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Noon, Monday Sep 8 2025

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Autumn Initiatives and Actions

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Welcome!

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The Massachusetts Climate Action Network seeks to accelerate equitable decarbonization in Massachusetts by empowering local residents, advocates, and community members to take action.

Massachusetts Climate Action Network

Founded in 2000

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MCAN provides a network and expertise to help local groups take action on climate

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Network of organizations (60+ chapters) and thousands of amazing advocates (you)

Massachusetts Climate Action Network

Some recent MCAN programs:

Massachusetts Climate Action Network

_{9/16/24 -- Climate Leader Community Program –Joanne Bissetta}

_{10/8/24 -- Community First Partnerships, Mamadou Balde – John Massie}

_{11/13/24 -- Embodied Carbon Community Insights – Mark D. Webster}

_{12/9/24 -- Climate Bill Roundup – Dan Zackin}

_{1/14/25 -- Facing the Federal Fight – Steve Nadel}

_{3/3/25 -- MBTA and Climate – Kat Eshel & Lynsey Heffernan}

_{4/7/25 -- Pollution, Health, Climate – Dr. Phil Landrigan, Jerry Halberstadt, Emmanuell De Barros, Tristan Thomas}

_{5/22/25 – Organizing as Emergency Response, Alan Palm, Better Future Project}

_{6/9/25 – What are we Doing Next 5 Years New and Different?, Fred Davis}

_{7/21/25 – Climate Action at the State House: Key Updates and How You Can Get Involved, Tristan Thomas}

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After the main program, at

1:00pm Today:

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All are invited to stay on for

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Massachusetts Climate Action Network

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Monday Sep 8 2025

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Autumn Initiatives and Actions

In June I asked:

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"What Are We Doing Next 5 Years? New and Different"

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and today we presenting just that

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MCAN is looking for you to have an impactful fall

Please make use of these Autumn Initiatives

Efforts that we know are right for this moment.

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MCAN hopes you will be able to implement each locally.

If not you, please share with the right organizer.

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Each speaker today will be introducing a separate initiative.

Presentations are geared to convey the basics… not all details.

Depending on interest, we can do in-depth trainings & sharings.

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Each speaker today will be introducing a separate initiative.

Presentations are geared to convey the basics… not all details.

Depending on interest, we can do in-depth trainings & sharings.

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LINKS WILL BE DROPPED IN CHAT AFTER ALL PRESENTATIONS

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Launching:

Climate Goals Tracker

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Presented by:

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Halina Brown

MCAN Board Member

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Climate Goals Tracker

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A collaboration of:

A collaboration of:

What is Climate Goals Tracker?

Powerful new tool to help Massachusetts communities:

• evaluate where they are with decarbonization, through adoption of key technologies in the residential sector
• set goals
• track progress toward these goals

Tracks adoption of three technologies,�Helps communities set adoption goals,

for:

• Electric Vehicles, EVs
• Heat pumps, HPs
• Roof solar installations, PVs

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[Link will be provided in chat, at end of presentation]

Front page

Example: Framingham

Why do communities need it?

• Massachusetts legal obligation to reduce, by 2030 its GHG emissions by 50% relative to 1990

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• 2020 “Mass Decarbonization Road Map” (and subsequent CECP statements) translated this into numbers of EVs, HPs, and PVs required by 2030.

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If each community increases, every year, the number of:

� EVs by 90% (relative to 2024),

HPs by 50% (relative to 2023),

PV capacity by 10% (relative to 2022),

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Then the state will meet its 2030 goal.

Thank you, Zana��Thank you� Larry Chretien� Ellen Tohn� Fred Davis

Zana Cranmer, Associate Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences at Bentley University

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• Assembled data sources

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• Organized database

• Developed the software

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Federal Decarbonization Incentives Are Ending: What Local Climate Advocates Need to Do Now

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Presented by:

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Khadija Hussaini

MCAN Board Member

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• One Big Beautiful Bill
• IRA and federal clean energy incentives
• Communities now have a short window of opportunity to capture benefits before they disappear.

Context and the Opportunity to Act

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Electric Vehicles (30D & 25E)

• Up to $7,500 for new / $4,000 for used EVs
• Must purchase or lease before Sept 30, 2025
• EV Chargers (30C)
• Up to $1,000 credit
• Available until June 30, 2026

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Key Federal Incentives & Deadlines

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Home Energy Upgrades (25C)

• Heat pumps, water heaters: up to $2,000
• Weatherization: up to $1,200
• Electrical panel: up to $600
• Energy audit: $150
• Installations must be completed before Dec 31, 2025

Key Federal Incentives & Deadlines

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Solar, Storage, Geothermal (25D & 48e ITC)

• 30% federal tax credit (40% in Energy Communities)
• Residential: must be in service before Dec 31, 2025
• Commercial: begin construction before July 4, 2026 (Safe Harbor rules apply)

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Key Federal Incentives & Deadlines

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Community Leaders: Your Leadership is Critical

• Act now!
• Spread the word
• “Utilize Federal incentives while you can!”

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These incentives:

• Lower costs for families and businesses
• Drive clean energy adoption
• Keep Massachusetts on track for climate goals

Call to Action

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Introducing A New Approach to Reducing Embodied Carbon

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Presented by:

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Jack Lundgren

MCAN Program and Advocacy Director: Embodied Carbon

Together We Will Target:

Upcoming Municipal Construction Projects

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Why?

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• Public construction accounts for ~24% of the total built environment embodied carbon in the USA.

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• The public construction process includes opportunities for public input.

How MCAN Can Help You Reduce Embodied Carbon in Your Community

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• Newly developed model RFP language with embodied carbon requirements

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• Product of extensive research and collaboration with experts

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• You do not need to know about embodied carbon to incorporate

MCAN’s RFP Model Language

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Three Sections:

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• Purpose and Definitions

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• Narrative Requirement

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• Design Commitment

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RFP Narrative Section Example

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RFP Design Commitments Section

Smaller Projects (<50,000 sq ft)

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• Measure the upfront embodied carbon on the project and evaluate for possible reduction strategies

Larger Projects (≥50,000 sq ft)

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• Conduct a more rigorous whole building life cycle analysis

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• Pursue a reduction target of 30% from a user-modeled baseline representing a “business-as-usual” building

Upcoming Municipal Projects in Your Community?

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• Enter information about upcoming public construction projects in the form

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• MCAN will follow up to collaborate on using the model RFP language.

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Re-Introducing MCAN’s

Better Buildings Advocates

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Presented by:

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Fred Davis

MCAN President

MCAN Better Buildings Advocates

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Advocates working to reduce carbon impacts of buildings, through sharing knowledge and mounting advocacy campaigns at the state and local level.

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MCAN Better Buildings Advocates

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Group had been meeting for a few years.

Every second Thursday morning at 9:00 AM.

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Was covering embodied carbon, helping develop the field.

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Has been dormant for some months, now re-forming.

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MCAN Better Buildings Advocates

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MCAN Better Buildings Advocates

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September meeting:

Jack will be discussing the RFP language project, how structured, addressing q’s, how to make it work for you

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MCAN Better Buildings Advocates

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September meeting:

Jack will be discussing the RFP language project, how structured, addressing q’s, how to make it work for you

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9/18/25 (this month 3rd Thursday)

9:00 AM

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Thank you for your patience as we quickly introduced these four exciting initiatives!

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Thank you for your patience as we quickly introduced these four exciting initiatives!

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Let’s take questions first on the collaborative

Climate Goals Tracker tool.

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