7August2009
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I. HOUSEKEEPING
þ Renewable Energy Program (Review & Tips) – need to schedule a presentation date during September and need to secure a meeting place, such as the library.
þ Need to create 2010 NCEC meeting schedule
þ Need to set up meeting with accountant to prepare IRS and IL 990 returns
II. CITY OF NAPERVILLE
þ EECBG – Naperville’s Strategy Document
þ Green Fuels Depot – Mark Skowron, Q&A (Public Hearings)
III. NCEC PUBLIC EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROPOSAL
þ Video – review estimate
þ Robocall – sample 1 minute call
þ Speakers Series - define
þ Publications
þ Case studies – approach mayor and invite him to have energy audit and prepare case study
IV. ALTERNATIVE AUDIENCES
þ Develop Strategy for Faith based organizations
þ Small businesses (Business Committee)
V. EVENTS
þ Cool Ride-Clean Choice Oct 10 (funded by Community Energy) – need to begin planning for this, scheduling volunteers
VI. FUNDING
þ Grant opportunities – DuPage Community Foundation grant application submitted 8/7/09.
þ Need to prepare list of targets and calendar of grant application deadlines
VII. FUTURE MEETINGS
Sept. – TBD – Pizza Fusion Social Outing and Community Energy presentation
10/12 - 7:30-9:30 City Hall LUNCHROOM
11/2 - 7:30-9:30 City Hall mtg room A
12/7 - 7:30-9:30 City Hall mtg room A
20July2009
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I. OPEN DISCUSSION
- Financial Report – NCEC is in the “black” by a few hundred dollars. NCEC will be receiving a donation from Pizza Fusion (June – Giving Back Tuesdays Promo) for a little over $400.
- Packer/GreenFuelsDepot Update from Fieseler – $1.5 Million worth of funding passed committee Judy Biggert serves on. This will be a line item in Federal Budget which will need to now be approved by both houses. NCEC has been asked by Packer to supply a list of questions about the GFD in order for Packer to create a Q&A.
II. CITY OF NAPERVILLE
| $ 688,760 |
Home energy audits and matching grants (contains 10K marketing/education) |
Preliminary details of the Home Energy Audit program are now available on the city’s web site: http://www.naperville.il.us/energyaudits.aspx
| 10,000 |
Education (with video in mind) |
|
278,440
|
Revolving interest-free commercial loans |
|
235,000
|
Commercial matching grants |
|
150,000
|
Parking guidance system (funds 50% of project) |
|
30,000
|
LED lights for LEED certified Fire Station #10 |
- GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY FINAL REPORT (available on city’s web site in 6/2/09 agenda packet). A “clean” copy has been requested from staff and will be distributed to NCEC email list once received.
- Vision 2030 Meeting will be held Thursday 7/23/09 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm by the Downtown Advisory Commission to receive input from residents. Please plan to attend to incorporate your ideas for environmental sustainability for our downtown area.
- Residents can visit www.goto2040.org to give their feedback to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning for various issues affecting the Chicago Metro area.
III. NCEC PUBLIC EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROPOSAL
- Stephanie to set up conference call for next week (July 15th, 8 pm) to discuss this in more detail. Stephanie also to send out a draft proposal for call participants to react to. Member suggestions during the meeting include: have highly visible Naperville residents have an audit done and support the audit and outcome with PR (resident recommendations included Alan Krashesky, Naperville Sun columnist, Mayor Pradel, and council members).
IV. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES
- Federal energy bill passed the House on 6/26/09 which will reduce GHG emissions by 17% from 2005 levels by 2020 and by 83% by 2050. This will be achieved using a carbon equivalent cap and trade system. The bill will also require electric utilities to produce at least 12% of their power from renewables by 2020.
V. EVENTS
- Monthly Fundraising Opportunities with retailers (2-10 hours/month) may be presented to NCEC by Michelle Hickey-Fouts. More information will follow.
- Cool Ride-Clean Choice Oct 10 (early bird forms due by 7/15). Bill Dawe will contact Deb Villarese to find out if NCEC is eligible to participate without paying participant fee in exchange for volunteers. Stephanie will follow up with Michelle Hickey-Fouts to see what Community Energy has planned for the event.
