Jim,
I am on the Atkinson Energy Efficiency Committee with Michael. Most importantly, I want to congratulate and thank you for your tremendous work to make our schools operate at such high levels of efficiency!
I entered one year of data for the Atkinson Town Hall into the EPA Performance Track and found the building was only operating in the 48the percentile nationally. I was a little shocked to be honest, since the Town Hall has a geothermal system in place to reduce heating and cooling needs. I plan to enter more data to see whether the transition to a new well/pump for the system could have lowered performance. We are beginning work with the Rockingham Planning Commission and Clean Air Cool Planet to further evaluate town buildings and develop a "road map" for our energy efficiency planning.
I was hoping that you might consider coming to talk with the committee and Selectmen about how you've used the performance track data to become more energy efficient and also about your work the Jordan Institute. Please let me know if you would be able to share some of your time and expertise with Atkinson.
Best wishes,
Michelle Veasey
Chair, Atkinson Energy Efficiency Committee
