Hello everyone and welcome to our newest undertaking,—”The Future! “ We will be using this newsletter to keep you in-formed of all the latest green information, events, and oppor-tunities going on, in and around our area. With our newsletter we hope to introduce you to community members who are involved with efforts to help reduce commu-nity carbon footprint as well as provide you with useful infor-mation you can use in your own lives to help make better choices to help us live more sustainably on our planet.

WELCOME! A message from our President...

Naperville for Clean Energy and Conser-vation (NCEC) is grassroots non-profit organization of Naperville residents that was founded in May 2007. To date, over 300 citizens have connected with NCEC, including PTA Moms to teachers, to engi-neers, business people, retired scientists (do they ever really retire?), and elected officials, among others. As our name implies, our mission is largely to encour-age alternative forms of clean energy and be good stewards of the energy that we do use.

Amid the recent controversy of “Climate-gate” and the contentious debate in Copenhagen, NCEC has successfully man-aged to stay above the fray – uncommon indeed. At our monthly meetings, you won’t see us promoting a political agenda, and most of us aren’t aware of

each other’s political affiliation. Cer-tainly, we’re generally not oblivious to the world’s glaciers subliming into the abyss. However, we have found com-mon ground when it comes to energy conservation with obvious benefits of lower energy bills and pollution, and reducing dependence on foreign oil while creating jobs.

NCEC is part educator, part catalyst for change, part watchdog, and part infor-mation clearinghouse. We try to en-gage residents along with our business and civic leaders and we have pursued synergies within our community via the City of Naperville’s Envirolink Commit-tee, Renewable Energy Program and Bicycle and Pedestrian and Advisory Committee, and most recently via the Chamber of Commerce.

NCEC provided input for the City’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory, the Energy Efficiency Conservation Block (“Stimulus”) Grant, Packer Engineering’s Green Fuels Depot which has been endorsed by Councilman Bob Fieseler and Congresswoman Judy Biggert, the Chamber of Commerce.

We have sponsored and been at Earth Fairs, Sierra Club, and DuPage County Environmental Summits, Green Earth Institute, and Green Drinks events, among others. We have also developed school vehicle anti-idling and Zero Waste programs, and we have ex-tended our outreach to groups in Chicago, Joliet, Batavia and Elmhurst, and Wheaton.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:

Aug 29, Wednesday: 7:00 Green Drinks

Sep 11, Tuesday: 6:30 Solar Drinks & Social at Testa Produce LEED Platinum Food Distribution Center

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Green Market Press NAPERVILLE FOR CLEAN ENERGY AND CONSERVATION

Naperville Green House Gas Inventory

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Save with Energy Efficiency

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City of Naperville Progress Notes

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Personally Speaking 5

Green Connections 6-7

Green Directory 8

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Mostly, the climate that we try to change centers on ourselves – our attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge. Our group tries to foster an attitude of cooperation and enthusiasm. We have found that communication must work in concert with action.

We encourage you to volunteer your talents, meet some new neighbors and your elected officials, network a little, be purposeful by investing in your community – or just check us out, and have fun in the process. Visit our web site at: www.NCEC.us.

ABOUT NCEC —Mark Skowron, former NCEC Board Member

NCEC President, Stephanie Hastings with Naperville’s Mayor Pradel at NCEC’s 2010 Earth Fair, “Bringing Green to your Home”

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In conjunction with the subsequent inventory, NCEC would also like to encourage the addition of specific, measurable metrics to the existing Citywide Sustainability plan as well. For the complete City Sustainability Plan please see the City’s webpage: http://www.naperville.il.us/emplibrary/ESP_Final.pdf

Based on the findings of the GHG Inventory, NCEC has developed residential presentations to help educate resi-dents on money and energy saving measures which help improve our community’s carbon footprint.

