- 10% Energy Challenge - This Green Needham flagship project supports Needham residents in reducing their energy use and carbon footprint by 10%.
- Wind Power Feasibility Study - This project will install a meteorological tower at the RTS to gather wind data over a one year period. The data will be analyzed to generate a business case for the installation of a wind turbine that would generate power for the Newman School.
- Home Energy Efficiency Improvements - This project aims to make it much easier for Needham residents to identify and implement high-value home energy efficiency improvements. It targets the key barriers preventing people from taking advantage of opportunities that would reduce their energy use, save money and increase their comfort and the value of their homes.
- Green Community - Enabling Needham to qualify as a Massachusetts Green Community. Qualifying as a Green Community would mean energy and dollar savings for the Town, would qualify the Town to receive grants funds from the Green Communities Program, and could be used to attract residents and businesses to locate in Needham.
- Needham Community Solar Challenge - This successful project earned Needham a 2kW solar array now being installed at the new High Rock School and accumulated, through donations to the New England Wind Fund, over $21,000 in community matching funds toward alternative energy and education projects.
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Outreach and education
- Talks and Presentations to Community Groups
- Outreach to Houses of Worship
- Your World - Bringing it Home on The Needham Channel
- Pam's Latest Discovery - Monthly column in The Hometown Weekly
- Green Tips
- Co-sponsorship of the League of Women Voters Fall Forum
- Participation in the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce's Environment sub-committee
- Transportation - Collaborations to build a more sustainable transportation infrastructure in and around Needham
- Needham Community Farm
- Needham Public Schools initiatives
- Schools-based groups:
- Green Kids (Elementary PTCs)
- PEAT - Pollard Environmental Action Team
- High School Environmental Club
- NEF/Green Needham/NPS Collaborative Initiative
- Needham RTS & Needham Public Schools - Expanded Recycling Program
- Municipal projects and collaborations
- EPA Community Energy Challenge
- Town of Needham's Xeriscape Landscaping
- Needham RTS & Needham Public Schools - Expanded Recycling Program
- Needham RTS Pilot Food Waste Composting Program
Projects
Some of the projects that Green Needham and collaborating organizations are working on:
