THE GREENINGTHE GREENINGof LATHROPof LATHROP

Working Toward SustainabilityWorking Toward SustainabilityWith Meaningful ProjectsWith Meaningful Projects

and Programsand Programs

LATHROPLATHROPRETIREMENT COMMUNITIESRETIREMENT COMMUNITIES

AN AFFILIATE OF THE AN AFFILIATE OF THE KENDALKENDAL CORPORATION CORPORATION

Lathrop Green CommitteeLathrop Green Committee

Green Education Works to raise awareness about energy

conservation and climate change with speakers, video presentations, discussion groups and literature.

Green Action Plans and executes projects and activities that

will reduce energy use. Advocates for sustainable practices in home operation and landscape care.

Green Action InitiativesGreen Action Initiatives Replaced Inn Boilers with High Efficiency

Condensing Natural Gas Boilers. New Home Construction Energy Star Rated

Strict insulation and vapor barrier specifications. Energy Star rated appliances and lighting. Condensing Natural Gas Boilers. Two air conditioners for zone efficiency. “Blower Door” testing before certification.

CFL Bulb Replacement Program Planning Mobile Tire Pressure Clinic (Earth Day)

The Old BoilersThe Old Boilers3.6 Million BTUs 1.7 Million BTUs3.6 Million BTUs 1.7 Million BTUs

The New BoilersThe New Boilers3.2 Million BTUs Total3.2 Million BTUs Total

Green Education Green Education InitiativesInitiatives Video Presentations

“An Inconvenient Truth” – Al Gore classic. “Heat” – PBS Frontline feature. “Earth’s Changing Climate” – 12 part series of

lay lectures by physicist Richard Wolfson. Excellent introduction to scientific background of the climate crisis. (DVD, The Teaching Co.)

Ecucation Initiatives, Cont’d.Ecucation Initiatives, Cont’d.

Speakers “Compact Fluorescent Lighting” – Anthony

Fornuto, Western Mass. Electric Co. “Northampton Sustainability Efforts” –

Christopher Mason, Northampton Sustainability Officer.

“Overpopulation, Resource Depletion and Climate Change” – Alfred Eipper, retired ecologist.

“Energy and Society” – Lawrence Ambs, retired Director, Univ. Mass. Center for Energy Efficiency.

Education Initiatives, Cont’dEducation Initiatives, Cont’d In-house Publications by Green Comm. Members

Eipper, A. 2001 “Energy Conservation and Us” Lathrop Nor’easter 4(1) 4-5.

Weissbach, E. 2008 “Management Update” (Green Committee). Lathrop Nor’easter 9(2) 2.

Cooper, J. 2007 “Lathrop and the Environment” Lathrop Nor’easter 9(3) 4.

Eipper, A. 2008 “Turning Point”. Lathrop Nor’easter 10(3) 1-2.

Multiple Lathrop authors. The Lathrop Green Sheet 2008 1(1) 4 pp. and 2009 1(2) 4pp. This (roughly) quarterly periodical, initiated and edited by Green Committee member Charles Gillies, is an amalgam of current information, observations and recommendations regarding climate change and energy conservation measures.

Green Library reference shelvesGreen Library reference shelves

Examples of books and reprints currently available Kolbert, Elizabeth. 2006. Field Notes from a

Catastrophe. Blooomsbury USA Brown, Lester R. 2008. Plan B W.W. Norton Berry, Wendell “Faustian Economics” . Harpers

Magazine, May, 2008: 35-47. Wald, Matthew L. “The Power of Renewables”.

Scientific American, March, 2009: 56-60.

Looking Ahead Through Looking Ahead Through Green Colored LensesGreen Colored Lenses

Lathrop / Kendal will continue to seek new ways to conserve energy and raise the awareness of our residents and the wider community about climate change.

Projects to work toward – Reduce make-up air volume into Lathrop Inn. Close elevator vents. Add insulation to cottage boiler room piping. Reduce waste in all its forms.