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LED Lighting in Springfield Municipal Buildings

In December 2016, the Springfield Fire Department composed a proposal to reduce energy usage but was short of the funds to do so. A collaboration with the Springfield Energy Committee was requested to fulfill the donations. In early 2017, LED lights were implemented in the fire department resulting in significant outcomes: in only four months, the kW hours were reduced by 19% with savings of about $750, according to Char Osterlund, the chair of the Springfield Energy Committee.

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Communities: Springfield

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Springfield Energy Committee Secures Funds for Municipal Efficiency Upgrades

The admirable work of the Springfield Energy Committee has not gone unnoticed by the town officials and even throughout the state of Vermont. As a volunteer advisory committee gaining no profit or power from their energy projects around Springfield, the persistence and devotion of committee members has served as an example for other towns.

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Communities: Springfield

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Efficiency Upgrades at Vermont Castings

This past winter, when Efficiency Vermont Account Manager Brad Long started an energy assessment of the Vermont Castings plant in Randolph he expected to find energy saving opportunities.

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Communities: Randolph

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Efficiency Vermont Zero Energy Modular Initiative

In 2012 Efficiency Vermont and the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board launched the Modular Housing Innovation Project. The project was a largely a response to the devastation from Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.

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Communities: Starksboro

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Reaching out to Button Up

On a recent blustery Saturday morning, volunteer teams of Efficiency Vermont staff fanned out to Georgia, Grafton, Moretown, Newport, and Richford, Vermont. Our purpose was to help button up the homes of five senior citizens. Seniors in Vermont are often in need of a little extra help around their homes.

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Communities: Georgia, Grafton, Moretown, Newport City, Richford

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How Vermont beer makers brew up savings

Magic Hat Brewery closed down for an afternoon for an Efficiency Vermont Energy Assessment, leading the brewery and four others to discover how to save around 40% of energy per year.

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Communities: Bennington, Brattleboro, Middlebury, South Burlington, Windsor

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