11:57:33 From Kim Stone to Waiting Room Participants: Welcome! We will begin the meeting shortly. 11:58:18 From Kim Stone to Waiting Room Participants: If you are new to Go Green, please tell us what community you are from in the chat. 12:02:28 From Molly Mahoney to Everyone: Molly Mahoney - La Grange 12:02:50 From Jana Svec to Everyone: La Grange 12:03:01 From Melanie Schikore to Everyone: Melanie Schikore and David Silverman, Arlington Heights. This is our first GoGreen meeting. Glad to connect! 12:03:41 From Kim Stone to Everyone: 1:00pm Welcome, announcements & updates (Beth) 1:05pm Program Introduction: Energy Efficiency and Electrification – Moving Your Community Away from Fossil Fuels (Kim) 1:10pm Electrification, Rocky Mountain Institute, Ana Sophia Mifsud 1:35pm Energy Efficiency, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Samarth Medakka 2:00pm Engaging Faith Communities, Faith in Place, Dan Huntsha 2:10pm Solar (non-residential) in Your Community, Dave Wilms 2:20pm Community reports 3:00pm Adjourn (or earlier) 12:04:37 From Nicholas Ryan to Everyone: Hi My name is Nick Ryan I was invited to this meeting by the Greener Glenview group. Thank you. 12:05:06 From Kent Nusekabel to Everyone: Kent Nusekabel-Wilmette 12:06:18 From Go Green Highlamd Park to Everyone: https://www.gogreenillinois.org/ 12:06:50 From Kim Stone to Everyone: Leaf blower working group of city staff members: Contact gneukirch@cityhpil.com if your city/village staff would like to participate. 12:07:28 From Pat Johns to Everyone: Northbook 12:07:44 From Carolyn Ramirez to Everyone: Evanston/Northwestern 12:07:49 From Dorothy Elfring to Everyone: Dorothy Elfring-Glenview 12:07:50 From Leslie Bishop to Everyone: Leslie bishop lake bluff 12:07:51 From Chris Parson to Everyone: Chris Parson - Park Ridge 12:07:59 From Go Green Vernon Hills & Lincolnshire to Everyone: Vernon Hills & Lincolnshire 12:08:07 From David Bryant to Everyone: David Bryant, Go Green LaGrange, a NFP Corp 12:09:00 From Linda Christianson to Everyone: Environmental Quality Commission La Grange 12:09:59 From Sarah Sanford to Everyone: Sign up for Go Green Northbrook’s newsletters at gogreennorihbrook.org 12:10:12 From Dave Wilms to Everyone: Dave Wilms - Sustain Libertyville Commission 12:13:47 From George McClintick to Everyone: George Mcclintick with Go Green Deerfield 12:22:32 From Jacquelyn Casazza to Everyone: Ana Sophia, Can you address concerns about the effectiveness of heat pumps in cold climates? 12:22:47 From Kristina Murphy to Everyone: Will these slides be available \\\ 12:26:45 From Candice Dalrymple GG Highlalnd Park to Everyone: Could you define stretch code, please? 12:28:12 From Tim MIlburn to Everyone: How does the provisions for codes related to ICEE for municipalities play into decarbonization, before stretch codes are possible (2024) based on state rules, which define efficiency rules for new construction? What is the program you referred to that might bypass this? 12:29:29 From Tim MIlburn to Everyone: I meant IECC 12:30:16 From Sheri Latash to Everyone: What kind of discussion is occurring regarding hackers shutting down the electrical grid? 12:30:17 From David Bryant to Everyone: Any role for geothermal? 12:30:41 From Melanie Schikore to Everyone: Hi - Question: RMI is a world leader in denuclearizing energy transitions. IN Illinois, the most nuclear state in the country, How can electrification be coupled with denuclearization? Thanks, David Silverman 12:32:02 From Go Green Vernon Hills & Lincolnshire to Everyone: What happens to the gas appliances furnace etc that are switched out. Are they recycled or repurposed? 12:32:40 From Beth Drucker to Everyone: Abt Electronics says consumer demand for new electric appliances instead of gas is very low still. 12:33:19 From Edith Makra, Metro Mayors Caucus to Everyone: Illinois municipalities must adopt & enforce the IECC, Interational Energy Conservation Code. https://www2.illinois.gov/cdb/business/codes/Pages/IllinoisEnergyConservationCode.aspx It is probably only Chicago that can establish their own codes. Munis can now establish their own stretch code for commercial buildings. Their is effectively no flexibility in the IECC for municipalities yet 12:33:49 From Go Green Highlamd Park to Everyone: Attention needs to be paid towards convincing people in the trades that these are important options. Few plumbers install heat pump water heaters. Few HVAC installers will encourage heat pump hvac 12:34:00 From Hal Sprague to Everyone: We need to engage with the HVAC and appliance providers to educate them on our goals and work with them on incentive program. 