by Jen Risley | Aug 8, 2022 | Climate Change, Climate Change, Sustainability Stories
By Gerald Burns, Monadnock Sustainability Hub Originally Published in the Monadnock Shopper News Quick quiz: What do the letters IPCC stand for? No matter if the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change doesn’t come immediately to mind. It’s more important to realize...
by Jen Risley | Jul 7, 2022 | Resources, Solar Energy, Sustainability Stories
By Ann Shedd, MSH Board Member. Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, July 2022. Have you been out boating, fishing, swimming, or just admiring our New England streams and rivers this summer? Take a moment to be grateful for our...
by MSH | Apr 22, 2021 | Sustainability Stories
Public EV Charging in New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region Original post on April 22, 2021; updated May, 2023. Any electric vehicle (EV) owner who lives in the Monadnock Region could tell you that public EV charging is limited in the area. This is a common theme...
by MSH | Sep 15, 2020 | Solar Energy, Solar Energy
Originally published by the Monadnock-Ledger Transcript on Tuesday, 25 August 2020. By TIM GOODWIN Frank and Valerie Jenkins had been interested in solar energy for some time. They just never had a property that would get the right sun exposure to make installing...
by MSH | Jun 6, 2020 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Story, Sustainability Stories
Marlborough went to LED Street Light to Save Residents $$ In 2018 the Marlborough Energy committee researched and provided the Selectmen with the information necessary for bids to replace the street lights with LED lamps. Marlborough now has better lighting at...
by MSH | Jun 6, 2020 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Story, Sustainability Stories
The Shedd-Porter Library is a unique piece of architecture for a small New England town with its copper dome and brought with it heating challenges. A project started to reduce heating causes because the Obama stimulus package funded an audit. This allowed the...