Speakers discussed shared solar on contiguous campuses, the rise of batteries for on‑site use, and regulatory limits on exporting power across utility franchise areas; they advised Greenwich to consider campus microgrids and storage as net‑metering evolves.

Delta Engineering and partners proposed a small combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) generator for the DeWitt House and said the system could feed into an Energize Ithaca district node with NYSEG and partners; committee members questioned generator sizing, solar potential and alternatives such as geothermal heat pumps.