[MassHistPres] Mass. High Performance Building Grant Program

[Aaron Marcavitch]

Hi Sally,

We are going to give it a try out here for the houses we "recycle" for affordable housing.  They may not be as historic, but I hope to apply my historic preservation mindset into this grant to see what we can produce.

Aaron
Housing Nantucket

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--- On Mon, 9/28/09, Zimmerman Sarah <szimmerman at historicnewengland.org> wrote:

> From: Zimmerman Sarah <szimmerman at historicnewengland.org>
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Mass. High Performance Building Grant Program
> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 9:28 AM
> 
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>  
>  
> Hi all-
> On the larger front of energy conservation and
> historic preservation, preservationists may want to become
> familiar with the efforts being made here in Massachusetts
> to address energy consumption in existing buildings. This
> morning, there was news that the MA Department of Energy
> Resources has begun soliciting proposals for projects that
> "demonstrate dramatic increases in energy efficiency in
> buildings across the Commonwealth." 
>  
> Fifteen million dollars in economic stimulus funding
> from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is
> being  allocated to this effort which follows up on
> recommendations made in the Governor's Zero Net Energy
> Building Task Force report of March, 2009 "Getting to
> Zero."  To date, this effort does not seem to
> have engaged the preservation community to any large extent
> but it certainly warrants our attention as we work to
> enhance the operating energy performance in our older and
> historic building stock.  Links to some of the relevant
> documents are included below.
>  
> Sally Zimmerman
>  
>  
> http://www.mass.gov/Eoeea/docs/eea/press/publications/zneb_taskforce_report.pdf
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> http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeapressrelease&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoeea&b=pressrelease&f=090921_pr_highperf_buildings&csid=Eoeea
>  
>  
> Sally
> Zimmerman
> Preservation Specialist
> Historic Homeowner Program
> 185 Lyman Street
> Waltham, MA 02452-5645
> (781) 891-4882, ext. 226
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