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Needham committee readies Pollard workshops and reviews embodied‑carbon options for school design
Summary
At its February meeting the Climate Action Committee reviewed a series of sustainability workshops for the Pollard Middle School project — including a Feb. 9 presentation on LEED, MSBA incentives and energy-code impacts — and heard research on municipal approaches to embodied carbon that could inform design decisions.
Paul Holter, acting chair of the Climate Action Committee, opened the meeting and staff summarized three sustainability workshops tied to the Pollard Middle School project: an earlier goals‑focused session, a Feb. 9 presentation‑focused workshop on LEED and incentives, and a third workshop planned for April to present a life‑cycle cost analysis for heating and cooling systems.
"They will be talking about the LEED program, and how LEED before will impact the project design," staff said,…
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