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MAGIC Meeting | January 4, 2018

Posted on December 19, 2017 at 12:35 pm. Written by Heidi Stucker

Agenda

Chelsea Waterfront Community Vision Plan 2016

Posted on November 28, 2017 at 12:52 pm. Written by Kit Un

Click here to view the Final Report How do we make the Chelsea Waterfront better for all? The City of Chelsea has been working on improving the City for […]

Water Resources Technical Assistance Projects

Posted on November 24, 2017 at 10:18 am. Written by Kit Un

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 […]

Clean Energy Toolkit Topic: Wind Energy

Posted on November 22, 2017 at 11:38 am. Written by Kit Un

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. […]

Clean Energy Toolkit Topic: Waste Energy

Posted on November 22, 2017 at 11:37 am. Written by Kit Un

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 […]

Use a Performance Contract for Municipal Efficiency Projects

Posted on November 22, 2017 at 11:35 am. Written by Kit Un

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 […]

Tracking Monthly Energy Usage with WegoWise

Posted on November 22, 2017 at 11:34 am. Written by Kit Un

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 […]

Start a Community Choice Aggregation Program

Posted on November 22, 2017 at 11:26 am. Written by Kit Un

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 […]

Retrofit Streetlights with LEDs

Posted on November 22, 2017 at 11:23 am. Written by Kit Un

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 […]

Clean Energy Toolkit Topic: Review Energy Plan Annually

Posted on November 22, 2017 at 11:23 am. Written by Kit Un

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 […]