Hi All,
I hope this finds you having a good summer, and I’m looking forward to meeting with most (all?) of you next week. Just a quick update on what I’ve been working on…I now have the major pieces (minus a couple of last interviews of actors and stakeholders for a few) of ten case studies, including:
*Plymouth Area Renewable Initiative: This is a very interesting action happening out in Plymouth, NH. It involves community “energy raisers” in which citizens install a solar hot water heater at a different residence each month. These installations are done free of charge for volunteers, so it’s a great illustration of community climate actin at work.
*Greenblocks Program: This is a municipal action of Missoula, Montana. It provides a variety of free home efficiency installlations for any neighborhood in which 90% of residences agree to participate.
*Low Impact Development: This is an approach to land development that works to manage stormwater as close to its source as possible.
I also have a question…does anyone know of any literature which discusses the usefulness of municipality emissions inventory tools? One of my case studies compares a variety of these (e.g. WRI, ICLEI, NH Carbon Challenge, etc), and I’d like to provide some established literature on the applicability of different inventories to different municipalities (e.g. a city could have different needs from a small town when conducting an inventory).
Thanks!
Dovev
