March 19, 2010
Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced what is being billed as the largest energy efficiency overhaul in public housing in the nation’s history, a sweeping initiative designed to save electricity, countless gallons of water, and millions of dollars.
The $63 million renovation will target 4,300 apartments in 13 Boston Housing Authority developments stretching from Brighton to Charlestown. Thousands of leaky toilets will be traded for low-flow models. Power-sucking lights will give way to hyperefficient LEDs and compact fluorescents. And cantankerous, big-as-a-house, oil-guzzling boilers will be upgraded to cleaner natural gas varieties that will allow residents to control their heat.
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Source: Boston Globe
Boston Housing Authority project will make units energy efficient
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Through operations, the residential sector generates 21% of greenhouse gas emissions, the commercial sector 17% and the industrial sector 10%. (US Energy Information Administration, 2003)
