Energy Smackdown Kicks Off

Ten Medford families are competing against each other as well as families from Arlington and Cambridge in a contest that challenges them to go green. Energy Smackdown, a community-based reality show and project of the BrainShift Foundation, is in its second year in Medford and families are competing by reducing their energy consumption in five areas- electricity, gas, travel, waste, and food. Medford’s ten families are pictured above with members of the contest’s Leadership Committee, School Committee members Ann Marie Cugno and Paulette Van der Kloot and State Representative Carl Sciortino.