- Last Fling – skip this year
VI. NOTEWORTHY
VII. FUTURE MEETINGS
- 8/17 - 7:30-9:30 City Hall mtg room A
- Sept. - TBD
- 10/12 - 7:30-9:30 City Hall LUNCHROOM
- 11/2 - 7:30-9:30 City Hall mtg room A
- 12/7 - 7:30-9:30 City Hall mtg room A
6July2009
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Join us tonight for the NCEC monthly meeting held at the Municipal Center, Meeting Room A at 7:30 pm.
Agenda Items:
I. OPEN DISCUSSION II. CITY OF NAPERVILLEþ EECBG http://www.naperville.il.us/dynamic_content.aspx?id=12444 þ GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY FINAL REPORT (available on city’s web site in 6/2/09 agenda packet)þ VISION 2030 http://www.naperville.il.us/renewable.aspx þ www.goto2040.org III. NCEC PUBLIC EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROPOSALþ Set up exploratory meeting with Nadja Lalvaniþ Get cost and timing estimate from Liz Spencerþ Research existing publications (energystar and energysavers.gov) IV. LEGISLATIVE UPDATESþ Federal energy bill V. EVENTSþ Monthly Fundraising Opportunities with retailers (2-10 hours/month)þ Cool Ride-Clean Choice Oct 10 (early bird forms due by 7/15)þ Last Fling – skip this year
29June2009
Posted by Stephanie Hastings under: News.
Naperville, IL, June 29, 2009 — Naperville for Clean Energy and Conservation (NCEC), a local grassroots environmental organization, today announced it has been granted 501(c)(3) tax exempt status by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The IRS has classified NCEC as a public charity, which means that contributions to the organization are tax exempt; this is often a requirement to qualify for foundation grants. NCEC was founded in 2007 by Sarah Ralph of Naperville on the premise of acting locally to combat global warming and climate change. NCEC incorporated in 2008 and currently consists of over 150 Naperville residents which meet monthly to discuss opportunities for promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy to fellow residents, businesses and community leaders. The next NCEC meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 6, 7:30 p.m. at the Municipal Center, Meeting Room A and is open to the public. Stephanie Hastings, NCEC President is very pleased, “This new status will help facilitate our mission of educating Naperville residents about the connections between climate change and our personal actions such as energy use. NCEC can now compete for grants to help fund a public education and outreach campaign about energy efficiency.”
29June2009
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1. PIZZA FUSION
Pizza Fusion has announced NCEC is their selection of the June “Giving Back Tuesdays” partner. NCEC will receive 5% of all Tuesday sales!
2. EECBG
The 6/2/09 City Council meeting will address the allocations for the DOE EECBG. NCEC will encourage Council to allocate at least $20K for public outreach/education about energy efficiency and will discourage spending funds on the Parking Guidance System based on the assumption the ROI for the proposed project is not favorable.
3. RESIDENT EDUCATION PROPOSAL
NCEC will continue to prepare a Resident Education proposal to deliver to the City of Naperville with strategy/tactics and associated costs/timing.
4. OPEN DISCUSSION/UPDATES
· Board Member Chris Martersteck recommended NCEC consider joining Clean Air Counts· Please attend Recycling Extravaganza - 6/6/09. Michelle Hickey-Fouts will email volunteer schedule this week and is all set for volunteers.
- IMEA has formed an energy efficiency committee and will most likely begin a relationship which will allow the City of Naperville to offer “Apogee” self-home-energy-audits online. The committee has also begun conversations with DCEO to administer energy efficiency programs (similar to those available to and funded by ComEd/Ameren customers).
- Mark Skowron spoke with Best Buy’s Matt Polito (630-866-9166) who said that home energy audits can be performed for Chicagoland homes <4,000 square feet for $299 — or less possibly (quantity discount). Matt said that homes with more than 4,000 sq. ft. and high ceilings prove to be challenging for a standard “Blower Door” because of the volume of air that needs to flow for adequate infrared imaging.
- Legislative update:
- HB3987 Residential EE Building Codes Bill Passed
- SB1918 Natural Gas Efficiency Bill Passed
- Clean Cars Bill – Overshadowed by new Federal CAFE standards
11May2009
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NOTE: Please plan to attend the Tuesday, May 19th 5/19/09 City Council Meeting. According to a city staff member a memo from city staff with follow-up recommendations from the GHG inventory will be presented to city council and city council will vote on whether to move forward with city staff’s recommendations. The final agenda and memo will be available on the Wednesday (5/13) prior to the meeting in the long-form agenda packet on the city’s web site.