If you have interest in learning more about or joining NCEC to help continue development of any of these initia-tives, or would be interested in having NCEC present to your organization on any of these initiatives, please con-tact us at: ncec.email@yahoo.com, or visit us on the web: http://ncec.us/

It’s not too late! You can still contact your Mayor and local council members to recommend that Naperville sign the USMCPA.

In May 2007 five Kennedy Junior High School students gave a presentation to the Naperville City Council and asked them to sign the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement (USMCPA).

In June 2007, the USMCPA was officially on the Council’s Agenda, and a motion was made to conduct green house gas inventory, rather than sign onto the full agreement, but the motion lost 5-4. “Yes” votes came from council members Fieseler, Furstenau, Krause and Senger.

During Public Forum component of the October 17, 2007meeting, four volunteers made a presentation to the council summarizing what a GHG emissions inventory is and why it is important. Following the presentation, Coun-cilmember Rosanova made a motion to add the topic to the November 6th City Council meeting agenda, and the mo-tion passed.

On November 6th, NCEC again spoke to the council urging them to conduct a greenhouse gas emissions inventory. The Naperville City Council voted to conduct the inventory and the item passed. “Yes” votes came from council members Furstenau, Senger, Krause, Rosanova and Mayor Pradel.

In June 2009, the final GHG Inventory report, which also included the entire community wide inventory analysis, not just the municipal inventory—which had been recom-mended to also be included by NCEC, was presented to City Council.

The results of the inventory indicated that our residential homes and vehicles are the largest contributors to GHGs in our community.

As of 2012, there have been no further updates to the cur-rent GHG inventory. This is something NCEC would like to see changed. One of the goals set forth for our organiza-tion this year is to reach out to the City and encourage an update to the baseline study that was completed. NCEC believes that without appropriate metrics recording and cal-culations it is extremely difficult to manage or reduce the emissions from our community.

About the Naperville Green House Gas Inventory

Results of GHG Inventory indicate that we, as resi-dents, are the largest contributors to GHG emissions in our community.

Under the Agreement, participating cities commit to take following three actions: 1) Strive to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol targets in their own communities, through actions ranging from anti-sprawl land-use policies to urban forest restoration projects to public information campaigns; 2) Urge their state governments, and the federal government, to enact policies and programs to meet or beat the greenhouse gas emission reduction target suggested for the United States in the Kyoto Protocol -- 7% reduction from 1990 levels by 2012; and

3) Urge the U.S. Congress to pass the bipartisan greenhouse gas reduction legislation, which would establish a national emission trading system

For complete information please see the Mayors Climate Protection Center website: http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/agreement.htm

US MAYORAL CLIMATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT

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According to our Greenhouse Gas In-ventory, our homes are one of the major contributors to GHG’s in our commu-nity, so we are encouraging all resi-dents to have an energy audit completed by a local professional and complete the sealing and insulating of all homes.

AIR SEALING

Before you start adding insulation to your home you will want to consider air sealing. It is estimated that the typical homeowner can save 10% on their an-nual energy costs before adding any insulation to their homes by properly sealing air leaks.

Don’t assume you don’t need to air seal simply because you don’t have any obvious holes in your windows, walls or ceilings. Invisible air leaks that cause significant losses are most common in attics, basements and crawl spaces. Fortunately, most of these leaks can be easily and inexpensively rectified by

homeowners with caulk, foam and weather stripping.

ADDING INSULATION

Insulation keeps you warm in the win-ter, but also cool in the summer. There are several common types of insula-tion—fiberglass (blown in and batt forms), rigid foam board, cellulose, and spray foam.

When correctly installed with air seal-ing, insulation can deliver comfort and lower energy bills in the coldest and hottest times of the year.

Insulation is measured by R-value, or

Energy Efficiency 101 for Residents

the ability to resist heat flow. Different R-values are recommended for walls, ceilings, basements and attics depend-ing upon geographic location of the home. Insulation works best when no air is moving around it which is why it is critical to air seal your home prior to insulating. For complete R-value rec-ommendations Your biggest bang for the buck is typically to start with the attic.

