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Action Committee for Energy Page 2 November 17, 2004 ----------------------------- 5. Discuss Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM) Membership in Energy City Rebecca informed the Committee that RAM would like to be a member of Energy City and since she is on the Board of Directors, she is the one who will report back. It was suggested that she speak with Paul Gardner, Executive Director of RAM about Energy House III for green products. 9b. Habitat for Humanity Home in Elk River Vance informed the group that Habitat for Humanity will be building a home in Elk River. He asked if Energy City would like to get involved. It was discussed that someone should talk to the homeowners once they’ve moved in about energy conservation. Both GRE and Connexus have asked about volunteering. 6. Marketing Report Heidi informed the Committee that she has found a new person to do content updates to the Energy City website for $25/hr but that she is still looking for a new designer. Ron, Gary, and Susie mentioned that they would provide Heidi with the names of their website designers. Heidi mentioned that from a marketing perspective and due to a limited marketing budget, website maintenance is more important than updating the brochures. Susie informed the Committee that ECONAR will be developing two new pages on their website and asked Del if ECONAR could offer to host a page for Energy City and Del agreed. Heidi mentioned that Connections in Big Lake currently hosts the Energy City site. Heidi asked Susie about the September 15, 2004 ACE Minutes that indicate Susie’s wishes that the brochures be redone. Susie stated that she agreed with Heidi’s earlier comment that the website should be a higher priority than the brochures. 8. Discuss Potential Fuel Cell at Haubenschild Farm by Rich Huelskamp Rich was not able to attend the meeting, however, Vance spoke with him. The fuel cell is on-site. According to Gary, the sterling engine is not going to be on-site until sometime in December. Once everything is up and running the Committee should go tour the facility. 9a. Ron’s Announcement Ron informed the Committee that Westwood Elementary School was given the LEED Certification. This is the first building in Minnesota to achieve this. There are only 4 in the world. Ron has been busy traveling to Chicago, Portland and to a MN group about this. Bill asked for information so he can bring it up to the Energy Alley Board. An article was in rd the November 3 Elk River Star News highlighting this. Ron will be presenting at CenterPoint and there was a 5 minute program on Channel 29 about Westwood Elementary School. Ron is currently working on acquiring land east of Elk River for another elementary school. The goal for this school will be to go for the gold. This would be the first in the nation. st Ron will be accepting an award in Washington D.C. on December 1 for Region V Indoor Air Quality Excellence. This is the only school in the region to receive this award. The ACE Committee applauded Ron for all his work.