I know it’s been forever since I’ve posted anything (see the usual excuses: school, work, buying a house), but I just had to share some videos that I helped create at MAPC. I’ve been interning in the Energy Division of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council for the last nine months, assisting local governments with energy efficiency and renewable energy work. I think this video about our Local Energy Action Program with the City of Medford sums it up really well. And I especially love it because I helped them with the two residential outreach programs they mention: the National Grid Community Efficiency Initiative and Solarize Medford. More than 550 Medford residents completed home energy audits and 48 residents and businesses installed solar panels in 2013 as a result of these programs.