Following a positive recommendation from the Green Communities Study Committee in August, Needham will\u00a0 be considering adopting the Stretch Energy Code, a required step to becoming a Green Community.<\/p>\n
Green Needham’s September meeting will feature an informational program explaining the stretch code<\/strong>. This amendment to the state’s existing building code, which may be adopted by cities and towns, requires new buildings and major renovations to be more energy efficient.<\/p>\n What would the adoption of the Stretch Code mean for you?\u00a0 Green Needham\u2019s program will provide an explanation of the code<\/strong> and, more importantly, offer the opportunity for building professionals, town officials and staff, and the general public to get their questions answered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The lead presenter will be Greg Krantz<\/strong>, who has done in-depth Stretch Code meetings for communities who are about to make a decision.\u00a0 He is a lead trainer for HERS raters and currently manages the Energy Star New Homes program for Massachusetts. \u00a0Also speaking will be John Keohane<\/strong>, a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) rater from Dedham who spoke to Needham\u2019s Green Communities Study Committee last spring.<\/p>\n Adopting the stretch code is one step in the process of becoming a \u201cGreen Community,\u201d a designation which would make Needham eligible for funding<\/a> to support its energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and provide access to innovative energy programs<\/a> as well as additional technical support and assistance from the Green Communities Division of the Commonwealth’s Department of Energy Resources.<\/p>\n Seventy-four Massachusetts cities and towns have already become Green Communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following a positive recommendation from the Green Communities Study Committee in August, Needham will\u00a0 be considering adopting the Stretch Energy Code, a required step to becoming a Green Community. Green Needham’s September meeting will feature an informational program explaining the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"America\/New_York","_EventStartDate":"2011-09-21 19:30:00","_EventEndDate":"2011-09-21 21:00:00","_EventStartDateUTC":"2011-09-21 23:30:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2011-09-22 01:00:00","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":true,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[165],"class_list":["post-1538","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-green-communities","cat_green-communities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}