Using Permitting Process

to Accelerate Clean
Energy

Peter Sun, Brian Butler, Mark Pignatelli

USGBC - RGBC

Wind Turbines at 888 Boylston St, Boston

 MA 1st
19.5/20 for six
Utility years
public
benefits
& Policies

2016 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard Map, American per kWh energy cost for various sources
Council for Energy Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) Kiker, P (2014, March 24) New Report Finds Energy Efficiency is America's Cheapest Energy
Resrouce
 Renewable Energy
and EE
Various EE programs Loans & other
Various loans and
$842 million (2016) incentives programs

Department Department of Energy

of Revenue
(Mass)

Tax credits
Loans
 Geothermal
AC Solar
/Excavation 19,354 Cities
system Residential and Towns
renovation Commercial
Renovation
New Insulation Massachusetts
Construction
Furnace
Replacement

Boston Municipality
Inspectional Services
Department (ISD)
39
Cities
312
Towns
Permits
ISD Incentive
Application Third Party
Partner

Permit Incentive
approved
 Boston: By 2020 Reduce GHG
Emissions by 25% compared
with 2005 levels

Cambridge: By 2050 Reduce

GHG emissions by 80%

Somerville: By 2050 be
carbon neutral

http://archive.somervillema.gov//sustainaville/climate-change-plan.html

http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/CDD/Climate/climateplans/climate_plan.ashx
What weve done so far
Wrote 2 page white paper explaining concept
Held talks with City of Boston Commissioner
Held talks with Office of Sustainability at Somerville

But Whats next?

References
2016 ACEEE state-by-state scorecard.
Kiker, P (2014, March 24) New Report Finds Energy Efficiency is America's
Cheapest Energy Resrouce. Retrived Feb 06, 2017
from: http://aceee.org/press/2014/03/new-report-finds-energy-efficiency-
a
Mass Save Data (2016) Mass Save Performance Indicators for
2016. Retrived Feb 06, 2017
from: http://www.masssavedata.com/Public/PerformanceOverview
Somerville Climate Change Plan, Retrieved Feb 12, 2017 from :
http://archive.somervillema.gov//sustainaville/climate-change-plan.html
Cambridge Climate Change Plan, Retrieved Feb 12, 2017 from:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/CDD/Climate/climateplans/cl
imate_plan.ashx