Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Somerville Commission on Energy Use and Climate Change

The SCEUCC (less clever in terms of the acronym) has no website, just a half-hearted attempt at a web page. I emailed them over a week ago, and haven't heard back from their listed contact, Vithal Deshpande.


Buuuuut, I found an article, with an amazing YouTube video embedded. The video essentialy answers our basic needs in a matter of seconds, so check it out :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czJewqeBQ8c&feature=player_embedded

According to Andrea Ranger, chair of the SCEUCC, they work with the Somerville Climate Action : "A way to get invovled with the commision -- first tuesday of every month meets at the Tufts Administration building". The Somerville Climate Action is an organization that is part of the Massachusetts Climate Action Network, which organizes grassroots activities to get the public involved.

An article in Wicked Local states about the SCEUCC that, "specifically, the commission has worked on the issue of energy performance contracting, which replaces equipment where needed to save energy; locates areas where the city might need technical assistance; and encourages the city to assess energy consumption."

Ranger was also quoted saying that no energy is good energy. Not exactly sure what she meant by that, but she seems determined to eliminate unnecessary energy use.

No comments:

Post a Comment