Stephanie Ciccarello, Amherst Sustainability Coordinator

April 24, 2013

is to seek grants and opportunities to meet the Town of Amherst’s goals of greater energy independence and sustainability

while at the same time fostering working relationships with Amherst citizens in championing and moving a sustainable community agenda forward.

Section 2. C. - Key Directions for the Community

“Promote an Ethic of Sustainable Environmental Energy Practices in All Town Activities”

Objective LU 4. – Protect farmland/farming

Objective LU 10. - …make it easier for residents to walk/bicycle

Objective H4. - Encourage the production of housing in an environmentally sound manner…

Objective E2. – Support re-localization

Objective NC3.- Conservation of land

Objective NC4. – Apply principles of environmental sustainability town-wide

Objective S6. – Leadership role in promoting environmentally sound practices in services and facilities

Objective T2. - Actively promote alternative modes of transportation

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 2001

Climate Action Plan – October 2005

Set a CO2reduction target of 35% below 1997 baseline CO2 emissions

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Update 2007

Green Communities Program

MA CEC Community Energy Strategies Pilot Program

Applied for Green Communities Designation May 2012

Received Green Community Designation in August of 2012

Applied for Green Communities Grant in September 2012

Awarded $302,000 for LED streetlight retro-fit in November 2012

Energy Reduction Plan (ERP) -20% reduction in energy use below FY’11 levels

NURide – partnership with MASSRides

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

Amherst, Easthampton, Hadley, Holyoke, East Longmeadow

$65,000 - $70,000 clean energy technical assistance

“to identify, prioritize & enable a mix of clean energy strategies & incentives best suited to address local interests, needs, resources & opportunities for clean energy development”

Stephanie Ciccarello

Sustainability Coordinator

4 Boltwood Avenue

Amherst, MA 01002

ciccarellos@amherstma.gov

(413) 259-3149

‘Sustaining Amherst’ is

in our hands