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• Stonyfield addition is environmentally friendly
  Sep 2, 2010 — The Derry News
  It was designed with heating and cooling efficiency and by using many recycled materials. There are six solar collectors on the south-facing canopy that collect energy from the sun and use it to preheat cold incoming water before it enters the building's domestic water heater.
• Town tax rate drops for second year in a row
  Sep 2, 2010 — Foster's Daily Democrat
  He explained residents who saw a $11,830 homestead exemption in 2009-2010 will only see a $9,100 tax exemption this year.
• Democrat Kuster has a varied platform
  Aug 26, 2010 — The Keene Sentinel
  Swett, her opponent for the Democratic nomination, Kuster emphasizes the need to promote green industries and bring jobs to New Hampshire. She said the biggest difference between Swett and herself lies in their attitudes toward the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Swett, who said in a debate Tuesday that she was misled by "faulty intelligence," initially supported the invasion of Iraq, while Kuster says she was opposed to it from the start. Kuster said green energy and sustainable...
• Energy efficiency changes are obvious at Taylor Library
  Aug 26, 2010 — The Derry News
  Money for the library's improvements were allocated in fiscal year 2009 and set aside in a capital reserve fund.
• House hopeful focuses on environment
  Aug 24, 2010 — Portsmouth Herald
  ...state has made on many issues over the last four years." Read's primary opponents are Jacqueline Cali-Pitts, Rich DiPentima, Terie Norelli, Laura Pantelakos, James Powers, Christopher Serlin and Rahul K. Sivaprasad. On the other side of the ticket, there are only five Republican candidates vying for seven district seats in the primary election. Candidates include Greg Bosselait, Christopher Burns, Wayne Doherty, Sue Polidura and Jack Thorsen. Newstex ID:...
• Incentives for solar, wind power may be cut in half
  Aug 23, 2010 — The Telegraph (Nashua, N.H.)
  ...homeowners who want to install photovoltaic systems -- solar cells that generate electricity -- or power-generating wind turbines. It gives an incentive payment of $3 per watt, up to $6,000 or 50 percent of the total installation cost, for approved small-scale systems. In Greater Nashua, 20 homeowners have received money, usually the $6,000 maximum, under the program. All but one were for solar panels, which are generally easier to install and operate than wind turbines. ...
• GT Solar expands in Asia
  Aug 19, 2010 — The Telegraph (Nashua, N.H.)
  The company employs some 250 to 300 people at its Merrimack headquarters, including executive, engineering and design staff. By 2008, it had 250 in Merrimack alone. Also in 2008, GT Solar became a public company, offering its stock for sale on the Nasdaq exchange. The 45-person office was the company's second in Shanghai.
• Slight bump in the road in Dover woman's COAST bus challenge
  Aug 18, 2010 — Foster's Daily Democrat
  DURHAM -- Kerrin Edelman's COAST bus challenge veered slightly off track this past weekend, but wasn't derailed. The Dover native was forced to use her car over the weekend because she had a grocery emergency and couldn't catch a bus because of COAST's scaled back weekend schedule. Edelman felt bad about the setback, but said she remains dedicated to finishing out her month-long challenge of riding only public transportation as a way to give her green lifestyle a boost. ...
• Dover energy improvements start to show signs of savings
  Aug 16, 2010 — Foster's Daily Democrat
  ...savings has come from electrical improvements, where energy costs have decreased by more than $8,000 by decreasing usage by 68,522 kilowatt hours. Those savings are derived from a series of efficiency improvements throughout city buildings, including retrofitting lights, putting lights on timers and motion control, installing a new pool cover, weatherizing and putting motion controls on vending machines. The city decreased its thermal usage by 544 MMBtus -- 544 million British...
• BRIEF
  Aug 14, 2010 — The Keene Sentinel
  ...reducing energy costs in Rindge on Aug. 19. Panelists at the public forum will talk about home energy efficiency improvements, the cost of energy audits and information about financing green improvements. Participants who bring an incandescent light bulb to the meeting can exchange it for a free compact fluorescent light bulb. They can also bring their energy bills and learn how to calculate their carbon footprints. The forum, sponsored by the Rindge Energy Committee,...