For full information on sealing and insulating, see the Department of En-ergy’s web site: www.ornl.gov, or contact a local energy auditor.

For excellent do-it-

yourself insulating

information with videos,

tax credit information, and

forums, visit:

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SMART GRID INSTALLATION CONTINUES

NSGI Video Contest The City of Naperville is seeking talented and creative individuals to enter a video contest to highlight and promote one or all of the 4Es of the NSGI:

Energy Environment Education Economy More information about the 4 Es  These videos will help the City educate utility customers about this exciting project, which gives custom-ers more choices and options in how they manage their energy use. Through the NSGI, Naperville is modernizing its $360 million electric network to prepare the City for increased energy demand and the future of energy conservation - a development that will shape the future of electric utilities across the globe. Be part of this innovation by creating a 30 second video that highlights at least one of the benefits of the NSGI.

NSGI Video Contest Official Rules (PDF) 

Naperville Legacy Tree Protection Program Continues Content from: www.naperville.il.us/eab.aspx

City of Naperville Green Updates

The City of Naperville is proud to announce that 2012 marks the third year of participation in the Legacy Tree Project (LTP), a part-nership with Valent Professional Products aimed at building community awareness about options for responding to emerald ash borer (EAB) and motivating residents to take action. Initiated in 2010 and continuing through 2014, the 12 communities selected across the Midwest for participation in the LTP receive annual treatment with Safari® insecticide for approximately 200 ash trees on public property. The project, including materials and labor, is fully funded by Valent Professional Products. There is no cost to taxpayers. Naperville’s parkway ash trees enrolled in this program will soon receive their third annual treatment with the Safari® product. “The City was very fortunate to be selected as a partner in the LTP,” City Forestry and Parkways Supervisor Jack Mitz said. “The trees treated as part of this program are showing positive signs of good health. I encourage homeowners with ash trees on their private property to consult an arborist promptly for an assessment of their tree health. If a tree is still healthy enough to warrant treatment and a resident wishes to save it from EAB, the treatment of choice should be initiated in the next several weeks.” Since 2008 when the EAB was first discovered in Naperville, the Department of Public Works has focused on controlling the spread of the EAB through the implementation of a cost-effective strategy that includes treatment, removal of infested trees and a public education program. The City’s Forestry Division works with 10 certified arborists that are trained to look for signs of EAB presence. More information about the EAB, including symptoms of infestation and treatment options, is available at www.naperville.il.us/eab.aspx. “The emerald ash borer program is a great example of a program with strong community involvement,” Department of Public Works Director Dick Dublinski said. “The City of Naperville continues to implement an aggressive multi-year treatment plan for all healthy ash trees located in the City’s parkways. The involvement of the LTP and the support of the Naperville Area Homeowners Confedera-tion have been an important part of our treatment and education program.” To join the NCEC Tree Preservation Committee, please contact Jodi Trendler at ncec.jodi@yahoo.com.

As of June 3:

32,048 meters installed

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more sustainable, healthy future.

Send us your pledge and we’ll add it to the list and keep a tally of the difference we collectively make!

Send your pledge to ncec.email@yahoo.com TODAY!

As of July 2012, I pledge to make a personal change in habits that will reduce the green house gasses in my community by: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Jodi : Taking my bike (and trailer for toting) for all trips un-der 2 miles one way.

Stephanie : Continue to remind my children to turn off the lights and take shorter showers.

Bill : Donate to NCEC on an annual basis

What is a personal sustainability pledge?

As part of NCEC’s mission, our goal is to educate residents about how their personal actions effect global climate change. As part of our mission, we are encouraging residents to submit to us their personal actions they are taking in their own lives to help reduce the green house gasses in our community. Al-though the City of Naperville, and many of our local business along with a significant number of individuals in our commu-nity have sustainability plans, it will take all of us collectively to pitch in, turn off, conserve, reduce, recycle, and re-evaluate daily habits in order to make the substantial difference needed to reduce the green house gasses in our community.