12:34:28 From Donnie Dann to Everyone: Changing to electricity is an improvement if the source of the electricity is nuclear (Illinois), hydro, (western states), wind and solar, geothermal, etc, but if the source is a fossil fuel sourced generating plant, it doesn’t reduce fossil fuel use that much. 12:34:56 From Beth Drucker to Everyone: The last time I asked, my plumber highly discouraged electric on demand water heater. We put one in any way and like it very much. 12:36:19 From Ana Sophia Mifsud to Everyone: Thank you all. My email is amifsud@rmi.org 12:36:20 From Edith Makra, Metro Mayors Caucus to Everyone: Some of the more receptive audiences for electrification are utilities and the trades- IBEW has been a great advocate for clean energy 12:37:59 From Dave Wilms to Everyone: Most stretch codes will pay for them selves over time and the savings exceed the cost of the equipment. New building and homes should all be built to the best standard possible. 12:47:29 From Leslie Bishop to Everyone: What source of energy is used to produce electricity 12:48:32 From Kim Stone to Everyone: Illinois generates most of our electricity from nuclear and coal. Breakdown is at: https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=IL#tabs-3 12:58:44 From Edith Makra, Metro Mayors Caucus to Everyone: Thanks for the shout out, Samarth! https://mayorscaucus.org/climate-change/ Municipalities can resolve to support the goals of the Climate Action Plan See the resolution and list of communities that have endorsed the goals at the bottom of the page 13:01:19 From Edith Makra, Metro Mayors Caucus to Everyone: I hadn’t heard about the electricity code angle - rather than th IECC Samarth, please keep me us in the loop on that approach. 13:02:16 From Samarth Medakkar to Everyone: Samarth Medakkar - smedakkar@mwalliance.org 13:04:44 From Samarth Medakkar to Everyone: Thank you Edith! Appreciate your work. I'll keep you in the loop on this opportunity, perhaps there are some examples our team can point to 13:12:30 From Nick to Everyone: I was invited by Greener Glenview...thanks. 13:15:48 From Dan Huntsha | Faith in Place to Everyone: Dan Huntsha - Dan@FaithInPlace.org 13:25:29 From Go Green Highlamd Park to Everyone: ISEA is looking for home solar owners to be solar ambassadors and coordinate solar tours/ education. If you know someone, contact gghpinfo@gmail.com 13:27:15 From Edith Makra, Metro Mayors Caucus to Everyone: Great meeting, as always. I have to run. 13:28:07 From Dudley Onderdonk to Everyone: I have a couple of comments for Glencoe 13:33:25 From Liz Kunkle to Everyone: Next Go Green Reads book discussion - Monday, March 14, 7pm on Zoom - The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams; email gogreenreads@gmail.com with questions and register here https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlf-6hrT0tEtAHIU8eK267nkvxufQQjiXj 13:34:16 From Go Green Highlamd Park to Everyone: Dudley-https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-6-winter/feature/build-or-not-build 13:34:57 From Dorr St.Clair to Everyone: Zoom Presentation Tomorrow at 1pm tomorrow: 13:35:38 From Dorr St.Clair to Everyone: Climate Change and the North Shore - Don Wuebbles 13:36:11 From Dorr St.Clair to Everyone: Glencoe Library. Or see Friends of the Green Bay Trail -gbtrail.org 13:40:32 From Beth Drucker to Everyone: Go Green Wilmette would definitely like to team up for tje solar for homeowners webinar! 13:41:34 From Go Green Highlamd Park to Everyone: gghpinfo@gmail.com Jenny or Jay Futterman 13:41:41 From Sarah Sanford to Everyone: Zero-waste Event https://visit.northbrook.info/events 13:42:27 From Beth Drucker to Everyone: Invention of Nature is a GREAT book! 13:44:29 From Beth Drucker to Everyone: See the GGW webinar ABC’s of EV’s featuring Jay Futterman posted on our You Tube video. We own TWO Chevrolet Bolts - great cars! 13:45:24 From Chris Parson to Everyone: link for The Day the World Stopped Shopping 13:45:29 From Chris Parson to Everyone: alerts@mail.libcal.com 13:47:02 From Chris Parson to Everyone: January 15th 7PM Action Ridge (Park Ridge) will present Tim Milburn on energy. Email actionridge22017@gmail.com to register. 13:49:31 From Cindy Grau to Everyone: get a flashing stop sign 13:50:49 From Cindy Grau to Everyone: those mid street stop signs that help make pedestrians feel safer