5/4 MINUTES
1. EVENTS RECAP
Thank you very much to our NCEC volunteers who attended the elementary school fairs, handed out idling information, & collected NREP enrollments on Earth Day at Pizza Fusion and on Arbor Dayat the Naperville tree sale/public works building. NCEC has amazing volunteers and we are very lucky to have you!
2. NCEC PRESENTATION
Resident Education Presentation, ”Are You Effectively Green?” Stephanie presented to the group and then everyone brainstormed which civic groups should be approached to ask to present at one of their next regular meetings (AAUW, LOWV, Unitarian Church, IPPC, NCC Green Committee, IBC, Homeowners Confederation, Jaycees, Gardner’s Club, etc.).
3. OTHER NOTES
4/6 MINUTES
1. DOE GRANT
The bulk of our meeting time on Monday was spent reviewing the initial data released from the GHG Emissions Inventoryand brainstorming NCEC’s recommendation to the City of Naperville for how they should spend the $1.39 million the Dept. of Energy has allocated for energy efficiency programs. NCEC will submit the recommendations to the city as an organized proposal. Program Details are available here: http://www.eecbg.energy.gov/ . Also, don’t forget there are some sample programs which Sarah Ralph researched and included in NCEC Emissions Inventory presentation available on our web site http://ncec.us/our-focus/greenhouse-gas-emissions-inventory/.
- Energy Audits - Free or Low cost based on age of house and income of residents and insure improvements are made by for example reimbursing audit after a certain dollar amount of improvements are made.
- Rebates - appliances and building materials (incentive to get the old fridges out of the garages)
- LED or CFL exchange program
- Residential Certification Program
- Copy ComEd energy efficiency programs
- Green Home Welcome Wagon
- Peak Energy Rates
- In Boulder, Co - solar installations are funded by bond, and the bond is paid by homeowner through property taxes so the bond stays with the home and not the owner.
- In Germany - large scale solar installations are accomplished via satellite analysis for buildings to determine how well they are positioned. The city could own the panels and lease to the building owners.
3. SPENDING WISHLIST
Email ideas to ncec.email@yahoo.com
4. SCHOOLS COMMITTEE
Any volunteers willing to form this committee should contact ncec.email@yahoo.com
5. EARTH DAY
An opportunity has come up for NCEC volunteers to promote the Naperville Renewable Energy Program on Earth Day 4/22 at Pizza Fusion. On April 22nd, any Pizza Fusion patron who enrolls in the NREP will receive a $20 gift certificate to Pizza Fusion, a CFL bulb, and will be entered into a raffle to win a solar powered model wind turbine (desktop size that will be on display). The volunteer windows are 11am-2pm, 4pm-7pm and to select the winner for the raffle prize at 7:30pm. Please email myself or Robin Kot <rrkot@sbcglobal.net> with your availabilty on 4/22.
30March2009
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OPEN DISCUSSION/ANNOUNCEMENTS Read the rest of this entry »
3February2009
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During a workshop on January 12, the Naperville City Council voted to add the words “Environmental Stewardship” to the values statement. The Naperville City Council is considering several environmental intitiatives for FY2010 including writing a plan for environmental sustainability, adopting environmentally responsible procurement processes as well as consideration of GHG emissions inventory report and recommendations.
14August2008
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Did you know one of the largest sources of global warming is residential electricity use? Reduce your home’s contribution today by enrolling in Naperville’s Renewable Energy Program! CLICK HERE! Please be sure to indicate on the sign-up form you “heard about us” from NCEC.
3July2008
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On June 17th, the City Council approved a contract for a community-wide greenhouse gas emissions inventory. The inventory will calculate our community’s contribution to climate change, and provide concrete suggestions for measures we can take to reduce this amount. We thank Council members Fieseler, Furstenau, Krause, Pradel, Rosanova, Senger and Wehrli for supporting the community-wide inventory over the more limited municipal-only inventory also considered. Naperville now joins an elite group of communities nationwide taking clear action to counter climate change. Thank you to all local residents, businesses and organizations that voiced support for the inventory!