We invite you to pledge your personal efforts to address energy conservation, renewables, sustainable food, commuting, water conservation, green space, recycling and any other sustainabil-ity issues directly affecting our community. By making your pledge public, it not only might subconsciously help you stay committed, but will also help build a sense of community and support for one another as we all journey on our paths to a

NCEC Member Personal Sustainability Pledges

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and our future!

Next month we look at current City Ordinances and how we can use them to our benefit as a Green Consumer and who is our champion in Planning and Development

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site include NCEC meetings, Green Drinks events, Fox Valley Electric Auto Association meetings, as well as a myriad of other fun, local gatherings that are of particular inter-est to “green” minded people.

There is no fee to join the group, and most Meetups are free of charge as well. Log in to the Meetup site and JOIN US!

www.meetup.com/Naperville-area-sustainability-group

Naperville Area Sustainability Group is a local Meetup group established to act as a local connecting place for green peo-ple, groups, events, and activities. Set up in June of 2010, the group now has over 260 members. Meetups you will find posted on their

All renewable electricity generators produce two (2) products- electricity and renewable energy certificates (RECs). The electricity enters the grid along with the electricity from other sources such as nuclear and coal burn-ing power plants. Once there, an elec-tron coming from a wind farm in Princeton, IL is indistinguishable from a coal fired plant. This is where RECs become important. Since you cannot buy electricity from a grid-tied renew-able source without also getting fossil-fuel derived electricity, RECs represent one pathway to virtually buy that elec-tricity.

One (1) REC is equal to 1,000 kilowatt-hours (1MWh); an organization that purchases that REC can claim all the benefits of purchasing renewable en-ergy. These RECs are certified and the

market is carefully controlled so that RECs cannot be resold. Renewable energy plants reduce demand for fossil fuels; RECs are the medium through which consumers can not only finan-cially support those renewable sources, but claim the benefits of them as well.

SRECs are those renewable energy certificates that are produced by solar electricity only.

The Renewable Energy Credit Aggrega-tion Program (RECAP) is offered to solar photo-voltaic (PV) system owners in the state by the Illinois So-lar Energy As-sociation

Every month people across the globe who are interested in environmental issues meet up at informal sessions known as GreenDrinks. GreenDrinks - Naperville, which was founded in February 2010, is just one of 750+ of these chapters worldwide. It's a lively mixture of people from business, NGOs, academia, our community and government. Come along and you'll be made welcome-TEETOTALERS TOO. It's a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there's always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, ever expanding network. These events are very casual, and food and drink are on your own. There is no fee to participate. We are a green social networking event in every sense - 'self-organizing' and 'organically-growing' - so spread the word and see you at the next Green-Drinks - Naperville! We meet the last Wednesday of most months, be sure to check the webpage for location: www.greendrinks.org/il/naperville .

Meetup With Naperville Area Sustainability Group

What are RECs, SRECs & RECAP and why do you talk ROI?

Green Drinks — Naperville

(ISEA). It provides PV system owners with an opportunity to receive payment for their solar Renewable Energy Cred-its (SRECs). Prior to the RECAP pro-gram, only large renewable energy pro-ducers had the ability to sell their SRECs. This program, created in 2008, provides additional income to small PV system owners (under 10 kW AC) in addition to supporting Illinois solar development. (cont. page 9)

Naperville Area Sustainability Group

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nois Solar Energy Association, for which she has the pri-mary responsibility of managing the organization, “from head to toe” including daily operations, program develop-ment, and grant writing. Additionally Michelle sits on the Energy Education Council Renewable Energy Task Force to assist with developing resources and renewable energy educational programming for the public, and she also serves as the Assistant Program Manger for Community Energy where she manages the City of Naperville’s Re-newable Energy Program.

On top of managing work and family life Michelle is al-ways including in her priorities the pursuit of a fully sus-tainable life from purchasing local, organic food, to grow-ing her own food, to extensively researching products for home use or improvements from paint through metal roof-ing material as well as verifying each product’s level of fair trade, to daily yoga and meditation practice.

