The City of Madison is often listed in national magazines as being a great place to live, a safe city with a healthy population. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz wants to add to that list...that Madison is also a green city. With Madison’s hip, smart, environmentally conscious citizenry, this is an achievable goal.

This summer the mayor announced the formation of an Energy Task Force, with one of its main goals to develop and help implement strategies of energy efficiencies, conservation and green building design. Of course, the most logical place to begin this work is at the city itself, to have the City of Madison be seen as a model for the rest of the community, the region and the state.

To begin this work, members of the Conservation & Green Building Subcommittee of the Mayor's Energy Task Force. will be asked to:

• Review past city activities related to energy efficiency and conservation in city facilities.
• Develop an implementation plan for further activities related to energy efficiency and conservation in city facilities.
• Review opportunities for building a "green building" in future city facilities.
• Investigate opportunities for "green buildings" with private developers
• Research grant funding sources.
• Consider the development of materials that would educate developers about energy efficient and green building technologies and encourage their use.

The Mayor’s office and staff at the City of Madison look forward to working on this project with members of the Conservation & Green Building Subcommittee of the Mayor's Energy 
Task Force.

Agendas:

• May 4, 2004
• April 27, 2004
• March 16, 2004
• March 2, 2004
• February 3, 2004
• January 27, 2004
• January 6, 2004 (PDF)
• December 16, 2003
• December 2, 2003
• November 18, 2003
• November 4, 2003

Minutes:

• May 4, 2004
• April 27, 2004
• March 16, 2004
• March 2, 2004
• February 17, 2004
• February 3, 2004
• January 27, 2004
• January 6, 2004
• December 16, 2003
• December 2, 2003
• November 18, 2003
• November 4, 2003
• October 29, 2003

Meeting Times:

Date Time Place 1/27/2004 3:00-5:00pm MG&E – 133 S. Blair Street Community Room, 1st Floor 2/3/2004 3:00-5:00pm MG&E – 133 S. Blair Street Community Room, 1st Floor 2/17/2004 3:00-5:00pm MG&E – 133 S. Blair Street Community Room, 1st Floor 3/2/2004 3:00-5:00pm MG&E – 133 S. Blair Street Community Room, 1st Floor 3/16/2004 3:00-5:00pm MG&E – 133 S. Blair Street Community Room, 1st Floor 3/30/2004 3:00-5:00pm MG&E – 133 S. Blair Street Community Room, 1st Floor 4/13/2004 3:00-5:00pm MG&E – 133 S. Blair Street Community Room, 1st Floor 4/27/2004 3:00-5:00pm MG&E – 133 S. Blair Street Community Room, 1st Floor 5/4/2004 3:00-5:00pm MG&E – 133 S. Blair Street Community Room, 1st Floor

Committee Members:

• CO-CHAIR, Sherrie Gruder, UW-Extension
  Solid & Hazardous Waste Education Ctr., gruder@engr.wisc.edu
• CO-CHAIR, Craig Schepp, Independent Energy and Sustainability Consultant, craigandjulie@charter.net
• STAFF, James C.Whitney, City of Madison Department of Planning and Development, Inspection Unit, jwhitney@cityofmadison.com
• Steve Brick, Energy Center of Wisconsin
• David Denig-Chakroff, City of Madison Water Utility, General Manager
• Lynn Hobbie, MG&E
• Steve Holtzman, Alder - District 19
• Lou Host-Jablonski, City of Madison Urban Design Commission Member
• John Imes, Wisconsin Environmental Initiative
• Joanne Kelley, MG&E
• Kevin Little, Informing Ecological Design, LLC
• Garrick Maine, Flad & Associates
• Margaret Mooney, Conservation Advocate
• Sonya Newenhouse, Madison Environmental Group, Inc.
• Kenneth A. Pientka, PLANNING Design Build, Inc.
• Barbara Smith, State of Wisconsin Division of Energy
  Focus on Energy Program
• Caryl Terrell, Sierra Club
• Abby Vogen, Energy Center of Wisconsin
• Mike Walters, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
• Niels Wolter, MSB Energy Associates 

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