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Date: 10/19/2022
SPRINGFIELD – Mayor Domenic Sarno and other city leaders recognized October as Energy Efficiency Month while highlighting the ongoing progress in Springfield’s energy goals during an Oct. 5 press conference.
Springfield continues to work alongside Ener-G-save in providing proactive solutions to meeting energy goals. Ener-G-save operates community-based programs with a focus on increasing local energy efficiency as an important lever to help people spend less on energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to their mission statement.
The city is also participating in the Mass Save Community First Partnership (CFP) program alongside 30 other Massachusetts municipalities. Each project benefits from funding and support to implement energy efficiency outreach, with particular attention to communities that are often underserved.
CFP Program Manager Susan Olshuff also touted her organization’s offerings that help make energy efficiency more accessible. She shared that residents can receive a no-cost home energy assessment that allows property owners to learn about potential financial and energy savings that they can take advantage of.
The CFP also offers assessments for multi-family structures and small businesses. Readers can learn more at https://www.masssave.com/en/community-first/pittsfield-springfield-west-springfield.
Both partnerships coincide with the city’s Comprehensive Energy Master Plan and Climate Action Plan established in 2017. The plan sets a goal for the city to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Springfield established the plan alongside the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts, Arise for Social Justice and the Springfield Climate Justice Coalition.
During the press conference, Director of Parks, Buildings and Recreation Management Patrick Sullivan revealed that the city already achieved a 25 percent reduction in energy usage for all municipal and school buildings.
Sarno reflected positively upon the ongoing progress the city continues to make in ensuring an energy-efficient future.
“My administration is proud to partner with Ener-G-save and the Mass Save Community First Partnership program to help reduce our carbon footprint, and just as important save our residents money. The work my administration continues to do to become more energy efficient is a benefit not only to our environment, but also to our bottom line.”
Sarno continued, “The city of Springfield remains committed to energy efficiency and, this month especially, we encourage our residents and business community to take advantage of these pollution cutting and cost saving measures.”