Michelle has certainly managed to “Be the change you wish to see in the world” and exists as an exemplary “Green Citizen” role model for all of us. It is because of this, NCEC would like to congratulate and extend deepest gratitude for not only thinking of herself, her family, and her community, but also extending that reach to as far of a global reach as possible.

times a month and you may pay as little as $6 but if you only work out 30 times you will pay $9. Along with a myriad of energy conservation measures like Energy Star appliances and TVs, high efficiency lighting and demand controls and energy harvesting work out equip-ment, EcoGym has now finalized its selection and is permitting its latest environmental benefit to members and the community – a 10kW photovoltaic system.

Using the vast array of resources provided by SkillSetter LLC, a solar developer that specializes in developing projects throughout the United States and Naperville’s A Design Consulting, EcoGym’s solar renewable system is expected to produce 7.93 kW of AC power each solar hour per day. SkillSetter has aligned themselves with a variety of resources so they can be a strategic partner in investing in solar energy by providing smart solutions from the design process all the way down to implemen-tation and maintenance of the systems they implement. This partnership with EcoGym enables the fitness center to expand its solar renewable or photovoltaic (PV) ca-pacity in a second phase development in the future and reduces annual Operation and Maintenance costs by Eco-Gym. (Continued on page 9)

Michelle Hickey is this month’s NCEC choice for “Green Citizen” due to her incessant pursuit of not only continually trying to reduce green house gasses through her current career paths, but also throughout her daily personal life.

She is one of the people on this planet who fortunately for the rest of us, had the insight and foresight to pursue a sustainable life-style from an early age. She started with studying as a nutritionist due to her interest in healthy food and

food systems. This career path then led to an aroma therapy business and then included yoga instruction . As her inter-est in sustainability continued to develop, her career path also led her into Zero Waste program development and eventually Renewable Energy, her current career positions.

Michelle currently serves as Program Director for the Illi-

Green Fitness Center or Money Saving Opportunity

Chances are you go to the gym because it makes you feel good. But nothing kills the post workout buzz like thinking about the environmental impacts of traditional gyms. What are the environmental impacts of the air conditioning, cardio machines, televisions, lights, refrigerators, etc. all of which, overwhelm your conscious living choices.

Eco-friendly gyms like the Green Fitness Studio in New York or California-based Club One and Frog’s Fitness clubs are revamping their business models and facilities to recap-ture some of the attendance peaks of 2009 in which mem-bers attended fitness clubs an average of 102 days. Many of these members are becoming more and more aware of their carbon footprints and want a place they frequent for more than one-third of the year to take steps to reduce that foot-print.

Naperville’s EcoGym at 1265 South Naper Blvd. offers its members a 24 hour access and encourages the use of the facility as much as possible. In fact, EcoGym has a "Flexible Rate Plan" that charges members less money the more times they visit. For example, if you work out 40

Green Citizen of the Month

Green Business of the Month Contributed by Kelly Andereck, A Design Consulting

Michelle Hickey, A Naperville resi-dent, Program Manager at Illinois Solar Energy Association, Assistant Program Manager at Community Energy—Naperville’s Renewable energy Program provider

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$15 = YOUR AD HERE! NCEC is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Your sponsorship

helps us continue and develop our environmental educa-tional programming which benefits our residents, businesses,

community and our future!

$10 = YOUR AD HERE!

NCEC is a 501c3 non-profit organiza-tion. Your sponsorship helps us con-tinue and develop our environmental

educational programming which bene-fits our residents, businesses, commu-

nity and our future!

$25 = YOUR AD HERE! NCEC is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Your sponsorship helps us continue and develop our environmental educational

programming which benefits our residents, businesses, community and our future!

GREEN BUSINESS DIRECTORY

$10 = YOUR AD HERE!

