Committee unveils building maintenance dashboard

Energy Committee · Meeting of March 3, 2026

Berlin's Energy Committee learned a state ruling disqualified Berlin Memorial School's wood pellet boiler from a $200,000 decarbonization grant. The state Department of Energy Resources determined the boiler counts as biofuel, not fossil fuel, making the project ineligible, members said. The committee's separate Green Communities grant application also may not be approved, with results expected within weeks; a roughly $500,000 decarbonization grant round could open in spring.

Members reviewed a new maintenance dashboard covering about 600 assets across 30 town buildings, built from Bureau Veritas audits, showing heating and cooling systems drive the largest maintenance costs and about a quarter of surveyed infrastructure rated "poor." Member Amy Grenier said, "I absolutely love the dashboard and the database." The meeting adjourned on a 2-0 roll call.

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