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Clean Energy Toolkit Topic: Develop Anaerobic Digestion

With a commercial food waste ban going into effect in Massachusetts in October 2014, businesses and institutions are considering alternatives to disposing of organic waste in the trash. Anaerobic digestion […]

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Clean Energy Toolkit Topioc: Design a School Energy Curriculum

Schools can be a valuable resource for distributing information about clean energy to youth and their parents. Energy-related curricula with entertaining and interesting hooks educate students about energy issues and increase […]

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Create a Local Energy Plan

A local energy plan comprehensively assesses a community’s energy use and past activities, establishes future goals, and identifies projects that will be most effective in meeting those goals. Integrating energy […]

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Buy Back Streetlights from Utility

In order to save energy by retrofitting streetlights with LEDs, municipalities must first own the streetlights. M.G.L. Chapter 164 Section 34A allows municipalities to purchase streetlights from their utility. It […]

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Clean Energy Toolkit Topic: Alternative Energy

“Alternative energy” is a phrase used to describe technologies that help increase energy efficiency and reduce reliance on conventional fossil-fuel based electricity generation, but do not qualify as clean or […]

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