Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Massachusetts lawmakers consider building energy performance standards
Large inefficient buildings would reduce their energy use over time if lawmakers pass the Better Buildings Act
Senior Director, Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy, Environment America
On staff: 2001-2003; 2005-present
B.S., Tufts University
Johanna directs strategy and staff for Environment America’s energy campaigns at the local, state and national level. In her prior positions, she led the campaign to ban smoking in all Maryland workplaces, helped stop the construction of a new nuclear reactor on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and helped build the support necessary to pass the EmPOWER Maryland Act, which set a goal of reducing the state’s per capita electricity use by 15 percent. She also currently serves on the board of Community Action Works. Johanna lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her family, where she enjoys growing dahlias, biking and the occasional game of goaltimate.
Energy Conservation & Efficiency
Large inefficient buildings would reduce their energy use over time if lawmakers pass the Better Buildings Act
If passed, the 100% Clean Act will codify a transition to 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 and 100 percent clean heating and transportation by 2045.
Environment Massachusetts canvassers meet with 20 legislative offices and deliver 9,000 petition signatures in support of 100% Clean Act.
Johanna Neumann, acting director of Environment Massachusetts's submitted testimony to the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy in support of An Act establishing solar neighborhoods.
Shipping leader's warehouses have 2,000+ acres of rooftop, perfect place for solar.