NCEC is a 501c3 non-profit organi-zation. Your sponsorship helps us continue and develop our environ-mental educational programming which benefits our residents, busi-nesses, community and our future!

$15 = YOUR AD HERE! NCEC is a 501c3 non-profit organization. Your sponsorship

helps us continue and develop our environmental educa-tional programming which benefits our residents, businesses,

community and our future!

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A performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments is called Return on Investment (ROI). To calculate ROI, the benefit (return) of an in-vestment is divided by the cost of the investment; the result is expressed as a percentage or a ratio. ROI is a very popular metric because of its versatility and simplic-ity. That is, if an investment does not have a positive ROI, or if there are other opportunities with a higher ROI, then the investment should not be undertaken. For exam-ple, a small business might look at the ROI of a solar re-newable energy system and look at the simple return like, “Gain from the Investment – the Cost of the Investment” divided by the “Cost of the Investment”. Keep in mind that the calculation for return on investment and, there-fore the definition, can be modified to suit the situation -it all depends on what you include as returns and costs. The definition of the term in the broadest sense just at-tempts to measure the profitability of an investment and, as such, there is no one "right" calculation. This is illus-trated best when the small business above includes not only simple gains like electric utility cost increases or tax credits, but includes marketing benefits or environmental benefits like emission reductions or fuel offsets. To avoid the cornucopia of ROIs used to benefit the sale, the build-ing community often uses Simple Payback as a means of leveling vender (product reps) misrepresentation and as a first cut analysis. A Simple Payback considers the initial investment or first costs and the resulting annual cash flow. The payback period is the amount of time (usually measured in years) to recover the initial investment in an opportunity. For homeowners, a typical payback period of less than 20 years is a good investment, whereas for the business community five (5) to seven (7) years is an appropriate timeline.

What are RECs, SRECs & RECAP and why do you talk ROI?, Continued from page 6

The PV system is designed by using the Solon Solquick 295 module. The modules are a fixed tilt ballasted, non framed rack. The 295W modules are connected in series and provide developers with a low profile tilt thereby reducing wind loads significantly and with no snow drift issues caused by the array. In addition to the cinder blocks used for ballasting the modules, the A Design Consulting design team is proposing an additional 5 posi-tive connections on both the east and west sides of the arrays. These connections are lagged through the roof reducing uplift most prominent in the winter months. Already reviewed by Naperville’s planning, the system is expected to be installed in 2 days after its journey through the city’s building department.

From California to New York, in some cases marketed as human-powered gyms, sustainable fitness centers are gaining momentum. With energy harnessing treadmills and exercise bikes, gyms have been given the ability to turn energy expended by their members into useable watts of electricity to offset operational electric consump-tion in addition to those mentioned in “Green Fitness Center or Money Saving Opportunity” but unlike other gyms, EcoGym gives back to the customers who wish to take advantage of the equipment.

The Matrix H7xe is an exercise bike that creates energy by utilizing the rotary motions of your legs to spin a fly-wheel attached to a generator

Woodway EcoMill is a manually powered treadmill that requires no electricity, only the exerciser's movement to re-charge its batteries and uses less than 50% energy in other treadmills.

Green Business of the Month K. Andereck

NCEC, founded in 2007 became an official 501c3

not-for-profit organization August 2008. We

strive to educate, demonstrate and develop means

to help ourselves and community move toward a

more sustainable and carbon-free way of living in

order to protect our planet and ensure a healthy sustainable life for future generations.

3835 Caine Court Naperville, IL 60564

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Our meetings are always open to the public, and we hope you can join us. Meetings are at 7:30 PM, generally on the second Wednesday of the month at the Naperville Munici-pal Center located at 400 South Eagle in Down-town Naperville.

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2012 Meeting Dates Next Month:

We are looking at the Smart Grid Pros & Cons

We present a case study of the Rock Valley College’s Karl J. Jacobs Center for Math &

Science in Rockford, Illinois

And much more as we continue to help our community develop the means by which we

can grow as a sustainable community