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DownloadWatch a Belmont Energy Committee Member showcase the heat pump water heater used in his own home!
Interested in induction cooking? Watch Energy Committee Member Roger W. show off the cook top in his home.
Learn how to electrify your home heating from energy committee member James B!
By Roger Colton. Published in the Belmont Citizens Forum, July -August 2019
The Belmont Energy Committee’s 2018 “Roadmap for Strategic Decarbonization” will allow periodic measurement of progress toward the objective of reducing emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Read more.
By Erin Tighe and Mike Conner. Published in the Harvard Gazette, February 2, 2021.
Harvard University purchases four new 100% electric buses- manufactured by Proterra, who sources 75% of materials from the US. These vehicles are replacing bio-diesle vehicles, making up 30% of the University's fleet. Read More.
By Jacob Knowles. Published in the Belmont Citizens Forum, July -August 2019
The new school will be the flagship in reducing Belmont’s carbon emissions in the municipal sector. Read more.
By James Booth. Published in the Belmont Citizens Forum, July -August 2019
A few of the decisions Belmont residents can make to reduce their impact on the climate. Read more.
Watch an interview with Roger Colton and Marty Bitner produced by the Belmont Media Center, talking about the McLean development and the energy considerations. Learn how we are working with the developer to electrify heating/cooking, install solar panels, and install an electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Belmont’s Select Board has decided the Town’s old incinerator site should, in the future, be used by Belmont Light as a solar farm with energy storage. This “special edition” of the Belmont Media Center's Belmont Journal explores what such a post-closure use entails. See the video.
Check out the Belmont Media Center's "Belmont Journal Environmental News" YouTube channel for the latest updates on environmental issues around town. Here.
Read more environmental news, notes and events from the Belmont Citizens Forum issue July - August 2019
by Roger Wrubel. Published in the Belmont Citizens Forum, November- December 2020
The only way Belmont can meet its climate goals is through "strategic electrification" and eliminating our reliance on natural gas. Read more here.
Learn why cooking with gas harms children. Read an article that summarizes the gas impacts on health that includes a reference list of relevant peer-reviewed medical literature on the subject.
HeatSmart Belmont is a local program, pursued in collaboration with Belmont Light, to promote heat pumps as a clean system by which to heat and cool your home. HeatSmart recently held a series of “open houses” to let residents discover more about what’s involved. The Belmont Media Center's Belmont Journal was there. See the video.
By James Booth. Published in the Belmont Citizens Forum, July -August 2019
A key strategy in Belmont’s Climate Action Roadmap is switching to carbon-free electricity as a pathway to zero emissions. Heat pumps are the answer to efficiently heating and cooling a building using electricity. Read more.
By Marty Bitner. Published in the Belmont Citizens Forum, July -August 2019
In Belmont, there are clear benefits to buying local when it comes to energy usage, and that means powering our lives with electricity whenever possible. Read more.
MIT's Trancik Lab has developed an interactive tool which allows users to compare the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and average monthly cost of more than 125 different models of cars. Users can customize the tool based on factors such as the local cost of electricity and or the number of miles driven in a year. Check it out here to help find what vehicle is best for you!
By Marty Bitner. Published in the Belmont Citizens Forum, July -August 2019
You owe it to yourself to consider making the switch from a gas-powered car to an EV. Read more.
More and more drivers are opting for electric cars in Belmont. The town ranks among the towns with the most electric vehicles. In this story by the Belmont Media Center's Belmont Journal, Marty Bitner, Energy Committee co-chair, drives electric and shows how that works.
Widespread adoption of electric vehicles with V2G technology can help, rather than hurt the nation’s energy grids – but the Montgomery County Public School district in Maryland has taken the idea from theory into practice by using its electric school bus fleet to provide synchronized power reserves and support the electric grid. This could present an opportunity for Belmont as it considers electrifying its school bus fleet. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/09/28/electric-school-buses-used-to-support-maryland-energy-grid/
By Neal E. Boudette. Published in the New York Times, Dec 22, 2020.
Investors are betting that small companies like Workhorse will help popularize electric commercial vehicles. Read More Here.
By Neal. E. Boudette and Coral Davenport. Published in the New York Times, Jan 28, 2021.
The move, one of the most ambitious in the auto industry, is a piece of a broader plan by the company to become carbon neutral by 2040. Read More Here
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The Belmont Energy Committee and Belmont Light shared information about new, affordable technologies to move your home off of fossil fuels and onto clean, efficient electricity. Watch the Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVq75DTdV4&t=6s