Water Resources Technical Assistance Projects
All MAPC water resources documents from 1982 to date are listed below, with links to those that are available for download in PDF format. For those documents that are not […]
Continue reading...Clean Energy Toolkit Topic: Wind Energy
To a certain extent, wind energy can be thought of as a derivative of solar energy – winds are created as the sun heats the atmosphere unevenly, creating convection currents. […]
Continue reading...Clean Energy Toolkit Topic: Waste Energy
Waste energy is generated from waste-to-energy plants, which burn solid waste at extremely high temperatures to produce electricity. The Massachusetts Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) relegates waste energy to Class II, in a […]
Continue reading...Use a Performance Contract for Municipal Efficiency Projects
An energy savings performance contract (ESPC) is a special contracting tool that allows building owners to pay for energy efficiency upgrades out of the energy cost savings guaranteed by the […]
Continue reading...Tracking Monthly Energy Usage with WegoWise
Many organizations currently utilize energy management software as a means to track their energy consumption and identify potential opportunities for savings. WegoWise is one such tool. Housing authorities in Massachusetts […]
Continue reading...Start a Community Choice Aggregation Program
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), also known as municipal electric aggregation, is a way for one or a group of cities and towns currently served by investor-owned utilities to use bulk […]
Continue reading...Retrofit Streetlights with LEDs
Street lighting constitutes a significant portion of municipal energy consumption and expenditures. By buying back streetlights from their utility provider, converting to energy-efficient fixtures, and procuring products and services in […]
Continue reading...Clean Energy Toolkit Topic: Review Energy Plan Annually
An energy plan should be treated as a living document that can be continually supplemented and passed down to new community stakeholders on an ongoing basis. To that end, a […]
Continue reading...Clean Energy Toolkit Topic: Receive Green Communities Designation
The Green Communities Designation and Grant Program, is an initiative of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) that supports and rewards communities that meet certain clean energy goals established by […]
Continue reading...Report Monthly Energy Use
As part of a long-term energy plan, after baselining energy use across their portfolio of accounts and facilities, municipalities should track the changes in their energy use over time. This […]
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