determine what progress has
been made on the Mulak report rather than having her meet with the committee. Kirstin will
contact the School Board via Judy Fenwick to ask about whether they might want to form an
energy subcommittee to liaison with our committee.
Submitted by Kirstin Moritz
Notes:
Updates, Selectmen's support, Mulak priorities