Montville
| Date of Adoption: 2007 |
| Contact Name: J. Legore |
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The Town of Montville voted to establish an Energy and Climate Committee at its annual town meeting in March 2007 with a small budget of $600.
The committee began its work by assembling records of electricity and fuel use for town owned buildings and vehicles and discussed ways to reduce energy use. A borrowed blower door and infrared camera was able to locate points of heat loss in the town office, garage, and fire station. The Board of Selectors has begun to get estimates for the work required to reduce these losses.
The committee asked and the Board of Selectors agreed to sign the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. This agreement urges all levels of government to strive to meet or exceed the goal of reducing global warming pollution levels to 7% below the 1990 levels by 2012.
The committee has discussed ways to encourage individual households to evaluate their petroleum energy use and ways to assist in lowering it. We are considering ways to involve students in this process. Another idea is to have an Energy and Climate Committee page on a Town of Montville website. This web page could host a forum where people could exchange ideas and tips. It could provide a bulletin board for ride sharing.
