Energy Efficiency  -  December 4, 2020

Massachusetts town, local hospital plans energy resiliency projects

The Town of West Tisbury and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts are planning a project to bring climate-resilient energy infrastructure to their facilities.

A group of resilience experts, including XENDEE Corporation, RAND Corporation, Converge Strategies and Ridgeline Energy Analytics, announced Dec. 3 that it will be providing support to the town and the hospital as they plan and design these new systems. The community-level project is being funded by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) through the Clean Energy and Resiliency (CLEAR) program.

“Building on MassCEC’s Community Microgrids program, this program is focused on assisting communities with resilient design studies while at the same time generating a toolkit and certification for all Massachusetts’ communities to reference in the future,” MassCEC CEO Stephen Pike said in a statement. “We are excited by both the awarded communities and the technical consultants who will be leading this effort and defining how Massachusetts buildings and communities should pursue resiliency efforts moving forward.”

The municipal and hospital energy infrastructure upgrades will focus on creating resilient electricity, heating and cooling systems that can withstand extreme weather and time. In particular, the state is looking to implement technology like solar and storage for better resiliency in buildings across the region and is executing that strategy through projects like the CLEAR program.

“We are thrilled to be able to provide field support for the Town of West Tisbury and Brigham and Women’s Hospital,” said David Korn, Vice President and Co-Founder of Ridgeline Energy Analytics. “As a Massachusetts-based company, we are committed to local energy efficiency and understand the importance of local communities building resilient energy infrastructure.”