Thanks to the achievement of Woodstock’s Environmental Committee in completing NYSERDA requirements Woodstock has become a Climate-Smart Community. In addition, an analysis of Woodstock’s energy use, etc., by Ken Panza indicates that the Town has offset its carbon-dioxide output and is now considered to be carbon neutral.
The next step would be for Woodstock to become carbon negative. This could be done through incentives such as waiving all building/review fees for new construction that use Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) products and sustainable initiatives. On the mandate side, the Town could adopt a green building code specifying that construction over a certain threshold require energy alternatives/green building techniques, etc.
The building codes over the past 5 years have been updated to address these concerns.
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