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Green Needham wraps up Needham 1,000 Energy Reduction Campaign with Plaque...
With the presentation of a brass plaque at Needham’s Powers Hall on Friday, October 12 at 9 a.m., Green Needham Collaborative is wrapping up its Needham 1,000 energy reduction campaign. The plaque...
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Green Needham presents 10% Challenge Plaque at Powers Hall
Green Needham Collaborative wrapped up its 10% Energy Challenge campaign with the presentation of a brass plaque at Needham’s Powers Hall on Friday, October 12. The plaque honors the Town of Needham...
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Better by Design – Join us on Monday, November 26th
Black Friday means shopping for some, but Green Monday is savings for everyone. Join us on the Monday after Thanksgiving – November 26th at 7:00 pm at the Library Community Room for “Better by Design –...
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Better by Design – Presentation
Did you know that: Energy use for lighting in the new High Rock School is 35% less than code thanks to high efficiency lighting and extensive use of natural light? School buildings designed to a higher...
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Recycling results for school and town buildings – 2011-12
Needham is in its fourth year of single-stream recycling in schools and town buildings. How are we doing? Not as well as we could be. The total amount of recycling was about the same in 2011-12 (3rd...
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Downtown Streetscapes Working Group
The Downtown Streetscape Committee was formed in December 2012 to provide guidance and make recommendations to the Needham Board of Selectmen regarding improvements and changes to the streetscape in...
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Needham RTS Superintendent Ann Dorfman Talks About Recycling at the Climate Cafe
At the Needham Congregational Church’s Climate Café on Sunday, Oct. 27th, Needham RTS Superintendent Ann Dorfman spoke to an enthusiastic group of 30 people about recycling. Ann, who became Needham’s...
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Needham is a Solarize community!
Green Needham Chair Michael Greis, Solar Coach Artie Crocker and Municipal Representative Tatiana Swanson traveled to Amherst on Monday, December 2nd for the formal announcement that Needham is one of...
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Update on the Solar PV project at the Needham RTS
Although there aren’t any visible indications yet, the project to install a 3.7 Megawatt solar PV system on the closed landfill at the Needham RTS continues to move forward. The Town and the project...
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Have You had your No-cost Home Energy Assessment?
With the support of local businesses around Needham, Green Needham and our Mass Save partner, Next Step Living, have signed up dozens of electric customers for no-cost home energy assessments at...
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What you didn’t know about Recycling at the Needham RTS
Think you know everything about recycling at the Needham RTS? Maybe, maybe not – read on, you may learn something new! Some Surprising Recycling Facts: Sure, they’re plastic, but …. do not recycle...
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Let’s Talk About Solar: The RTS and Beyond
This coming Tuesday, March 15th, Green Needham is sponsoring an informational session on the solar project at the Needham RTS, as well as projects at homes and institutions around Town. at 7:30 pm at...
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Needham Parks & Rec Town-Wide Cleanup Day: Sat. April 2nd
Help Beautify and Sustain Needham On the Park and Rec’s Clean-Up Day! On the morning of Saturday, April 2, 2016 you can be part of a town-wide effort to keep Needham clean and beautiful. That’s the...
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Needham Talks about Solar
There was a lot to say about solar at Green Needham’s “Let’s Talk About Solar” program on March 15th. Almost 50 people came to Broadmeadow School and learned about the new solar project at the RTS, as...
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Better by Design – Presentation
Did you know that: Energy use for lighting in the new High Rock School is 35% less than code thanks to high efficiency lighting and extensive use of natural light? School buildings designed to a higher...
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Needham receives 2016 Massachusetts Leading by Example award with a focus on...
The Town of Needham was one of two communities statewide recognized with a Leading by Example award at a State House Ceremony on Thursday, December 8th. Our success with Solar PV – the 3.5 MW...
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Worker-owned Cooperative Now Delivers Food Waste to RTS
Training for employees – what to include in and exclude from compost bins Can composting be part of the green economy? Let me introduce you to CERO, a bilingual, multicultural, worker-owned...
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LED Street Light pilot in Needham
The cost of LED lighting has been dropping dramatically. Anyone who has had a Home Energy Assessment recently knows that the MassSave program is now providing LED bulbs when replacing incandescent...
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Needham LED Streetlights pilot – Learn More about Outdoor Lighting
Kelvin Color Temp Chart By Anne Hayek Why is street lighting quality important ? It makes green energy not just efficient but also healthy AND ecological! A recent Green Needham article provided...
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Bright Ideas: A Workshop on Smart Outdoor Lighting
Source: Sustainable Wellesley The Wellesley Natural Resources Commission has long been concerned about the effects of artificial light on our natural environment. Research has shown that artificial...
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