THE WINNING STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN SELECTED!!!
September 29, 2009 - City Manager Bernard Lynch and Mayor Edward Caulfield, along with representative
s from participating organizations including National Grid, MA Department of Energy Resources, Advanced Building Analysis, Umass Lowell, and the Lowell Green Building Commission, announced the winning entries to the Lowell "Getting to Zero" energy competition. David and Sharon Logvin won the title in the non-income restricted category, improving the energy efficiency of their single family home by more than half (Logvin's Fact Sheet). Read an Article from the Lowell Sun about the Logvin's project. Bonna Mai won the title in the income restricted category, improving the energy efficiency of her three-family building by nearly
25% (Mai's Fact Sheet). Once the energy enhancements have been completed, the two projects will collectively reduce green house gas emission by 11.4 tons per year, and save approximately $3,149.00 on energy costs the first year.
Stay tuned as more data is developed for each of the projects to show in detail what their strategies were, incentives they used to implement these strategies, and how you may be able to incorporate some of the very same enhancements in your own home.
Chosen From Four Finalists
The winning energy challenge entries were selected from a list of four finalists, two in each income category. The finalists were selected by a panel jury reviewing applications that were able to best demonstrate significant energy reductions. Advanced Building Analysis subsequently built an energy model for each of the finalists to determine the level of efficiency each strategy was able to meet, the most efficient building in each category winning the prize. Finalist summaries are available to see the different strategies used to reduce energy needs.
Read an article from the Lowell Sun about one of the finalists that did not advance to the winners circle but has taken it upon themselves to make some iterative changes that have reaped impressive rewards.
Try this at home
If you would like to explore some of the incentives available to Lowell residents, and utilized the finalists of the contest, and undertake some of your own efficiency enhancements in your home check out the Lowell Green Building Resource page under incentives.
Sponsored by the City of Lowell and National Grid
Partnered with the Lowell Green Building Commission and Advanced Building Analysis
