Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create a Greener Energy Future COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Deval L. Patrick, Governor Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., Secretary Mark Sylvia, Commissioner MassEnergyInsight An Energy Tracking Tool Aimee Powelka Municipal Efficiency Coordinator Green Communities Division 1 EECBG & SEP Northeast Regional Peer Exchange March 30, 2011

Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future 2 FREE online tool for MA cities, towns, RSD & WTP Provides: Automated electronic download of utility data All energy costs and accounts in one place Standard and custom reporting One tool to do it all: Benchmark: track energy use by town, department or building Identify: least efficient buildings for efficiency action Measure and verify: energy use trends by building over time

Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future Developing MassEnergyInsight ARRA and RGGI money enabled MassEnergyInsight to be developed Previously piloted an energy tool with DOE Rebuild America Program Goal was to provide data for informed local energy action Design criteria Web-based User-friendly No-cost All fuels/energy uses in one place Ease of use Integrate with Portfolio Manager Automatic data loading of electric and gas data Mass DOER enabling legislation (MGL Ch. 25A §7) authorizes DOER to collect energy use and cost data from utilities 3

Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future MassEnergyInsight Adoption Launched in January 2010 Training and support is critical 215 towns and 390 users trained to date Promotion at meetings & conferences Continue to refine based upon user feedback – Reporting by Department Uses of MassEnergyInsight – Enhance communications within town concerning energy – Aid work with utilities on efficiency projects – Facilitate EECBG measurement & verification – Use to evaluate Performance Contracts – Establish energy use baseline for Green Community application 4

Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future Identify Priority Areas for Action 5

Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future Peer-to-Peer Comparison 6

Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future Identify Efficiency Targets: Local 7

Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future Identify Efficiency Targets: State 8 Park Maint DPW Elem School Comm Ctr Library Comm Ctr Skating Rink Water Pump Garage City Hall High School Comm Ctr Fire Station

Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future Measure & Verify by Building 9

Helping Massachusetts Municipalities Create A Greener Energy Future Monitor Energy Goals and Efforts EECBG Green Communities Sector-specific state goals (Water/Sewer) 10