The town Solar Committee has begun to investigate options for installing solar at municipal facilities in Needham. The committee is considering the issues related to installing solar at the RTS and also on the rooftops of some municipal buildings. In
Green Needham Creates new Home Energy Savings Team
To advance our goal of reducing energy use in Needham homes, Green Needham has created a new team, the Home Energy Savings Team. This team will build on our success with the NStar Community Home Energy Challenge, during which we
Olin College Graduates Design an Eco-friendly Toothbrush
A recent article in the Boston Globe business section — Design Firm Looks to Reinvent Toothbrush — caught the eye of Green Needham members. The piece featured two recent graduates of Olin College of Engineering, Jake Felser and Ollie Haas,
Preventing Ice Damming
Green Needham and Next Step Living presented the first in a series of one-hour Weatherization Seminars on January 23rd, 2012. Our inaugural topic was ice damming. Those long icicles hanging precariously off the edges of roofs can cause significant long-term
Another Home Energy Assessment? You Might be Surprised What a Good Idea This Could Be
Since we’d already had two home energy assessments during the ten years that we’ve lived in our home, we did not think that it would be valuable to get another, but we were mistaken. Mass Save’s Home Energy Assessment program
Green Tips (from Temple Aliyah newsletter)
Here are some Green Tips from the Temple Aliyah newsletter. For the energy saving veterans of GreenNeedham many will be obvious and old hat but for novices they are a place to start or add. I plan to add to