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Environmental Initiatives Committee Minutes DATE: Monday, January 21, 2008 TIME: 7:30pm LOCATION: Parks & Recreation Building 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills 1. Roll Call: The following were present: Peter Evans, John Harpootlian, Lew Jamison, Mark Jensen, Breene Kerr, Steve Schmidt, Walt Wilson & Jay Shideler. 2. New members: Steve Schmidt was welcomed as a new member of the EIC. Membership has been increased to 10 with a meeting-quorum remaining at 5. 3. Energy Conservation: • Residential promotion of solar in LAH: Solar permits increased from 31 (Yr 06) to 51 (07) in LAH – a 65% increase Yr. to Yr.. To maintain this pace, permits would have to increase to 84 in 2008 – a difficult goal considering most of the eager residents have already applied for permits. Should the Town initiate solar financing schemes to maintain this ramp-up of solar permits? (Jay & Breene) • Program to address top 10% LAH energy users: A discussion pursued about how to address the heavy users of electricity in LAH including a possible emphasis- reduction away from PV solar to that of conservation of energy. A plan needs to be initiated to tie related activities together to affect this goal and to benchmark the “carbon footprint” of LAH residents in general. (All EIC Members) • Town Hall Solar Trackers – Trackers still display an intermittent problem in tracking – SolarCity to resolve (Jay). • Solar website monitoring Second stage of Town Hall website monitoring ongoing (currently low priority) (Breene and Jay): • Sustainability in the Hills – scheduled for April 2008 – Send info to Steve and Lew (Jay). The EIC needs to contribute to these activities (Steve & Lew) • Solar Energy Regulations and Ordinances: Lower priority (Peter). • Town Hall Energy Efficiency & Consumption: The committee recommends the contractor, FSI, to do the analysis and generate a report, not to exceed $7,000. Contact Carl again to initiate contract (Jay). Contactor, Allen Pong and begin analysis (Mark & Walt). • Residential Smart Metering/Energy Simulation: Title 24 expected to be revamped with Smart Metering included as possible requirements (expected 2nd half of 2008). (Peter). • Kill-a-Watt Loaner Program: (Peter). • Pool Pump: Write an article for the LAH Newsletter about proper selection and usage of pool pumps (Ian). • “Blower Door” test unit: Device tests residences for air leaks and drafts. Consider how to use device for LAH residences on demand (Steve).