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CLEAR and town staff outline energy, benchmarking and geothermal planning; greenhouse gas inventory update planned

2964472 · March 17, 2025
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CLEAR and town staff updated the board on building energy assessment proposals, benchmarking outreach, a possible municipal thermal-energy network, and a planned update to the town’s greenhouse gas inventory; staff recommended a small working group to advise on voluntary and mandatory assessment triggers.

Lauren (CLEAR program staff) and colleagues briefed the board on a portfolio of energy and emissions work, including building-energy-assessment planning, state benchmarking outreach, geothermal thermal‑energy-network conversations with Holy Cross and a planned update to the town’s greenhouse-gas inventory.

Lauren described five broad work tasks CLEAR will support for the town: energy savings in the built environment, building energy-assessment requirements, promotion of state benchmarking requirements, home energy-assessment…

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