sweac_20120128_whysustain
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Why sustain?Thoughts for municipal leaders
Southern Westchester Energy Action Consortium
28 January 2012
Sarah Lawrence College
Mayor Leo Wiegman, Croton-on-Hudson, NY
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Reasons to believea) $ savings?
b) Climate adaptation?
c) Better health?
d) Safer transportation?
e) Better foodways?
f) National security?
g) All of the above
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Climate Disruption Will
Cost All New Yorkers
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OMG! What next?
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Why measure?
“When I die, let earth
and fire mix: It matters
not to me, for my affairs
will be unaffected.” —
ancient Greek proverb
“If you cannot measure
it, you cannot improve
it.” — Lord Kelvin
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Croton’s numbers
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Streetlights, for example Peekskill $591,610*
Cortlandt $144,495*
Croton $109,000
24% increase over 4 years
Count fixtures.
Rebid offpeak demand.
Delamp unneeded lights.
Relamp outdated fixtures
*http://renewnweac.org/index-1.html
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Life cycle costs matter
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Build once, well. 92% of cost of
a building is the
personnel
inside.
Healthy
buildings = a
great return on
salaries.
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Start now! Anywhere!
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Journey to the blue
yonder
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Questions?
Thank you.
Leo Wiegman
lwiegman@crotononhudson-
ny.gov
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